Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

Some tentative conclusions: There is not much of a market for stand-alone strategy studies any more. The days when you could make a living responding to companies' discovery of strategy, as in "Gosh, we gotta get ourselves one of those," are gone with the 1970s (or maybe the 1990s in the "developing world"). Monitor & Co.,

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

The market exit will stop Target’s continued losses in Canada and help the company focus on its strategic initiatives in the U.S. However, in the end, the market entry seemed rushed and oversized, with 124 stores opening within ten months. Crew’s approach when it entered Canada in 2011. Consider J. Like Target, J.

Retail 8

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D. So what happened?

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

But because midsize companies lack the resources of big companies, which can experiment with multiple new strategies and launch pilot projects, midsize firms are at risk when they divert scarce resources from their core business. Revenue in 2011 was $59 million. The results were remarkable.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Execution Gap Maker #2: Nokia Nokia’s share of the worldwide market for mobile phones continued to slip in 2010. Why was this once-dominant player unable to execute and maintain its market position? So what happened? It appears Nokia was not able to coordinate decisions and activities across departments or levels of management.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

This delightful tour through the history and marketing of the “amber restorative” is a blueprint for how to use our aspirational desires to sell us lots and lots of stuff — all over the world. He has since hanged himself. But around the time the company went public — with a share price of around $13 — its cracks were beginning to show.

Class 8

Class Health Care Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Yet, its strategy for almost three decades has largely been that of a sustainer, not a disruptor. Has it missed out on really key growth markets like search? Since 2011, Apple has generated $150 billion in cash flow, much of that from the iPhone. Let’s examine a few examples. Not bad for a mere sustainer. Absolutely. Undeniably.

Innovation 8

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Depreciation 8