Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

.” Now, this prediction about remote working has not only come to life; it’s proved to be more beneficial than the traditional office model for some companies. The advisory firm we work for is one such company. Since its inception, in 1995, ghSMART has been a firm with a completely remote team. They feel true ownership.

Team 9

Team Organization Management Consultative 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Much of Charan’s recent work has tilted towards organization and people (books on strategy execution, leadership pipeline, talent and advice on intensity, change, leadership traits, performance management, governance). This is both unfair and simplistic. It ignores what I call the 20-60-20 rule.

Charan 9

Charan Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Decentralization 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2013

Who, for instance, would have guessed that global NGOs spend nearly 80% more to track their finances and employ nearly twice as many finance staff as comparable for-profit multinationals? Decentralized, program-focused operations also squander precious dollars. Hence, the comparatively high cost of NGOs'' bookkeeping operations.

Globalization 8

Globalization NGO Benchmarking Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

We asked them how many companies in Africa make over $100 million annually. They reflect a decentralized, de-institutionalized commercial structure that’s now clearly part of the US economy (think of food trucks or Uber). The focus is on smaller companies than in the ABF, but with comparable value for its participants.

Marketing 8

Marketing Career Wireless Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

Editor’s note: When the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba goes public, as it will soon, Yahoo will earn many times its significant original stake in the company — a surprising ending to a tale of experimentation and discovery. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

Chief Financial Officer 9

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants. A trip through the HBR archives shows just how cutting-edge the company has been in so many ways for so long.

Retail 8

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2012

"Leadership" has changed when a decentralized group of people can take down a government. At each point in the disruption, it makes economic sense for the big company to surrender that bit of the market to the disruptor, and so big companies logically put themselves out of business.

Christensen 15

Christensen Business Model Decentralization Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. There are many reasons companies benefit from hiring an outsider, such as to effect change. Note the solution is not to avoid outside CEOs.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier Maes, the CEO of Contect, wrapped up his year-beginning speech to all the company’s employees. Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I have watched companies spend tremendous amounts of money, time and energy debating logos, taglines, color pallets, font styles, ad campaigns, positioning strategies, marketing messages, brand promises, etc., Lastly, don’t decentralize marketing…consistent messaging across markets, mediums and constituencies is critical.

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Blog Marketing Succession Brand 303

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

These misunderstandings have allowed the wrong narratives to drive policy making, with individual entrepreneurs and companies as the central characters of the story. In Silicon Valley, what was critical was the decentralized network of intelligent public organizations that facilitated feedback loops throughout the whole innovation chain.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Cost-Benefit Analysis Policies Drucker 8