Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Special Edition 50 – An Interview with Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing examines the use of analytics to improve an organization’s supply chain performance in a way that ultimately enhances the bottom line. Thank you again for listening to the StrategyDriven Podcast !

Supply Chain 57

Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Increasingly, the largest retailers in markets across the country are employing sophisticated personalized marketing and thereby becoming the primary shopping destination for a growing number of consumers. Retail has entered the era of Big Data. The biggest retailers are investing accordingly.

Retail 15

Retail Brand Marketing Industry 15

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? Let’s just take a moment and look at a few notable examples of what happens to companies that become complacent…Why didn’t the railroads innovate? Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming?

Business Model 305

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 305

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

But they don’t think nearly enough about operational meltdowns – technological glitches and other problems that can put them out of business. They are usually quick to recognize operational problems and deal with them before they become disasters. As a result, most are singularly unprepared to deal with them.

Operations 8

Operations Company Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

billion , entrepreneurial companies with technology at their core have disrupted entire industries and threatened or eliminated incumbents. 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.

Technology 14

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

In 2011, the average tenure dropped to 18 years. Read more from DXC Technology: Embracing Digital Change Requires a Clear Strategic Focus. Digital transformation transcends technology. Digital transformation is often viewed through a narrow technology lens, as just another mobile project or e-commerce initiative.

Technology 8

Technology Industry GDP Content 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

From relentless demand for resources to bamboo-like 9% growth to vicious competition for the technologies and industries of the future, China will be the big story for a long time. These drivers underpin a number of stories from 2011, but a few new themes came out as well. Was a year like 2011 likely ? China, China, and China.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Operating-cost productivity metrics might include the component costs for building an automobile or delivering a package, the rates of rework, and so forth. Some examples include new technologies, changes in customer preferences, new ways of serving customers, and disruptive threats. Copyright (c) 2011. About the Authors.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Small businesses are also instrumental to our innovation economy; small firms produce 13 times more patents per employee than larger firms and employ more than 40% of high technology workers in America. 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.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Ed holds a Master of Science degree in Operations Research and a Bachelors degree in Mathematics. Becca has also acted as the product marketing manager for a wide array of technology solutions. To learn more about SAS, its products and services, visit www.sas.com. She holds an MS in Management Sciences from the University of Maryland.

Resources 50

Resources Process Constraint Objective 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

McKinsey teams are beavering away in places like the United Arab Emirates and the 'Stans — Turkmenistan, say, or Tajikistan — but they're as likely to be doing operations projects as pure strategy work. The most intense competition between consulting firms is for "whale" engagements.

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

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

Building Personal Strength

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Is it the clothing retail business? Can you operate weapons? Technology. Is it the restaurant business? If so, do you understand that business? Can you cook great food? Can you wait tables? Is it the military? Do you understand small unit tactics? You gotta know the business. You gotta have business savvy. Account for things?

Skills 44

Skills Bottom-up Video Blog 44

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. Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

DISH Networks, the owners since 2011 of video rental giant Blockbuster, announced Wednesday the shuttering of all remaining company-owned retail locations and of Blockbuster’s DVD-by-mail service. At its peak, the company operated 10,000 stores. As recently as 2002, the company had a market value of $5 billion. postal service.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Intangible Assets Retail Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Tim Cook took over as CEO in 2011. To this day, Cook continues as one of the best when it comes to operational excellence. Cook's public face is deeply and publicly connected to Apple operations, ranging from supply chain challenges in China to eating with employees in Apple's lunchroom. Neither bode well for the future.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail PR Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

These tried-and-true tools of the retail trade might not be as sexy as other forms of marketing. These instruments share a common objective: to influence purchase decisions by equipping consumers with incremental spending power for specific brands and retailers. What does this mean for retailers and brands? Gift cards.

Brand 9

Brand Loyalty Retail Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Starbucks is just one of many companies using this type of technology, and it’s not hard to understand why. As the argument goes, that’s good for workers, who don’t want to be bored or overwhelmed, and it’s good for retailers, whose biggest cost and revenue driver is typically labor. on Saturdays.

Software 9

Software Management Retail How To 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Companies increasingly use digital technologies to circumvent distributors and enter into direct relationships with their end-users. 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.

Strategy 11

Strategy B2B Insurance Business Model 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Aside from complex technological advances (e.g., Aside from complex technological advances (e.g., But it also has implications for areas outside of entertainment, such as marketing, fashion, tourism, and retail, where commercial AR apps have already been increasing in numbers and popularity.

Tourism 10

Tourism Technology Content Fashion 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Large companies in industries ranging from retail, to aerospace, to financial services are buying talent and technology to develop new digital capabilities and reinvent themselves quickly. Notably tech firms acquired an average 250 tech companies annually between 2002 and 2011 and 350 in the years since. million.

Company 8

Company Business Model Price Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

And I could write a book on the topic of rare earth metals, those precious elements that make nearly every green technology possible and go into every iPhone. Smart companies like Hitachi are trying to find solutions, such as its new plan to develop rare earth recycling technologies. Looking Forward to 2011. China, China, China.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail Globalization Price 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Our research (discussed in detail in a 2011 Harvard Business Review article one of us coauthored) distinguished between two basic types of acquisitions. Google''s buyout of Android also fits into this category, adding the licensing of telecom-operating software to its main business model of contextual advertising. That''s a problem.

Advertising 8

Advertising Business Model Audience Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In 2011, we published an article in HBR examining the surprisingly rapid growth of African economies and consumer markets. Growth has slowed sharply among oil exporters and North African countries affected by the 2011 Arab Spring democracy movements—but the rest of Africa posted accelerating growth at an average annual rate of 4.4%

Globalization 8

Globalization Long-term GDP Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

Even what appears to be a small investment risk can turn into a big one, especially when information technology comes into play. The malfunction caused major delays shipping toys to retailers. Not surprisingly, many of those retailers refused to pay when the toys finally did arrive, too late for the holiday season.

CFO 8

CFO Venture Funding IPO Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

But, in 2011, ours is a different world, which made me wonder: Were these Hearst facilities artifacts of a by-gone era? A vast swath of e-retailers followed Amazon's example. And outsourced technology providers, such as Bazaarvoice, made it relatively straightforward to add consumer product reviews to retail sites.

Productivity 12

Productivity Products Retail Telemarketing 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

The cloud containing most of this data is vast and abstract; the technology that keeps it running takes up real space — a lot of it. Yet the reality is that data centers are essential — not just to tech businesses but to any organization that uses the internet to operate (that covers nearly all of them, doesn't it?).

Energy 14

Energy Efficiency Industry Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

The only sure thing, especially when it comes to technology, is continuous discontinuity. How can you build your organization’s ability to sense and respond to rapid improvements in technology? Consider General Motors, which is looking to Silicon Valley for innovative ideas and technology that could give it a competitive edge.

Innovation 8

Innovation Telecommunications Technology Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The announcement late last week of Comcast’s $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable set off a predictable frenzy of hyperventilating by much of the technology media and self-appointed consumer advocacy groups. Cable is just a technology, increasingly one of many, for transmitting information, whether video, voice or data.

Technology 8

Technology Content Information Technology Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

’ the questions must be asked, ‘WHY did we start doing WHAT we’re doing in the first place, and WHAT can we do to bring our cause to life considering all the technologies and market opportunities available today?’” A better litmus test for keeping or killing a brand may be purpose.

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2011

In 1974, hundreds of thousands of Australians with a bank account in good standing received a piece of plastic in the mail: a credit card, known as a Bankcard , launched and operated by a consortium of Australian banks. It was a bold move and the flow of credit quickly got the attention of retailers who moved to wide credit card acceptance.

Banking 14

Banking eBook Price Retail 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

India has numerous small retailers and service providers who are shining examples of scrappy entrepreneurship at its best, but the information technology startups that are my primary interest typically require outside funding. India has done well in the last twenty odd years to build its technology industry through services.

Incubator 8

Incubator Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist How To 8

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. By using the rules of the social era.

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. Technology, marketing, retail, HVAC, construction, and manufacturing pros. And more are joining every day.

Industry 11

Industry Retail Banking Brand 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Facebook, KickStarter, Kiva, Twitter, and other companies thriving in the social era are operating by the rules of the Social Era. Most organizations operating today started when companies needed more operating capital. Many organizations still operate by Porter's Value Chain model , where Z follows Y, which follows X.

Banking 16

Banking Business Model Supply Chain Mass Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

And in a departure from attitudes five or 10 years ago, most employees care more about ensuring that the business operations themselves are sustainable than they do about philanthropic activities, as shown in this chart. Yet many companies are missing the opportunity to fully engage their employees on this issue.

Metrics 9

Metrics Chemicals Simon Energy 9

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). While Amazon has expanded its core retailing platform into new categories, such as food and streaming content, in parallel it has built the world’s largest cloud computing enterprise.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15