Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. When was the last time you rolled-out a new product?

Business Model 305

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 305

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2011

As 2011 comes to a close, the editors of HBR.org are taking a look back at the most popular blog posts of the year to find out what most preoccupied you, our readers. HBR's 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011. Do you perpetuate these productivity-destroying falsehoods at your company? You don't have to sell Apple products.).

Blog 16

Blog Silverman Govindarajan Letter 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

They'll increasingly be a source of, and resource for, innovation differentiation in 2011, if not for your organization, then for the firm you most dread competing against. Where professionals once wrote memos to be read, 2011 begins an era in which documents are written with touch both in mind and on fingertips. That's right.

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2018

Meanwhile, plenty of other organic products, including vegetables, milk, and tea, have become widely consumed, at least by affluent, health-conscious city dwellers. ” Organic wine was not strongly embraced by distributors and retailers, either. As a result, many distributors and retailers were hesitant to add it sell it.

Organization 10

Organization Chemicals Retail Reputation 10

Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

For well over a century managers have achieved increasing productivity on ever larger scales by dividing and subdividing work into smaller and smaller units. The modern corporation that has evolved as a result consists of many specialized functional departments, such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, operations, and finance.

Hammer 50

Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

First, they created a combination of breakthrough product innovation and breakthrough business model innovation— the definition of category creation. In financial services, there are signs that traditional products like mutual funds are beginning to wane. on half a billion dollars invested on the platform to date.

Real Estate 10

Real Estate Rate of Return Finance Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

You might simply Pinterest the elements you liked, including information about your space or noise limitations ("One-bedroom apartment on busy street in New York," or "suburban space that needs stuff protected from little kids"), and then have a retailer give you a personalized, optimal configuration. Big Isn't Enough.

Porter 17

Porter Mass Marketing Supply Chain Retail 17

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

I should know: Many of my former colleagues, friends, and family members mentioned these stereotypes in 2011 when I accepted a job helping launch a new publication covering the business aspects of this emerging sector. Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. And more are joining every day.

Industry 10

Industry Retail Banking Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Snapchat, an idea conceived in 2011, is now valued around $16 billion, with more than 100 million active users who send an average of over 400 million snaps per day. Financed by VC firms. billion in a single round of equity financing, the largest private fundraising round for a VC-backed startup ever.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Some companies that made the list were obvious choices; for example, the biggest online retailer now gets most of its profit from cloud services (Amazon). How successful has the company been at creating new products, services, and business models? But others were surprising, given their states before embarking on transformation.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

In The Age of Hyperspecialization (July-August 2011, co-authored by Tom Malone of MIT and Tammy Johns of Manpower), we note that the division of labor, a development that transformed the way physical work was accomplished during the industrial revolution, may now be poised to redefine how knowledge work gets done in the 21st century.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Health Care Globalization Trends 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

But this creates havoc for their production and distribution functions. They don’t have the budgets of Fortune 500 companies, which can customize products and delivery for each customer who requests special treatment. As his firm grew, he undervalued and underpaid the executives who ran the supply chain and finance departments.

Operations 8

Operations Company Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In business, volatility used to be more limited to the realms of finance and high tech. My friend Mark Zawacki , founder of 650 Labs, which advises companies on leveraging Silicon Valley, has identified three approaches: idea scouting, venture investing, and traditional product research and development.

Innovation 8

Innovation Telecommunications Technology Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

In contrast, loans to larger firms have risen every year since hitting bottom in 2011, and are now up about 4% since that low point. Finance Small/medium business Technology' (Another 20% might have, but were discouraged from doing so because they believed they wouldnt get the loan, or because the process was too arduous.).

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Lululemon, the upscale retailer of yoga clothing, is doing great. Except when it''s not, which is becoming increasingly common — see the sheer pants crisis , the abrupt resignation of a CEO , a poorly-received job ad to replace said CEO, and a bit of media heat over a 2011 murder that occurred in a Bethesda store.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Crisis Crisis Management 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Retailers make 70% of their earnings in the fourth quarter of each year. A major report to the United Nations Millennium Summit calls for changes in the way in which peacekeeping operations are organized and financed. One third of our nation’s Gross National Product is spent in cleaning up mistakes. Operational Statistics.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59