Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Walmart wrings maximum efficiency from its supply chain by integrating four capabilities – aggressive vendor management, expert point-of-sale data analytics, superior logistics, and rigorous working-capital management – that together deliver ‘everyday low prices’ to consumers. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

In 2011, 71% of HBS's new cases were written about foreign companies. It started 30 years ago with the progressive and unusual step (for that time) of shifting from local nationals as country managers to global leaders from other countries. America fosters risk-taking and innovation by entrepreneurs who become global leaders.

Competitive Advantage 13

Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

With scarcely any help from management, knowledge workers can increase their productivity by 20%. Yet here is the challenge you face as a senior executive: You cannot manage your knowledge workers in the traditional and intrusive way you might have done with manual workers.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Peer Review Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

They want to see how these approaches … are truly beneficial to existing priorities like retention, talent advancement, innovation.” ” Given research that shows anger’s impact on cardiovascular health , it is critical that leaders be able to manage their anger, and put themselves in others’ shoes.

CEO 8

CEO Emotional Intelligence Cooper Pharmaceuticals 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Compliance is crucial for pharmaceutical makers such as Abbott and Amgen – a “ Form 483 ” warning from an FDA inspector can shut down a drug facility in an instant and even land top executives in jail. Manage culture by setting expectations appropriately. Manage the arduously long sales cycle.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Workers’ increasing out-of-pocket costs are creating widespread discontent with the underlying costs of care — a problem largely driven by the high prices charged to private payers for health services and pharmaceuticals. Between 2011 and 2017, employees’ premiums and deductibles grew faster than their median income.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Insurance Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

As noted management expert Geoffrey Moore told me with respect to high-velocity competition, "I''m not sure you ever want to be in the public markets." The pressure on the company by the investing community (among others) was so severe that it eventually split into two, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions in January of 2011.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Restructuring Competitive Advantage Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2011

And that should make it easier for IBM to sell the question-answering technology in hospitals, law firms, pharmaceutical labs, call centers, and every other area in which people are grappling with finding answers in ever larger sets of data. Watson's offspring will be zealous research assistants, not managers.

Learning Curve 11

Learning Curve Pharmaceuticals Call Center Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Finally, industries in the upper-right quadrant — such as software, pharmaceuticals, and medical equipment — face high uncertainty in both demand and technology. In other words, if you are in a high uncertainty industry, you must excel at innovation…or die. Customers Innovation Technology'

Uncertainty 22

Uncertainty Industry Bottom-up Technology 22

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

More than 3,000 apps are now available to help manage diabetes alone. How the most innovative providers are creating value. In 2011 81 digital health startups received venture funding; with consistent year-over-year increases, 296 startups were venture backed in 2016. Clearly, most of these tools won’t survive.

Health Care 9

Health Care Trends Venture Funding Technology 9