Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

Companies that demonstrate strategic coherence — think Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola — earn a market premium in terms of higher earnings and greater shareholder value. The big question for many leaders as they look toward 2011 is: "How can my company be one of them?". There's no doubt about it; numbers don't lie.

Strategy 15

Strategy Fixed Assets Competitive Advantage Long-term 15

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. One retail CTO summed it up well at a recent SAS event when he said, “We don’t want to just struggle through and be hanging by our fingertips when the economy recovers. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

Real Estate 66

Real Estate Magazine Rogers Long-term 66

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Santander, which made its debut on this year’s list, is a best-case example of a brand that stayed true to its brand promise and saw it pay off. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

Brand 65

Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 65

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Large companies in industries ranging from retail, to aerospace, to financial services are buying talent and technology to develop new digital capabilities and reinvent themselves quickly. But they will need to adopt the more hard-headed way that Silicon Valley companies evaluate acquisitions for their deals to pay off.

Company 8

Company Business Model Price Technology 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Granted, the personalities, quirks, and antics of the employees of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company are taken to extremes, but we find them funny largely because they’re true. The Benevolent Dictator gives you no-nonsense how-to advice and examples that have worked. I speak from experience. The Perfectionist M.O.:

Motivation 51

Motivation Management How To Retail 51

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Genuine case studies of small businesses a retail shop, small manufacturing business, and medical office – are used throughout, so you can compare the way your business works to the case studies, and to industry norms. Let’s look at some examples of how this might work in practice. Consider leaving a comment!

Finance 50

Finance Uncertainty Case Study Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2020

as well as the Tohoku earthquake in Japan in 2011. All of these crises foreshadowed a reality that the global pandemic of 2020 confirmed: There are systemic weaknesses in most companies’ global supply chains that must be mitigated. These were followed by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the U.S. THE TRUTH REVEALED.

Supply Chain 117

Supply Chain Compliance Fashion Efficiency 117

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2018

For companies in industries with razor-thin margins , as in the grocery business, responding to these dynamics may help increase the volume on which success depends. After they finished making their choices, they were shown a photo of a three-pack of chewing gum in a retail display. What might our results mean for retailers?

Retail 8

Retail Participative Armstrong Video 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Benevolent Dictator gives you no-nonsense how-to advice and examples that have worked. That’s what will make the difference between a company that might get by and one that is good or even great. Those who succeed are benevolent dictators – able to make the intricate process happen in days, weeks and months to win.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Although dampened somewhat by the economic climate and job uncertainty , the five+ weeks from late November through the end of the calendar year represent more than $500 billion in sales — or approximately 40% of the entire year's retail revenue in the U.S. Even automobile companies and airlines seem to have learned this lesson.

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Supply Chain Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

It is how some investors justify putting sky-high valuations on companies that are growing, but not yet making any money. On the other hand, there's Groupon, once lauded as the " fastest-growing company ever." Its stock price peaked weeks after the company went public in 2011 and is down about 80% since.

Quality 10

Quality Metrics Diversity Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Companies increasingly use digital technologies to circumvent distributors and enter into direct relationships with their end-users. But they also risk alienating the longstanding partners that companies count on for their core business. As a result, many B2B companies remain stuck in a stalemate. Three Images/Getty Images.

Strategy 10

Strategy B2B Insurance Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

For a retailer, it’s extremely useful to know whether a customer will be back or has abandoned you for good. But as the amount of data that retailers are able to collect grows and the predictive models keep improving, the models will inevitably become markedly better at predicting customer behavior than simple rules.

Simon 11

Simon Retail Uncertainty Apparel 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Tim Cook took over as CEO in 2011. Just read Steve Jobs' official biography and on about every third page you'll find an obvious example of Jobs acting differently and thinking differently. Employees on the factory floor and in the retail stores are on the move, and it's not a completely positive journey. Cook an executor.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail PR Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

State after state enacted laws to tax chain retailers , to prohibit price discounting, and to protect small merchants and the wholesalers who served them against the onslaught of the chains. A group called the Anti-Monopoly League, which claimed to represent 80,000 independent merchants, announced its intention to drive chain retailers out.

Retail 11

Retail P&L Price Advertising 11

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

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

While the contractions in business activity along global supply chains will cause companies to cut capital investments and inventories, we should remember that this is only the first leg of the phenomenon. Consequently, although companies should cut costs now, they should be on the lookout for the quick rebound that is likely to follow.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

paid $850 million in fines in the aftermath of accusations that it had received kickbacks from insurance companies for steering business their way — a scheme at odds with Marsh’s commitment to finding the best deal for customers. In 2005 the world’s largest insurance broker, Marsh Inc., Will eliminating sales goals do it?

Incentives 8

Incentives Banking Ethics Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

For a retailer, it’s extremely useful to know whether a customer will be back or has abandoned you for good. But as the amount of data that retailers are able to collect grows and the predictive models keep improving, the models will inevitably become markedly better at predicting customer behavior than simple rules.

Simon 8

Simon Retail Uncertainty Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

In the aftermath of the US financial crisis in 2008, companies from North America and Europe rushed into China, seeking to grow both sales and profits. Around the same time, the French beauty company, L’Oréal, said it would stop selling its flagship brand, Garnier, in the country. And Western Internet companies such as Yahoo!,

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Retail Chemicals Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Consumers go to retail stores to find out what is available at what prices—in other words, in large part, to get information. Rather than having stores in shopping centers, retailers will construct massive warehouses and home-deliver products directly. So robots will play a more important role in retail’s future.

Technology 8

Technology Retail Transportation Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

For example, if every province in China achieves a 50% penetration rate, 135 million new Internet users will come online. For example, if every province in China achieves a 50% penetration rate, 135 million new Internet users will come online. For example, there are sites such as 9158.com with 254 million.

Advertising 12

Advertising Retail Media Price 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Slowing Chinese economic growth coupled with confidence-sapping tumult on the stock market have set alarm bells ringing at companies about their future growth prospects in China. But while the power to initiate a transition to a consumption-led economy lies in government hands, what the government unleashes, companies can nurture.

Strategy 8

Strategy Insurance Transportation GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

Every new market I look at seems to have an Amazon-style copycat — a website that looks, functions, and sells products a lot like a well-known online retailer. E-retailers in these emerging markets are today confronting a number of fundamental issues, a large one being trust. model and adapts it for local customer needs.

Globalization 8

Globalization First-mover Advantage Retail Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

At that time, Good Housekeeping offered a money-back guarantee for any product advertised in its pages, and it accepted advertising only from companies whose products its testers had approved. But, in 2011, ours is a different world, which made me wonder: Were these Hearst facilities artifacts of a by-gone era?

Productivity 13

Productivity Products Retail Telemarketing 13

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 13, 2011

by John • June 13, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 1 Comment. I’m not arguing against a clear definition of where a company is going and what sets it apart. Yet, companies large and small from start-ups to blue chippers continue to err in crafting compelling, single-minded mantras. December 2011.

Mission Statement 209

Mission Statement CEO Human Resources Brand 209

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so. million in 2011. companies had all-male boards. companies have a woman CEO versus 9% globally. of the U.S.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Since its refurbishment in 2008, for example, The Heineken Experience in Amsterdam has become one of the city’s top attractions. This popularity has enabled Heineken to raise admission prices by more than 60 percent since 2009 and increase retail sales per capita by 100 percent from 2009 to 2014. They are inherently social.

Brand 8

Brand Storytelling Trout Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

That number went down to 29% if the company didn''t ask for your consent first. Without consent, were people willing to have a company charge their account and send them more detergent? Back in 1979, for example, young American workers received 2.5 Most people (61%) weren''t. Yes Can a Robot Be Too Nice?

Survey 8

Survey Training Travel Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

What other company incites such a frenzy when it releases an updated version of its product? Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Purchase Plan combines the retail prices of both a selected iPhone 6S and its AppleCare+ enhanced warranty – then divides this total amount into 24 equal monthly payments, with no interest added on.

Planning 8

Planning Wireless Price Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Smartphone sales in 2011 are estimated to reach 468 million units, a 57% increase over 2010. While the idea of reaching out to consumers via smartphone apps is clearly not new, companies have been stubbornly hesitant to embrace app technologies. In those days, incumbent companies were stuck in preweb ways of thinking.

Brand 11

Brand B2C Market Segmentation Travel 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

On July 1, 2011, the Australian Government amended the Corporations Act introducing the “two-strikes” rule. Among the crowd are some of the nation’s largest companies – CSL, Woodside Petroleum, AGL Energy, Boral, and Goodman Group. If so, how? One approach can be seen playing out in Australia. And is it working?

Execution 8

Execution Banking CEO Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

For one thing, thanks to a long history of exclusive municipal franchising regulations that didn’t end until 1992, the two companies don’t overlap in any market—TWC customers will become Comcast customers (and get arguably better technology and service in the process), but no local market will see a decline in the number of competitors.

Technology 8

Technology Content Information Technology Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Despite the fact that Niantic, the American software development company that developed Pokémon Go, has failed to maintain high levels of engagement on the game (its current user base is now 30 million users), the phenomenon demonstrated AR’s potential to be adopted by mainstream culture.

Tourism 9

Tourism Technology Content Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

billion , entrepreneurial companies with technology at their core have disrupted entire industries and threatened or eliminated incumbents. For example, Square, the new electronic payment service, has already upended a long-established financial ecosystem, with some arguing that it may even replace cash.

Technology 14

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2017

Taken together, the two cases will improve the innovation environment for companies in fast-changing industries. As a result, companies of all sizes are increasingly hindered in efforts to bring new products and services to market by patent holders claiming infringement of even trivial features. patent litigation.

Innovation 8

Innovation Supply Chain Software Productivity 8