Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Our most-read slideshow in 2011 was " Difficult Conversations: Nine Common Mistakes." Every month in the magazine, our Life's Work department features an interview with someone who's found success outside the traditional world of business. How Retailers Are Reinventing Shopping. Well, a girl can dream.). Video interview.

Video 14

Video Porter Charisma Customer Loyalty 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

Marakon , which put value-based management at the core of its strategy concentration, is essentially defunct. Walter Kiechel III is the former Editorial Director of Harvard Business Publishing, former Managing Editor at Fortune magazine, and author of The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World.

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

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. Magazine ) and an inspirational and sought-after speaker and conference moderator/leader both in the United States and internationally. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

Hammer 50

Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2013

On September 16, 2011, the America Invents Act (AIA) , a major modification to the Patent Act, was signed into law – a modification that makes the kind of “public disclosure” the iPhone 4 experienced a real impediment to an inventor’s securing a patent. Design Patent D627,778 eventually issued covering the design of the iPhone 4.

Magazine 8

Magazine Engineering Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Bank of America recently considered a $5 fee for customers to get their own money via their debit card because they have to find a way to fund all those retail storefronts. Case in point: Gap missed many of its performance numbers in 2011 by believing that their only interaction with their customers happened at the cash register.

Banking 16

Banking Business Model Supply Chain Mass Marketing 16

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

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Resources Process Constraint Objective 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2011

In the first quarter of 2011, industry-wide book sales were down 2.5% But B&N is the only legacy retailer to create its own devices — and rather than offer a single reader as a defensive move, it took the offense with a frequently updated family of products that are promoted prominently in-store. from the same period in 2010.

Strategy 15

Strategy Retail Long-term Short-term 15

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