Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

A 2010 IBM survey found that 79% of global chief executives foresaw "high or very high complexity" over the next five years, but only 49% felt their organization was prepared to handle it. Access to finance , designing operational processes and systems , and building strong, talented management teams are just a few obstacles that many cite.

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Entrepreneur Company Six Sigma Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2014

Prior to joining American Express in 2010, Schulman was CEO of Virgin Mobile and Priceline. Specifically, he saw that the advent of digital technologies was going to fundamentally alter the way people conduct commerce, pay for things, and manage and move their money. So it is expanding our franchise. I’d offer two key lessons.

Execution 8

Execution Software Banking Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

For-profit companies in the same situation can turn to a robust venture capital community that is focused on providing the management, financing and strategy that innovative companies need to scale up quickly. LEYF's initial plan for growth was to franchise its successful model nationwide.

Finance 8

Finance Franchising Business Model Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up to a gigabit per second — 100 times faster than average speeds at the time. PM Images/Getty Images. And deployment will likely follow the new city-by-city model pioneered by Google Fiber.

Succession 8

Succession Construction Short-term Long-term 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Under the leadership of their future Hall of Fame quarterback, Peyton Manning , they won the Super Bowl in 2007 and lost one in 2010. What's happening to the Colts happened to the Chicago Bulls when Michael Jordan left the franchise. And yet, discovering and nurturing talent is vital for success in any organization.

Team Building 15

Team Building Team Franchising Sports 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

So, the gold standard could only work well in the depoliticized environment of the Belle Époque, when the electoral franchise in most advanced economies was limited to wealthy white men and well before the advent of powerful labor unions. At the time, that did not seem like such a bad thing.

Crisis 11

Crisis Policies Banking Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

The politician makes speeches and promises motivated by pride, ego, notoriety, power, position, stature, and personal success. One might add that at the time of the Founders, America had approximately 2 million people, and many fewer had the franchise than today. Now we're over 300 million.

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