Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The company’s more than 80 operating subsidiaries have complete independence and minimal oversight from headquarters, which requires little else besides regular financial statements and the return of excess cash that is not needed to sustain and grow the business. A long-term investment horizon improves operating performance.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term Supply Chain Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

corporate boardroom representation , despite solid evidence that greater women's representation in corporate leadership correlates directly with improved business performance. In the last five years, women and minorities actually lost ground in U.S. So why aren't they getting a seat at the table? But should the U.S.

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Resistance Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Before joining Facebook as a security engineer in 2015, I worked in industries from consulting to manufacturing to retail. One of the hardest things for business leaders to understand is that security teams face live adversaries who, despite headlines about “sophisticated” attacks, usually opt for the path of least resistance.

Team 8

Team P&L Engineering Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

But the companies we studied resist disruptive reorganizations and instead put their culture to work. That’s how Lego went from losing a million dollars a day in 2004 to being the world’s largest toy company in 2015. Operating as these companies do takes a lot of confidence. Lego cut these businesses.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

When the staff conversation turns to operating margins, cash flow, inventory, or revenue, does the CHRO tune out? Already 35% of the workforce is comprised of Millennials, born after 1977, and they will comprise nearly 50% of the workforce by 2015. Operating as efficiently as possible is a minimum expectation.

Metrics 14

Metrics Human Resources Attrition CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. The PE firm tried for six months to get the CEO to become more of a systems thinker and a real leader, but he resisted. In fact, management consultancy Bain & Co.

CEO 8

CEO Company Due Diligence Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

On March 2, 2015, a line of people stretching around the block waited to get into the Rickshaw Stop on Fell Street in San Francisco. The SFO project began in January 2015. When the doors opened on March 2, 2015, a line of nearly 400 people stretched around the block. This night the entertainment would be opera … of a sort.

Audience 8

Audience Brainstorming Project Class 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

I have often been struck by the way companies operating in industries as diverse as telecommunications and transport manage to collaborate in a competitive environment, yet health organizations find collaboration difficult even when they are not competing. Health care is not the only industry that is resistant to change.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

billion in 2015. In 2015 alone the country attracted $9 billion in venture capital and was home to four “unicorns” — privately held ventures valued in excess of a billion dollars. Clearly, there’s awareness and connectivity between major corporate leadership and the prospective tech market in India.

Price 8

Price Globalization Forrester Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The loss of American trade leadership could hardly come at a worse time. A new survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs reveals that 60% of Americans support the negotiations for trans-Pacific trade , down slightly from 2015. This uncertainty calls for political leadership. These activities are no longer enough.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Politics Policies Globalization 8