Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2018

Additionally, we examined individual-level grocery spending data from Point of Purchase Advertising International, which surveyed 2,400 grocery shoppers in 2011 and 2012 at 35 stores across 10 states. After they finished making their choices, they were shown a photo of a three-pack of chewing gum in a retail display.

Retail 8

Retail Participative Armstrong Video 8

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

APRIL 19, 2017

As Chad Syverson at the University of Chicago wryly noted in his 2011 round-up of the evidence on what drives productivity : “…no potential driver of productivity differences has seen a higher ratio of speculation to actual empirical study” than management. What does the first-ever management survey at this scale tell us?

Skills 12

Skills Management Succession Bottom-up 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Although dampened somewhat by the economic climate and job uncertainty , the five+ weeks from late November through the end of the calendar year represent more than $500 billion in sales — or approximately 40% of the entire year's retail revenue in the U.S. — and even more for some kinds of businesses. What's your view?

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Supply Chain Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

Faced with the recession, and the growing dominance of Amazon and other online retailers, many American malls are becoming ghost towns. Stores are closing — especially big ones — and new retailers aren’t stepping up to fill the empty spaces. Louis Cardinals in 2006 and 2011, when the team won the World Series.

CIO 8

CIO Real Estate Retail Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Consumers go to retail stores to find out what is available at what prices—in other words, in large part, to get information. Rather than having stores in shopping centers, retailers will construct massive warehouses and home-deliver products directly. So robots will play a more important role in retail’s future.

Technology 8

Technology Retail Transportation Construction 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

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

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

Bain & Company recently surveyed about 750 employees across industries in Brazil, China, India, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. Only one-third of survey respondents characterized their own employer as a clear leader that has fully incorporated sustainable practices, with one-fifth saying their companies have few or no efforts.

Metrics 9

Metrics Chemicals Simon Energy 9

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.

Creativity 15

Creativity Report Conference Mentor 15

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. Starting in 2011, Mercedes chose to develop direct distribution capabilities for electric bicycle sales under its Smart brand.

Strategy 10

Strategy B2B Insurance Business Model 10

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 10

Industry Retail Banking Brand 10

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

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% million women-owned businesses in the U.S., As of 2010, only 2.4% of the U.S.

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. In recent years, incumbents have fought back.

Technology 14

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

This story was inspired by " Forecasting private consumption : survey-based indicators vs. Google trends," by Simeon Vosen and Torsten Schmidt, in the Journal of Forecasting (September 2011). With everyone using mobile phones now instead of land lines, telephone surveys are difficult. I admit, the sample wasn't huge," she said.

Cost 8

Cost Marketing Management Sample 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

to $5.05, Krueger and his then-Princeton colleague David Card surveyed 410 fast-food restaurants in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania before and after the wage hike. million people, or about 3% of the country's wage and salary workers, made the minimum wage or less in 2011. to $9 and index it to inflation after that.

Price 10

Price Policies Fashion Proposal 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2014

He arrived as President at Quaker Foods North America in 2011 to find a strong, trusted brand with nutritional oatmeal products, but he knew there was an opportunity to build upon the legacy of this iconic brand. They engage, tell the big story of why you do what you do, listen, and model desirable behaviors.

Balanced Scorecard 8

Balanced Scorecard Innovation Globalization Micromanagement 8

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

AUGUST 11, 2014

According to a Kauffman Foundation study , 72% of entrepreneurs surveyed come from self-described middle class backgrounds, and another 22%reported being from upper lower class backgrounds. 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

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The results are staggering: same-store sales are up 55% from the first half of 2011 to the same period in 2012. In order to find what actions these successful companies took, PA Consulting Group (my employer), working with the authors of The Economist book, Managing Uncertainty , conducted a comprehensive survey.

TSR 15

TSR Apparel Consultative Uncertainty 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The results are staggering: same-store sales are up 55% from the first half of 2011 to the same period in 2012. In order to find what actions these successful companies took, PA Consulting Group (my employer), working with the authors of The Economist book, Managing Uncertainty , conducted a comprehensive survey.

TSR 8

TSR Apparel Consultative Uncertainty 8

Miles Anthony Smith

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

It is expected to remain the religion with the most followers until at least 2050, according to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center in 2012. With the vast number of Christians worldwide, there are thousands of Christian writers all over the world that are inspiring millions through their words and stories. ​​ 5.

Film 52

Film Meyer Books Travel 52

Miles Anthony Smith

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

It is expected to remain the religion with the most followers until at least 2050, according to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center in 2012. With the vast number of Christians worldwide, there are thousands of Christian writers all over the world that are inspiring millions through their words and stories. ​​ 5.

Film 52

Film Meyer Books Travel 52

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 developed the NOOK and has devoted significant space in its retail stores to display and promote it, and it has a broad online library.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

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

AUGUST 16, 2017

higher than the 2011 drop-out rate. A survey of senior consultants found that 81% planned to retire early because of work pressures. using the UK Retail Price Index). In 2015, 48% of junior doctors in their second year of training chose to drop out of the NHS. This is 19.3%

Crisis 8

Crisis Long-term Training Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The diagnostic phase includes a detailed review of current market conditions, customers, consumers and competitors; from there, a list of potential ideas for capitalizing on opportunity gaps is compiled, and the best prospects are subsequently tapped as suitable targets for the ensuing consumer conjoint survey and analysis phase.

Price 8

Price Analysis Productivity Products 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

MAY 20, 2014

He points out that the recently launched high-profile data journalism outlets are using common data sets from established sources, such as government statistics and surveys from polling companies, rather than making an effort to find or generate their own data. How Data Visualization Answered One of Retail’s Most Vexing Questions.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Media Analysis Project 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Now, platforms like AngelList, WeFunder, and Republic enable ordinary retail investors to participate in this stage of a company’s growth. According to a survey we conducted with Research Now/SSI on investing and retirement of 2,000 nationally representative households, 15% of total households are extremely interested in this.

Real Estate 10

Real Estate Rate of Return Finance Innovation 10