Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. On the other side, fans of active management see it as a trend that can damage market efficiency and lead to distortions in market prices.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

That’s why CMOs need to develop four types of leadership, which are based loosely on Gartner’s Intelligent Brand Framework. The idea is to identify your power center — which one best represents your natural capabilities — and develop skills to flex across these leadership styles.

Leadership Styles 8

Leadership Styles Leadership Brand Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

The automotive industry is being disrupted by electric vehicles and self-driving cars, just as home appliances is being disrupted by the Internet of Things and smart appliances, home entertainment by on-demand content providers, and apparel by online personal stylists such as Stitch Fix and Trunk Club. Proprietary research A.T.

Automotive 8

Automotive Brand Technology White Paper 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

He will be “on trend,” as they say in fashion — in recent months, leaders from the new Mayor of New York to the Pope have also been vocal on the subject. Business by now has a well-developed playbook for dealing with such sustainability issues. And directly, the trends are literally unsustainable. Take an Interest.

Golden Parachute 11

Golden Parachute Apparel Trends Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Successful companies develop a system of a few truly unique capabilities that help them create differentiated value for their chosen customers. Kmart, by contrast, has failed to develop a unique or differentiated way to play, and all that goes with it. What drives some companies to succeed while others languish?

Succession 15

Succession Retail Merchandising Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

The traditional paradigm for supply-chain management is to develop sophisticated tools to generate forecasts that accurately predict the value and the level of uncertainty of future demand. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Why does this matter? Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Management Constraint Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

That level of sophistication will come with better data and carbon allocation methods (mirroring, I suspect, the cost allocation tools accountants have developed for a century). But, and this is a big caveat, we're a lot closer to knowing the "hot spots" in most product lifecycles (e.g., Do consumers even care?

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Retail Apparel B2B 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

It had focused on operational improvements inside the proverbial four walls of its factory — things like more efficiently heating and cooling the tomatoes and developing novel ways to pack the paste for shipment to customers. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Fashion apparel is an excellent example.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Outsourcing Operations 8

HR Digest

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Over the last few years, our company Mathison , has been leading global research on the hiring practices of hundreds of employers, authoring the first book in our space, Hiring for Diversity and developing holistic technology to help employers identify gaps in their hiring process, define their strategy, and equip the entire team to take action.

Diversity 98

Diversity Organization Training Apparel 98

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Supporting this trend is a tremendous increase in capital available for “impact investing.” It’s easy to scan headlines and see undisciplined for-profit companies (take GM, American Apparel). And when we asked these entrepreneurs why, some of their reasons were just plain bad. They are not alone.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Apparel Transportation Fashion 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Sectors calling for action included banking (Bank of America, Citi, Goldman, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo), the apparel industry (including Levi, Gap, Adidas, VF), and the World Economic Forum, which brought 79 CEOs together to urge action. The list goes on, and the trend won’t stop at food and personal care products.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Macro Trends. To cap the year, the pure electric Tesla Model S was selected as the Motor Trend Car of the Year. This year, there were countless eco-efficiency stories about companies saving millions of dollars and developing new tools to make buildings, fleets ( Staples and UPS, for example ), and manufacturing much leaner.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

In a pattern that would become familiar to today’s innovation thinkers, Worthy reports, “the then managements of Sears and Wards alike failed to grasp the significance of these new developments.”. Under Wood, Sears became a pioneer in using demographic and economic trends to anticipate customer demand. We felt defeated and powerless.”.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. In this case, Levi’s had spent a decade identifying great ways to cut water use in the apparel value chain. These trends will continue and companies will need to adapt — fast.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Deep concerns about labor conditions, wages, and equity take root: From tragedies in Bangladeshi apparel factories to minimum wages in the U.S. Travesties like the death of more than 1100 workers at the Rana Plaza apparel factory in Bangladesh are increasingly unacceptable to the buying public.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2020

In the booming era of the digital revolution, technological trends are no surprise to anyone. Since users are obsessed with videos, this trend is unlikely to fade away anytime soon. It lets you develop healthy relationships with customers, giving a sense of exclusivity to group members. Build Communities.

Marketing Strategy 67

Marketing Strategy Marketing Strategy Audience 67

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. They will benefit the most from being mentored.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In the developed world, we enjoy better medicines, connectivity, and mobility than most of us could have imagined even 20 years ago. Businesses can use these trends to reconnect with their customers and their communities. The effects of technology on humans depends on how we choose to develop and use it. Essential background.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8