Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Tim Cook took over as CEO in 2011. He learned both industries under high-risk conditions where his own wealth was at stake and success highly uncertain. Cook had been running Compaq's supply chain with cutting-edge efficiency when Apple's supply chain was in a shambles. Neither bode well for the future.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail PR Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Employers can readily apply market forces and supply-chain tools to improve the performance of both. As part of its effort to use supply-chain methods to obtain the highest quality care for its employees, Intel promptly added procurement specialists to its collaborative. Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Incentives Quality 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

In The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy , Booz & Company’s Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi maintain that success in any market accrues to firms with a coherence premium – a tight match between their strategic direction and the capabilities that make them unique.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?”

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

The business model of these firms was to make markets , and they were large enough essentially to monopolize the technology categories if successful. Consider the iPad, first released in March 2010; at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, close to a dozen tablets were on display. No ideas are local, and increasingly few are secret.

Incubator 8

Incubator Supply Chain Real Estate Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

Deservedly vaunted venture capitalist Tom Perkins’ callous, arrogant and elitist recent comments should not serve as an expedient excuse to overlook an important “dirty little secret” about entrepreneurship, the acknowledged engine of economic growth: successful entrepreneurship always exacerbates local inequality , at least in the short run.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Real Estate Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

It will help us decide what we make, how much we make, and how we finance that production. Let's think about the way that changes our modes of production. But when the capital requirements to enter markets have declined, the marginal cost of reaching consumers is effectively zero, and one-off production is not hard to do.

Porter 17

Porter Mass Marketing Supply Chain Retail 17

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

These new capabilities connect to the work we’ve done over the past several decades inside our enterprises to automate processes with tools — such as accounting systems, supply chain, call center, and such. Many leadership skills required for digital success are similar to those taught to meeting facilitators. He lives in St.

Agility 65

Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

But this creates havoc for their production and distribution functions. They don’t have the budgets of Fortune 500 companies, which can customize products and delivery for each customer who requests special treatment. As his firm grew, he undervalued and underpaid the executives who ran the supply chain and finance departments.

Operations 8

Operations Company Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Being big was in itself a mark of success. How many companies have figured out how to shift from supply chain management to integrating customer feedback directly into their product design, distribution, and delivery? Here, let me start with three major shifts that I see: Lean , not big. Take banking as a visible example.

Banking 16

Banking Business Model Supply Chain Mass Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The greening of the supply chain. The ongoing failure of policy at a global level (with the important exceptions of some successes/workarounds such as new mileage targets for cars and trucks and a carbon tax in Australia ). These drivers underpin a number of stories from 2011, but a few new themes came out as well.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

While marketing budgets have been steadily rising as a percentage of firm budgets since 2011, many CMOs still lack real authority over decisions that most affect the customer, since most are delivered through touch points not owned by marketing. This is largely because marketing’s contribution to a company’s success is not well understood.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

They'll increasingly be a source of, and resource for, innovation differentiation in 2011, if not for your organization, then for the firm you most dread competing against. Where professionals once wrote memos to be read, 2011 begins an era in which documents are written with touch both in mind and on fingertips. That's right.

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 16

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Readily measurable values: Time and cost of product development-service delivery cycles. Product-service movement at business-to-business levels. Productivity gained.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2012

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 Before companies could fully recover, massive flooding in Thailand caused further disruptions in Asian supply chains. Everyone knows the story. earthquake off Japan's east coast triggered a massive tsunami and led to a cascading series of problems. Here the Army hasn't done a good job.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Supply Chain Christensen Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

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. The authors also say Lululemon should probably pay more attention to its supply chain.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Crisis Crisis Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

But as Apple’s profits multiplied from 2004 through 2011, it was clear that, as you now call it, “ return of capital ” to shareholders was not a pressing priority for Mr. Jobs. Public shareholders, including Carl Icahn, do not invest in Apple’s productive capabilities. But what is the economic logic for this use of buybacks?

Innovation 11

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” Greater productivity meant lower prices and faster growth, leading to increased industry dominance. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

In the years since, Nando’s has become one of the most successful chicken restaurant chains in the world, with more than 1,200 restaurants in 23 countries. What’s the secret to Brozin’s success in a world with no shortage of chicken joints? Set your company up for success. Insight Center.

Company 8

Company Hotels Supply Chain Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

There were no checks and balances for members of the supply train. This archaic mindset flies in the face of progressive supply chain management, which successful companies now embrace. Egos and working mannerisms did not produce the most productive workforce. Copycats of others’ perceived successes.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57