Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Your brain isn’t always as powerful as you think it is, and having a written record of your boss’s project analysis or your colleague’s sales strategy can save you from having ‘oh darn’ moments, and can set you apart from the pack and put you on a straighter path to success. Use a rifle, not a shotgun. Consider leaving a comment!

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Unlike most rankings, it was based on a systematic analysis of stock-market performance among nearly 2,000 CEOs of the world's largest companies. And Apple's share performance skyrocketed between the time we compiled the data and when he stepped down on August 24, 2011. companies is around six years. million, a 35.4%

CEO 13

CEO Collins Long-term Analysis 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Companies that claim to be “transforming” seem to be everywhere. Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. Core r epositioning.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Penney''s CEO was a catastrophe — an assessment captured in the coverage of his ouster this week: "Former Apple Retail Guru Dumped;" "How Ron Johnson Made JCPenney Even Worse;" and my favorite: "I Am Become Ron Johnson, Destroyer of Worlds." Jobs asked for no such analysis." Innovation Leadership Retail' It''s true.

Merchandising 8

Merchandising Retail Gordon Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2011

Groupon is poised for its debut as a public company. One of the fastest growing of the recent hatch of Internet darlings, the deal-a-day company was worth $5.3 Somewhat astonishingly, Google's offer was spurned and the company set its sights on going public. billion to Google just a few short months ago, in November of 2010.

Business Model 15

Business Model Discount IPO Customer Loyalty 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

Since these companies already effectively own their existing categories, the only way to grow is to find the rising tide to grow or create a new category. One example of a company in this situation is Gillette, which has approximately a 70% share of the shaving market. For decades, the shaving market was men''s facial hair removal.

Price 8

Price Franchising Marketing CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Stefanie and Eugen had gone for a walk to finalize the details of their company's launch of a similar high-end electric bicycle, named the Oryx. Editor's note: This fictional Management Puzzle dramatizes a dilemma faced by leaders in real companies. The data may be free, but we still have to spend money on analysis," she said.

Cost 8

Cost Marketing Management Sample 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

job growth," said Kauffman Foundation economist Tim Kane in his report, "start-up companies aren't everything. Everyone else has a voice in Washington — Big Business, retailers, insurers, doctors, bankers, and every other interest grouping you can think of. over the last 34 years would actually be negative. When it comes to U.S.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Venture Funding Policies Offshoring 15

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. What did 2010 look like for you and your company? But there’s only one that really matters: Did your company effectively execute its plans and initiatives? Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Researchers in the fields of business, economics, and psychology maintained their relentless pursuit of knowledge in 2011, discovering, among other things, that a joke can get you a raise and that it's OK to mimic your customers. If you're a waitress, become a close-talker: Waitresses can increase their tips 22.6% by standing 0.6

P&L 15

P&L How To Stress Comparison 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

These drivers underpin a number of stories from 2011, but a few new themes came out as well. Here's the rest of my top 10 stories, with callouts for companies and examples that typify the trend. Coca-Cola was not alone in facing increasing costs in 2011; one of my clients, Kimberly-Clark, took an earnings hit from record pulp prices.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

Any company or organization is like a tree. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). Of the companies who continue to operate without a plan, 40% of them will be out of business in the next 10 years. 35% of employees steal from the company.

Budgeting 84

Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 84

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. People decry the scandals and rest assured that such doings are not happening in their companies. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 10, 2011

But even if you embrace a less extreme version of the old ‘command and control’ style of leadership, you’re blocking the natural flow of the life’s blood of the company. Yes, as the benevolent dictator, you have the final say-so at the point when debate, conversation, and analysis can’t take you any farther. Innovation.

Innovation 50

Innovation How To Retail Motivation 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P. To learn more about SAS, its products and services, visit www.sas.com.

Resources 50

Resources Process Constraint Objective 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Any company or organization is like a tree. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). Product-service movement at retail levels. Portfolio analysis. by Hank Moore.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

The term “unicorns,” coined, in 2013, by Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures , is commonly used to identify venture-backed private companies valued at $1 billion or more. A complete list of unicorns is published by The Wall Street Journal; as of February 2016, it includes a total of 146 companies. Financed by VC firms.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

While successful innovations are often a hit-or-miss proposition, the emergence of cutting-edge research known as price pack architecture (PPA) has helped take the guesswork out of the process, allowing consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to design new product variations based on consumer demand. What is Price Pack Architecture?

Price 8

Price Analysis Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

Guardian journalist James Ball, who has been closely associated with the use of data for journalism – from his work with Wikileaks to the “Offshore Leaks” investigations – recently offered an interesting analysis of these developments. Why does this matter? How could things be different?

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Media Analysis Project 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Throughout the global economy, big companies are getting bigger. The people lucky enough to work at these companies are doing relatively well. But the rise of big companies — and the resulting concentration of industries, profits, and wages — goes well beyond tech firms and is about far more than antitrust policy.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple. ” In my first year in Singapore we might hear news about a company landing venture funding every few months, and an exit (cashing out either through an IPO or by selling itself to a larger company) every year.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8