Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

An answer to this was anything but obvious, and I struggled to find one shortly after my friend Katie and I were laid off from what were supposed to be dream jobs with an online shoe retailer. We knew that choosing the latter entailed taking, quite probably, the greatest risk in the face of an unstable economy; yet, in the end, we did anyway.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

Katrina followed that initial success by branching out of her apartment and opening a retail store in Chicago just two-months after her chocolates launched in Neiman Marcus. The employees loved them, and the next thing Katrina knew, her chocolates were being sold in Neiman Marcus.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The reforms include changes to retail, airlines, broadcast and power sectors. The changes in retail are significant; Wal-Mart, IKEA, and Tesco can now compete against indigenous retailers in India. Fifty-one percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is permitted in Multi Brand Retail (MBR). But there are restrictions.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2011

While Black Friday and Cyber Monday were successful days for the retail sector, these two days alone are not a panacea to the sector's performance challenges. Some retailers will continue this momentum. The difference between the two sets of retailers? Smart retailers jump out of the pot before it boils. Others will not.

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CO2

JULY 6, 2010

As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online Apple Store within 30 days of purchase for a full refund. For those who have had concerns, we apologize for any anxiety we may have caused. We hope you love the iPhone 4 as much as we do. John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

For me, 2010 was the year when I let go of theories and focused on realities, most notably the real challenges of leading in the 21st century. No longer do I need to explain how globalization drives change and that leaders must adapt to a fast-changing world: the economic crisis brought this home decisively. I changed my game.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

The Economist bemoans their “ great deceleration ” and HBR featured a well-researched study on how multinationals are becoming less global. Difficulty in distribution is not unique to Asia and reflects a global trend. The three main grocery retail chains in Peru grew from 57 stores in 2001 to 155 stores in 2010.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

Its successes command global respect; its failures deserve serious scrutiny. The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. Cisco is an easy company to admire. But the tech giant's most recent Flip flop merits special focus.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

For the last two months, global supply chains have been experiencing the first stage of a bullwhip effect triggered by uncertainties about the severity of China’s economic slowdown. Here’s a hypothetical illustration of the bullwhip effect: A retailer might experience an X% drop in sales owing to some external event.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% But the impact of the industry on Brazil’s natural resources — and global GHG emissions — has been intense. of revenues) and $13 million to $62 million (0.01% to 0.7% of revenues).

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

It boasts 85 companies in the Global Fortune 500 list of the world’s largest corporations. This is the overarching goal of China’s 2010-2015 plan. Witness the rapid growth in US productivity levels in the 1990s and 2000s in sectors such as retailing. How Chinese Companies Can Develop Global Brands.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2011

From 2001 to 2010, some 20 million service jobs that could have been expected to materialize based on historical rates did not. Employment in the wholesale and retail trade also is slowing down; industrialization (in the form of e-commerce and online retailing) is undoubtedly one reason. million a year except in recession years.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

And according to a market study by Technavio, the global wet shave market is expected to reach $31.41 1 razor brand, saw its market share fall from 71% in 2010 to 59% in 2015. The economic slowdown in China has slowed brick and mortar retail in the country. billion in 2020. The more obvious candidate would have been the No.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. In a 2010 survey, a record 36% of women ages 25-29 had attained a bachelor’s degree compared to 28% of men of the same age. As of 2010, only 2.4% companies have a woman CEO versus 9% globally. Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD., corporate boards. of the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

You can argue that it boosts a company''s brand , manages risk , and just plain saves money. And in 2010, Greenpeace attacked Nestlé with a viral video over its use of unsustainable palm oil. Yet, Unilever has managed to bundle them all under one umbrella, the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Just ask anyone working in the health care, financial services, automobile, retail, media, publishing, education, advertising, real estate or defense industries. The profound difference between today [2010] and 2005 is that good hires looked like better investments than great tweaks back then.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

The New York Times exposed the international retail giant's history of bribing Mexican government officials in order to dominate that market. Wal-Mart, for example, made an end-run around its investigations officer and assigned key parts of its inquiry to the management of the very business unit being investigated. Again, stop digging.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

The British wedding might have a larger global television audience than the World Cup championship or the U.S. Brilliant brand management is multi-media and cause-related. A 2010 study showed that the public cost of supporting the monarchy was more than $55 million in 2009.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Artisans Must Balance the Books 8:12 AM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Ndubuisi Ekekwe | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print The boy was 11 years old when his father took him to live with a kinsman, a businessman with many shops in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared. The Irish economy of the 70s was much smaller.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Since its bankruptcy in 2012, Kodak has been a poster child for innovation incompetence: After inventing the world’s first digital camera in 1975, the conventional story goes, myopic managers allowed a bloated company to let inertia drive it off a cliff. 3 globally). By 2010, Kodak had clawed its way to No. Diversify.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

The experiences of global beauty company Coty Inc., In 2010, Coty was rapidly expanding through acquisitions and internal growth and needed to align, integrate, and further accelerate improvements in its supply chain. where one of us is Vice President Supply Chain, suggests this “magic” can be repeatable. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

I met Slovenian entrepreneur, Sandi Cesko, in 2007 when his Ljubljana -based multi-channel retail operation, Studio Moderna , had about $70 million in sales. For you entrepreneurs, the challenges of scale-up are first and foremost the responsibility of managements and boards. It is hell to manage.". Even better.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

” A professional can advise you on whether it makes sense to incorporate, how to save in taxes, and how to manage all of your expenses. Karen Schwichtenberg was working at a global management consulting firm, and although she loved the work, she felt constricted. ” Familiarize yourself with the legal issues.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Economic growth has been stuck in low gear for almost a decade now, averaging around 2% a year since 2010 while productivity growth, the key to increasing living standards, has been languishing near historic lows since the financial crisis. percentage points to productivity growth in the period 2010 to 2014. percentage points.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

HBS Executive Education brings you these articles about business management courtesy of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. At Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. To learn more about how Harvard Business School can help you prepare for the challenges of global leadership, visit the program website.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2018

Elder care demands, for example, are rising with the global aging of populations. In our recent study , published in the Academy of Management Annals, we analyzed trends across 186 studies, conducted between 2010 and 2015, of work-life flexibility and its impacts.

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Real Estate Policies Definition Report 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

In 2010, the United Nations Global Compact conducted a survey [PDF] on sustainability and found that 93% of businesses consider it important to their future success. For example, the retailer was able to migrate to automatic HVAC systems for better insulation and adjust store timings to optimize energy usage.

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Supply Chain Retail Energy ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

These six ideas emerged in 2010 as powerful "innovation invitations" and seem sure to intensify in power and influence. obscures the tectonic economic shift in global retail. Think of them as part of the global supply chain. That's right. Contestification. WWWabs go mainstream worldwide next year.

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Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Ok, this one is cheating a bit, but on a fundamental level, the top themes in green business haven't actually changed too much ( see the 2010 list ). The ongoing failure of policy at a global level (with the important exceptions of some successes/workarounds such as new mileage targets for cars and trucks and a carbon tax in Australia ).

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Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. When a company is in free fall, it makes sense to replace the management team, for all sorts of reasons.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy Making Room for Reflection Is a Strategic Imperative 11:52 AM Wednesday November 24, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Business is, above all, busy. And maybe its too busy. All rights reserved.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

But as the digital revolution continues to spark widespread disruption in other industries — automotive, financial services, health care, and retail — who will win? Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce leader, manages the world’s largest money market fund, and now plays an important role in financial and payment services.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

eBay : The online retailer built its first data center in 2010 (it had previously leased data center space, which is what many in the industry do) in South Jordan, Utah. But renewable energy wasn't," said Dean Nelson, eBay's senior director of Global Foundation Services. The solutions.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

relationship with China, it’s important to recognize that global macroeconomic headwinds are moving against Trump and his efforts to generate jobs for a working-class constituency. The companies to focus on would be those that import heavily from China, such as big retailers like Walmart or branded orchestrators like Apple.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

The crisis we speak of has even more severe consequences for Europe’s global competitiveness. While 44% of EU residents shopped online in 2014, a paltry 15% bought from another member state; barely up by six and a half percentage points since 2010, according to the European Commission’s (EC) “Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Much of continental Europe is convulsed with similar combinations of disaffection , protectionism , and, in some cases, nationalism and even racism that have morphed into a more-or-less generalized anger against globalization. Economists, policy makers, executives, educators, the press, and others must become more adept at anger management.

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