Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Likewise, marketing wants to clearly quantify the impact of its long-term branding efforts while finance is more focused on macro-economic drivers of marketing performance, such as interest rates, employment levels, inflation and retail sales. Organizational Anachronisms Exposed.

Finance 13

Finance Marketing P&L ROI 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

Zabeen Hirji, CHRO at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), grew up in retail banking and operations management roles before moving into HR. She changed industries from private equity investing to technology; she changed geographies by moving from New York to San Francisco; and she changed functions from M&A and investing to HR.

Quinn 13

Quinn Execution CFO Forrester 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2018

At one point, the CEO indicated that he would know that the right shift had occurred when the CFO, chief strategy officer, and other C-level leaders were seeking the CMO’s advice on strategic business problems. “I needed to earn the right to be invited into key, firm-level strategic decisions.”

CFO 8

CFO CEO Agility Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

Just ask Gene Morphis, ex-CFO of clothing retailer Francesca's. without any compliance process or technology in place.". The combination of the right policy and the right technology can render even the most delicate of communications compliant. The risks and penalties are real. You will likely see thousands of them.

Compliance 15

Compliance Media Compliance Officer Policies 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The phenomenon of fast-track CEO succession appears to be most prominent in the retail, technology, media, and telecommunications sectors—all of which are particularly affected by disruptive business models and new competitors. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

CEO 13

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Consider Staples, the office-supplies retailer, which had tumbled from being the market leader to being a third of the new leader’s size by 1992. Stemberg turned to Basil Anderson, who had tackled similar challenges as CFO of Campbell Soup and Scott Paper. Here’s what we learned.

Strategy 8

Strategy Chief Financial Officer Short-term Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

With the company's retail insights into the browsing, shopping, and purchasing behaviors of its customers, its views into entrepreneurial investment through its Web Services offering, and its Kindle and Fire media consumption devices, Amazon is extraordinarily well-positioned to strategically invest in explicit companies or particular sectors.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

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. For decades, the shaving market was men''s facial hair removal.

Price 8

Price Franchising Marketing CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

When we asked one successful online retailer “How do you compete with Amazon?” Sponsored by DXC Technology. Retailers like Walmart and Macy’s manage a supply chain, buying and reselling their own inventory. ” the response was “You don’t.” Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Half a dozen companies worldwide are licensed to manufacture the machines and pods and sell them to retailers and distributors, paying royalties to Terranola on each sale. Densmor, Terranola’s CFO, saw those words on Twitter about one minute after Hughes had uttered them. As CFO, A.J. I know the investors will come around.”

Case Study 8

Case Study CFO Hedge PR 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

The plan was to go public next year, and Jake and his CFO had been trying to cut costs, but they had mostly spared the IT group. They knew that technology (and the staff to support it) was the company’s bread and butter. We need to make a statement—not just new technology, new people.” Some of that was true.

Case Study 8

Case Study Crisis IPO CIO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

People who have earned these belts drive projects with clear financial targets set at the top organization, with progress monitored by the CFO. Most missionaries of the BPM religion come from a heritage in information technology. Six Sigma zealots argue that if you train enough people, you get a cultural transformation.

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma BPM Process Hammer 15