Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Ask any sports fan about their favorite team and they will usually spend half the time either cursing or extolling the manager. Apparently, the manager is responsible for every loss, and perhaps even the occasional victory. On the other hand, many people have an ingrained cynicism about the latest management thinking.

Skills 10

Skills Management Succession Bottom-up 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

All the world's apparel manufacturers and retailers have joined the race to clothe China. survey, only 12% of consumers said they keep abreast of the latest fashions. Meanwhile, the number of people agreeing with the statement "I build my wardrobe around different occasions and needs" rose from 36% in 2010 to 45% in 2011.

Apparel 13

Apparel Franchising Retail Fashion 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The managing director needs to know when and where we're launching. These were exciting times for their employer, the German automaker Vado, as it moved into the rapidly expanding e-bike industry, but Stefanie, the manager of the new e-bike unit, was feeling the weight of the decisions she faced. "I I can't wait any longer.

Cost 8

Cost Marketing Management Sample 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

“Meaning is the new money, an HBR article argued in 2011. Our Meaning and Purpose at Work report , released today, surveyed the experience of workplace meaning among 2,285 American professionals, across 26 industries and a range of pay levels, company sizes, and demographics. increase in annual operating profits.

Creativity 15

Creativity Report Conference Mentor 15

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 9, 2015

The bullwhip effect is the amplified response to demand signals as one moves “upstream” in the supply chain: from retailers to manufacturers to suppliers to commodity providers. Here’s a hypothetical illustration of the bullwhip effect: A retailer might experience an X% drop in sales owing to some external event.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

The Future Will Be Charged to Your Credit Card Shopping Made Psychic The New York Times In a survey on what he terms "predictive shopping," Harvard Law professor Cass Sustein found that 41% of people would "enroll in a program in which the seller sent you books that it knew you would purchase, and billed your credit card."

Survey 8

Survey Training Travel Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

New data shows that sustainability is an increasingly important factor in attracting and managing talent. Bain & Company recently surveyed about 750 employees across industries in Brazil, China, India, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. Sustainability Talent management' They equip employees with the right tools and training.

Metrics 8

Metrics Chemicals Simon Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Writing in the Sloan Management Review, Boston College professor Gerald Kane noted that 87% of executives surveyed indicated that digital technologies will disrupt their industries to a great or moderate extent. As a result, many B2B companies remain stuck in a stalemate. Minimize Pain.

Strategy 9

Strategy B2B Insurance Business Model 9

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. In a 2010 survey, a record 36% of women ages 25-29 had attained a bachelor’s degree compared to 28% of men of the same age. million in 2011. Representation of women on boards of S&P 500 companies declined to 16% in 2011 from 16.6% Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD.,

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation. Big-box retailers, like Best Buy, now have large, fast growing e-commerce businesses. A few years ago, community managers did not exist.

Technology 13

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2014

In our research on change agents at the Phoenix Community of FCB Partners , we have found that there are three distinct challenges which require different kinds of change leaders: (1) transformational leaders, (2) innovation instigators, and (3) innovation managers. The Innovation Manager. The Transformational Leader.

Balanced Scorecard 8

Balanced Scorecard Innovation Globalization Micromanagement 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Management set out to build the best customer experience possible by instituting a training program for sales staff and fully committing themselves to its implementation. The results are staggering: same-store sales are up 55% from the first half of 2011 to the same period in 2012. What we found was literally a blueprint for success.

TSR 15

TSR Apparel Consultative Uncertainty 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Researchers in the fields of business, economics, and psychology maintained their relentless pursuit of knowledge in 2011, discovering, among other things, that a joke can get you a raise and that it's OK to mimic your customers. Among customers who solicited salespeople for information about an MP3 player, 78.8% from nonmimickers.

P&L 15

P&L How To Stress Comparison 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Management set out to build the best customer experience possible by instituting a training program for sales staff and fully committing themselves to its implementation. The results are staggering: same-store sales are up 55% from the first half of 2011 to the same period in 2012. What we found was literally a blueprint for success.

TSR 8

TSR Apparel Consultative Uncertainty 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

We found that 49 percent of the leaders surveyed in the study reported a gap between their organization’s ability to formulate and communicate a vision and strategy and its ability to deliver results. It appears Nokia was not able to coordinate decisions and activities across departments or levels of management.

Execution 78

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 78

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In 2011, the Coalition of Immokalee workers banded together to get consumers on board to pressure the agricultural industry to improve working conditions. First of all, take stock of the many corporations that rely on your company’s business, either as a buyer, a retailer, or a contractor.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Power Report Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

A 2005 survey of more than 500 freight interests from the public and private sectors carried out by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) revealed deep divisions on freight traffic congestion causes and solutions, and an alarming lack of communication between the two sides.

Planning 8

Planning Scenario Planning Transportation Workshop 8

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

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Higher-fee, actively managed funds lost $500 billion in assets since 2015, with much of it flowing to much lower cost passive funds (e.g. Now, platforms like AngelList, WeFunder, and Republic enable ordinary retail investors to participate in this stage of a company’s growth. index funds).

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Rate of Return Finance Innovation 9