Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Results for the first full quarter of operation under the new strategy had been outstanding. Editor’s note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. This didn’t exactly constitute a thriving market. No deal, no purchase.

Case Study 9

Case Study Strategy Retail Merchandising 9

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Life-threatening experiences (loss of business or market share, economic recession) signal the urgency for the team to collaborate. Marketing’s importance was fully embraced in the 1960′s. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space.

Survey 10

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 10

HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

Understanding HR Analytics The Evolution of HR Management Over the past century, HR management has undergone a remarkable transformation, evolving from an operational discipline to a strategic function. Optimized HR Operations: HR analytics streamlines HR processes by automating data collection, analysis, and reporting.

Metrics 98

Metrics Trends Compliance Analysis 98

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

Let’s say you’re working in a new market, far away from headquarters, and you need to get approval for an initiative that is somewhat outside the company’s current strategy. A case study we just published on Samsung’s European innovation team offers some helpful insights. What do you do?

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Project 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. How do your organization’s strategic and operational goals inform what work roles will be needed in the future?

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How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Together with Harvard Business Review and the Management Innovation eXchange, we have issued a challenge calling for the most instructive case studies and provocative ideas that will help us re-imagine capitalism for the long term. 1) Believe in your power to make markets efficient — but abandon the efficient market dogma.

Marketing 11

Marketing Power Short-term Long-term 11

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

It is usually technical or sales/marketing in nature. Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. Free surveys do not constitute a cohesive plan. Training is rarely allowed to be extensive. qualified advisors. That It's Supposed to Be Popular.

Education 50

Education Company Succession Mentor 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2018

Healthcare data is also highly prized on the black market because there are so many lucrative ways to use it fraudulently, so it’s often a more attractive target than financial or other personal data. No two organizations are the same, and neither are the cultures and contexts in which they operate.

Health Care 9

Health Care Forrester Policies Tactics 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Over the last ten years we have been researching deshopping in Britain through two mass market retail case studies and surveys of 150 independent retailers and over 500 consumers. Increasingly, deshoppers are operating in packs when returning goods, suggesting that the activity is becoming organized.

Retail 13

Retail Mass Marketing Customer Loyalty Discount 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2013

Many others were intrepid entrepreneurs, small business operators, and social venture founders. To harness these students'' talents, the course''s final project invited them to help real organizations by performing a strategic analysis of an existing firm''s business operations. Who wouldn''t want to tap into such pools of knowledge?

Education 9

Education Core Competence Globalization Course 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2014

In car rentals, firms like Hertz and Enterprise are making bets on car-sharing operations. Even dominant businesses like Amazon and Facebook spend enormous sums of money to snatch up and independently operate disruptive businesses like Quidsi and Whatsapp. Instead of complaining, customers at the low end of the market can simply leave.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Airlines Tactics Tools 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

We created a version of our index as an online survey that feeds us input in a more systematic way and as a means of reaching more people — you could, too, if your organizations are more accustomed to engaging in surveys online rather than in person. And people wanted more meeting spaces that could be used quickly and informally.

Maturity 10

Maturity Real Estate Survey Project 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

That founder himself booted from the CEO role later on by VCs, only to watch the company’s initial CEO return to the day-to-day operations alongside yet another chief executive, who joined well after the founding. Not to those who’ve been through a few startups, or studied the challenges that founders face.

Succession 8

Succession Leadership CEO COO 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 29, 2016

Sales force transformation can be the key to driving market-leading profits and top-line growth. Case : Build a case for change, which we summarize as an approach to treat your sales transformation like an internal sale. align to, and drive, corporate strategy) and horizontally (e.g., must include other functions).

Metrics 50

Metrics Marketing Strategy Case Study 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

To look into this question, I conducted a case study as part of my dissertation research involving 23 women of color at a Fortune 500 company. They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. What made their ascent possible?

Management 12

Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

It might also include “data from other divisions or consumer or employee surveys” that point to your success. If nothing more, an outside job offer builds your confidence and gives you more information about your market worth. Case Study #1: Create a “ resume of accomplishments” to bolster your argument.

How To 8

How To Handbook Metrics Learning-by-Doing 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

I wonder if there’s a good survey out there I could use to get feedback from my team. The beautiful thing about your story is it makes for a wonderful case study. As far as a survey goes you have several options available to you. In fact, many of the online survey companies (e.g. Congratulations to you Sir.

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Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 420

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2016

Survey-based reports find that firms are currently spending an estimated $36 billion on storage and infrastructure, and that is expected to double by 2020. However, looking at the surveys and consulting reports, it is unclear what the precise use cases are that will drive this positive ROI from big data. Insight Center.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Price Airlines Advertising 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Sifting through case studies, anecdotes, questionnaire responses, and many other snapshots of entrepreneurial activity in Ghana and a few other places on the continent I was drawn to two major characteristics of African entrepreneurship. In a sense, African entrepreneurs run profit ecosystems rather than business units.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2011

In our book, we present several case studies, but one of our favorites is from W.W. the distributor of maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supplies. Marketing plays a critical role in identifying these teachable insights and equipping reps with the tools to deliver them to customers. Grainger, Inc. ,

Customer Loyalty 15

Customer Loyalty Loyalty Price Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. A loan to a gun manufacturer would announce to the world that we really have no principles and that the green thing is just a marketing gimmick. We’re pioneers,” Jay said.

Case Study 8

Case Study Banking Ethics Guidelines 8

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

being pushed into the market is reaching truly overwhelming proportions. It’s been my experience that regardless of the subject, it is precisely when the noise becomes the loudest, that it’s most difficult for the consumer to extract quality and value from the market. That's where a members' survey is essential.

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Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 333

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The company cried ‘case study’ from the very beginning, when it segued from the former Houston Natural Gas moniker. These observations are intended to contextualize the Enron case studies in broader terms than were reported in the news media: Conditions Which Allowed It to Occur.

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Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57