Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Within each episode, Melissa Francis, Simon Hobbs, and a group of distinguished guests discuss what it takes to be a visionary leader; guiding their companies to success within the rapidly changing global marketplace. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

Retail 50

Retail Execution Simon Leadership 50

Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

The steps she took next to bring her chocolates to a larger market would bring her great success over the course of the next decade. 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. Katrina didn’t give up.

Press Release 133

Press Release Magazine Entrepreneur Discount 133

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). trillion market.

Retail 15

Retail Supply Chain Business Model Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

When Raja Rajamannar became CMO of MasterCard Worldwide in 2013, he moved quickly to transform how the credit card giant measures marketing. But the real power and full potential of data was not being fully realized by marketing. As an ingredient brand, Intel often struggled to link marketing to P&L impact. Inside Intel.

Finance 14

Finance Marketing P&L ROI 14

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.

Leadership 15

Leadership Crisis Banking Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

By all measures, emerging markets are having a tough year. The Economist bemoans their “ great deceleration ” and HBR featured a well-researched study on how multinationals are becoming less global. Let’s see how this story is playing out in the different emerging market regions. Asia Pacific.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Automotive Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2012

China's luxury market — and the global phenomenon of " trading up " — are well known. Yet when China's consumer markets recently experienced short terms blips, several doubters promptly questioned the pace of their long term growth. By 2010, the number had risen to 221 million. But times are changing.

Marketing 9

Marketing Apparel Short-term Brand 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In 2011, we published an article in HBR examining the surprisingly rapid growth of African economies and consumer markets. a year between 2010 and 2015, considerably slower than the 5.4% from 2000 to 2010. from 2010 to 2015, compared with 4.1% between 2000 and 2010. a year to reach $2.1 trillion in 2015 to $3.5

Globalization 8

Globalization Long-term GDP Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2018

The paltry market for organic wine around the world belies the fact that over the past half century, countless organic winegrowers and vintners have dedicated great effort to creating a larger market for the category, without much success. ” Organic wine was not strongly embraced by distributors and retailers, either. .”

Organization 10

Organization Chemicals Retail Reputation 10

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.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

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% of the world market, and the second-largest beef producer and consumer. But the impact of the industry on Brazil’s natural resources — and global GHG emissions — has been intense.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

While Dollar Shave Club represents a growing share of the razorblades market, it is still tiny, it operates with low margins, is made up of an irreverent albeit engineering-savvy team – and is, as yet, unprofitable. And according to a market study by Technavio, the global wet shave market is expected to reach $31.41

Business Model 8

Business Model Retail Brand Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

It boasts 85 companies in the Global Fortune 500 list of the world’s largest corporations. Moreover, the population is aging and the size of the labor force is set to plateau in 2016 (See “China’s Labor Market” chart below). This is the overarching goal of China’s 2010-2015 plan.

GDP 13

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

In March 2008, Lula convened his political marketeer João Santana and Dilma to present his overall plan of making Dilma his successor. Financial markets, historically sensitive and nervous during elections, watched with unusual calm the battles between Dilma and Serra. growth in the Gross Domestic Product in 2010.

Politics 14

Politics Bureaucracy Globalization Compliance 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Recently, I had the privilege of moderating a conference of global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Mumbai — an event called Founders Forum India. As unit economics enable ever cheaper smart phones (the lowest price in the market is now $65), their penetration will rise. billion e-commerce sector, says Avendus).

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Conference Wireless 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

The fastest-growing segments of America''s job market — by far — are temporary and part-time employment. Just ask anyone working in the health care, financial services, automobile, retail, media, publishing, education, advertising, real estate or defense industries.

Human Capital 9

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

Their distribution systems make CSD items available in virtually every retail format, in every country in the world, and have cost efficiencies that emerging brands cannot achieve. CSD has immense scale — $74 billion in annual retail sales in the US alone — and soda is purchased by 96 percent of US households.

Maturity 8

Maturity Merchandising Retail Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

Our micro distribution centers (MDCs) in Africa, many of which are run by women, help our beverages reach small shops and kiosks that can’t be served by more trucks and vans and create value for our business, our retail and restaurant customers, and the broader communities. In 2010 we joined forces to improve access to critical medicines.

CEO 11

CEO Supply Chain Operations Brand 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Smartphone sales in 2011 are estimated to reach 468 million units, a 57% increase over 2010. A brand also has to be aligned with the market profile of the consumer segment. These customers don't want dry reports on Global Reporting Initiatives and carbon emissions — they want to have fun.

Brand 11

Brand B2C Market Segmentation Travel 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

And although the retail giant's green efforts have done a lot to showcase the company's commitment to sustainability, sometimes Walmart gives its critics some legitimate ammo, like the recent revelations and allegations of corruption in its Mexican operations. But the immediate market reaction here is fascinating.

Ethics 11

Ethics Short-term Marketing Operations 11

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Here’s a quick look at what I found: Rohit Bhargava, marketer, professor and author of Likeonomics , recently issued his report: 15 Marketing Trends In 2013 And How Your Business Can Use Them. 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. of the U.S.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

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. Facilitation payments" and other "costs of doing business" in various markets can no longer be condoned. Think globally and manage your risk. Is this industry inherently corrupt?

Execution 12

Execution Retail Report Policies 12

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.

Wireless 12

Wireless Management Telecommunications Innovation 12

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. Within the confines of good taste, we hope, the Brits are marketing the heck out of the wedding. A 2010 study showed that the public cost of supporting the monarchy was more than $55 million in 2009.

CEO 16

CEO Apparel GDP Audience 16

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.

Books 14

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Companies that correctly match their strategy-making processes to the competitive circumstances of their industry, business function, or geographic markets perform better than those that don't. By 2008 it had attracted 33,000 applications; by 2010 that number had risen to more than 550,000. But it didn't need to.

Strategy 8

Strategy Organization Committee Environment 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

3 globally). It dominated the ultra-profitable, digital-photo-kiosk market, even pushing archrival Fuji out of Walgreens’s retail-pharmacy juggernaut. By 2010, Kodak had clawed its way to No. 4 in the inkjet-printer market, where it joined the likes of HP, Lexmark, and Canon. By 2005, Kodak ranked No.

Company 8

Company How To Technology Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

It's like a new global telephone network, except that, rather than carry voice and data, its "content" is personal profiles and connections; rich media; real-time messaging; and an endless array of features, functions, and third-party apps. Of the top five terms in 2010, two were "Facebook.com" and "Facebook Login."

Media 15

Media Short-term Taylorism Taylor 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

In 2010, Steve Jobs announced Ping as a “social network for music,” like “Facebook and Twitter meets iTunes.” These days, if you want to shift your market , you first have to shift your mindset. For the first time in history we can connect many-to-many on a global scale. Consumers are now co-creators.

Content 8

Content Audience Mayo Technology 8

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.

Banking 15

Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Here's my attempt to capture what I see as the most important stories affecting the greening of business in 2010. Unfortunately for every other country, this is a global story. The market for renewables is growing fast. No wonder HSBC says the market for clean tech and climate change solutions will top $2.2 When the U.S.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail Globalization Price 15

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. Three thousand years ago the Phoenicians in Tyre were as globally entrepreneurial as the startupists are today in nearby Tel-Aviv. Even better. Convene, celebrate, catalyze.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

Horowitz suggests asking your fellow freelancers what the market is like for your skills and what their rates are. When you’ve got the above logistics sorted out, it’s time to “transition to the active marketing stage,” says Horowitz. In 2010 she left her position to “look for that dream job.”

Succession 8

Succession How To Consultative Project 8

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. The Economy in 2018.

Crisis 8

Crisis Retail Long-term Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

market share of more than 80%, with Schick a distant second. The blade cartridges for its latest-and-greatest razor, the top-selling Fusion ProGlide , retail for around $4 each, leaving Gillette with what must be incredibly lucrative gross margins. But dominant market share creates its own growth challenges.

Innovation 14

Innovation Glocalization Supply Chain Retail 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

According to a new book by Harvard Business School’s Ranjay Gulati, it is customer-centric firms—those with a so-called outside-in perspective—that are most resilient during turbulent markets. Gaining real insights into customers’ needs demands more of companies than those arising from typical market research.

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

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 ).

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15