Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Using data from the 2012 survey, we also found that boards gave their companies'' very poor grades on talent management. consumer durables & apparel, retailing, education, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., Penney''s board ousted Ron Johnson they reinstated his predecessor Mike Ullman.

Succession 8

Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

With the concurrent rise in online sales and marketing, print media seemed like a waste. According to the DMA, in 2012 mailings dropped to its lowest level since it began collecting annual data in 2001. .” But then the Great Recession hit, and retailers looking to trim their expenditures cut catalog budgets.

Retail 8

Retail Brand Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

If anything, the story has been the opposite: recent reports herald the decline of wind , and for a year the media has made a big deal out of the demise of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra. Once technologies take off, doublings can happen pretty fast — just ask the investors in the Internet, mobile or social media.

Energy 8

Energy Apparel Cost Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

But when the retailer took a more careful look, it found that its best opportunity was to get people to buy more in the categories they were already shopping (such as apparel or electronics or groceries). I know of one media company that put a giant gong in its sales department.

Retail 11

Retail Long-term Short-term Apparel 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Our 2012 survey, in partnership with WomenCorporateDirectors and Heidrick & Struggles, of more than 1,000 corporate directors across the globe, found that only 48% of the boards had a formal process of determining the combination of skills and attributes required for their board and, therefore, for new directors.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

And the more growth opportunities stretch beyond a company’s current capabilities, the more the company needs to build systems to manage the unique nature of these opportunities (the kind we describe in more depth in our recent article “ Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days ” and our 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory ).

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

It certainly has become a media darling for clean tech skeptics. On the use side of the water issue, companies with products that depend on water in production (beverages) or in use (shampoo, apparel) are also seeing the writing on the wall and getting creative. for " every manufacturer, component, and process in apparel production."

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15