Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Innovation at GE was on a roll. Since then Flannery has replaced Immelt’s vice chairs responsible for innovation. So is John Rice, the head of global operations, along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Are lean innovation and the startup way a failure in large companies? Then it wasn’t. Comstock is out.

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2011

Then the family's CFO, my wife, who also happens to be a CPA, demanded to know their TCO. First, I added the $58 acquisition price to the $58.36 The CFO's skepticism was proved correct, and I lost all credibility. But CFOs are smart, as I learned through my iMac adventure.

Technology 15

Technology CIO CFO TCO 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

And indeed he had a very innovative strategy for J. Penney: get rid of nonstop price promotions and introduce boutique "stores within the store." Consumers failed to understand the confusing new pricing, the new stores could not be constructed quickly enough, and sales and stock price declined precipitously.

Retail 11

Retail Price Merchandising CFO 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

Everyone is familiar with the primary methods Gillette used to grow: It innovated via technology (with the Sensor, Mach 3, and Fusion razors), and in 2001 it formally expanded into the women''s leg shaving market with a new brand called Venus. Category Growth = A (# of consumers) x B (units per user) x C (price per unit).

Price 8

Price Franchising Marketing CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2011

And as a former CFO I also understand the preoccupation with numbers, but during my time as a CEO it has become clearer to me than ever, that numbers don't tell the whole story. It doesn't matter if you are an administrative assistant or a CFO; all employees need this common experience. As a CEO leading a global U.S.-based

CFO 12

CFO Software Engineering CEO 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

Volatile stock: In 2008, under Jobs, the stock price dropped by more than 50%. No advertising innovation: The "I'm a Mac/"I'm a PC" campaign ran for three and a half years without a refresh. In 2004, Apple's CFO, Fred Anderson, left the company. Amazon's price-to-earnings ratio is now 2,767. No iPad mini at all.

Marketing 12

Marketing Stage-Gate Advertising Price 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2011

Increasingly, consumers on the floor know more than the sales staff about the store's products and price points — and competing offers. Some retailers are responding with clever innovations. Old Navy deployed a mobile payment checkout device over Christmas.

Retail 15

Retail Attrition CIO CFO 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

In this case, a team of the Rotterdam Eye Hospital’s CEO, CFO, managers, staff, and doctors wanted to understand how their patients felt when they entered the hospital and what could be done to improve their experience. Innovating for Value in Health Care. They started with patient-first thinking. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Airlines CFO Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

And while it has certainly burned many buyers of Amazon shares through the years — Amazon's stock price took a decade to get back to its 2009 peak — the long-run returns have been spectacular. Clayton Christensen has long complained that standard financial metrics can be enemies of innovation and growth. In Morten T.

Training 10

Training Bond Christensen Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

As long as the CFO can stipulate that the company does not intend to repatriate the cash, it avoids the incremental tax that will be levied due to the territorial system of U.S. Barring a tax holiday, this cash is effectively "trapped" offshore. Facilitate Acquisitions. How Should You Approach Strategic Cash?

Company 13

Company Cost of Capital Finance Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

Conceding on price or substance because you don’t want to upset the other party is a losing scenario, even if you think you’ve temporarily saved the relationship. That positive, innovative approach is not only far more likely to lead you to a beneficial solution, but also to a place of trust.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain How To Price Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2016

As the CFO of Macy’s put it recently, “ “We’re frankly scratching our heads.” Creative retailers are using the new technologies to innovate just about everything stores do from managing inventory, to marketing, to getting paid. ” But it’s not happening as pundits predicted.

Retail 8

Retail Real Estate B2B CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

Peter Currie , our CFO, and I were doing it, and I said, “All right, one last question.” You do it to get your stock price up. It has more to do with the total price of the bundle versus the value of the bundle. There were, I believe, several price-fixing scandals and cases that have come out of that.

How To 14

How To Technology Industry Venture Capitalist 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

The innovative system promised to reduce local governments’ energy consumption and maintenance costs and improve their constituent relationships. ” Andrew Lowell, Lumiscape’s CFO, had thought it was a mistake to move exclusively to contracts. He clearly had a strong opinion on this, as any good CFO would.

Case Study 8

Case Study Business Model CFO Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

Later that afternoon Annabel Howard, Beacon''s CFO and Henry''s boss, leaned back in her chair. "I''m Managing multiple brands, running separate IT systems, setting different price structures — it would be a mess.". But when it comes to cars, ''sharing'' is just a fancy word for ''rental''. A Third Opinion. And the name?

Case Study 8

Case Study Brand How To Beyer 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

We have some of our largest and most innovative companies doing this. When I’m talking to corporate CEOs, CFOs, and board members, I don’t see the major multinationals planning to bring that cash back to the United States. I was with the CFO of Apple the other day, and they’ve got $140 billion of cash trapped overseas.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO System Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

But the price of gaining that control would be ceding some to him — her own stake would fall from 64% to 51% — and he would have more involvement in the business than any single one of the friends and family members who had invested with her thus far. But Jorge clearly needed further coaching. Angelic Temptations.

Case Study 13

Case Study Franchising Health Care Follow-up 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

You used to be able to track everything with an Excel spreadsheet, personally designed by your CFO; now you’ve got an SAP installation in its place, supported by an entire IT department. Founded in 1966, Norwegian quickly became an innovator in its field as the first company to offer round-trip cruises that nearly anybody could afford.

Company 10

Company IPO Price Loyalty 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

These leaders are recognizing that this balance drives the innovation and market understanding they need for other key business transformations. Some of those searches, like the one, three years ago, for our CFO, took twice as long as normal. Our CFO is now a great asset to the company, in many aspects.” How did he do it?

Diversity 8

Diversity CFO Globalization Video 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

In my experience, legacy managements too frequently misunderstand recommenders’ role in driving innovation and cultural change. They inherently raise all the right questions and challenges any serious innovator should have about crossing the digital divide. Do you want to price differently? Test innovative ideas?

Engineering 8

Engineering Company White Paper Cooper 8