Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Then come down—whether it is getting published or getting a new product into stores. Proceed with extreme caution.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

With a student-faculty steering committee and 50,000 Euros of seed funding from the school's administration, they founded INDEVOR, INSEAD's social enterprise club. Over the next few years, he provided small amounts of money to seed experiments and to challenge the institution to come up with innovative approaches to address his question.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Bottom-up Committee Follow-up 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2018

Women are offered lower pay and less institutional research funding when they join a faculty, and they continue to earn considerably less than men—even among those at the same level and with comparable productivity. These disparities are terribly disappointing, to say the least. What Can Be Done?

Policies 12

Policies Leadership Mentor Career 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2011

For example, someone comes to me persuaded that an innovative new product will sell well in Brazil, and we have not yet targeted Brazil in our strategic plan, then I say "no." I've worked closely with The Conference Board , the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy , and Students in Free Enterprise.

How To 16

How To Committee Commitment Strategic Planning 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

This is disturbing coming from a company so adept at cutting-edge customer analytics that it’s selling analytics services and has refused to divulge the names of its tech staff at Hadoop conferences to prevent them from being poached. But from the average consumer’s point of view, it can be hard to see Sears’ competitive advantage right now.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Key Metric: the ratio of men and women (and nationalities) on the Executive Committee is the clearest indicator of a company's openness to 21st century realities. There is an irreconcilable conflict between the personal and professional in countries that have not built the infrastructure to manage the products of our unions: children.

Energy 8

Energy Balanced Scorecard Metrics Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

With three efficient plants staffed by 3,000 employees, it had reinvented itself to become an innovative manufacturer of modular steel staircases and fiberglass doors. The lack of traceability and transparency extended to the costs for specialized equipment that was used only for particular products or customers.

Case Study 13

Case Study P&L Cost Due Diligence 13

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Seconds after the Representative finished talking, the former chair of the member’s committee walked in. A single conference room. As the day went on, the conversation grew more and more productive. Starr Social Innovation Fellow for his work on Common Sense Action. This former chair was from the opposite party.

Kaplan 194

Kaplan Policies Politics Chief Executive Officer 194