Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

” the CEO of a major global corporation asked me recently. Companies keep trying to show the world that they are socially conscious and keep losing the battle. investors who ultimately determine the company’s value and fate. investors who ultimately determine the company’s value and fate.

Company 10

Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Audience 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

In other words, the advantages of size gave some companies a bit of safe harbor. Where most managers are forced to spend their days figuring out the next best iteration on their products or services, a handful of companies have been able to exploit scale instead of vision in their pursuit of profit. Consider Porter's value chain.

Porter 12

Porter Competitive Advantage Safe Harbor Efficiency 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

Meet the New Face of Diversity: The “Slacker” Millennial Guy. Being nice makes you a better leader and your company more profitable – new research proves it. In the Company of Givers and Takers. Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? Why Men Work So Many Hours. Real Men Go to Sleep. Connect Then Lead.

Management 19

Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 19

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

This decision — to bet the company on a new and distinct business — was the first such move by Ma, but it would become the cornerstone of Alibaba’s strategy. Today, Alibaba looks more like a conglomerate than a typical tech company, with a diverse set of businesses operating largely independently.

Porter 8

Porter Decentralization Film Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

As Steve Davis, former lead in McKinsey's Social Innovation practice and president of the global health NGO, Path, has said: "The best social innovations are not necessarily widely adopted. The Shell Foundation provided HPS with market-based expertise and funding to help the company validate and scale its model.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Every company benefits from an educated populace. Every company needs skilled labor. Every company needs infrastructure – roads, bridges, ports – and every company benefits from the new technologies made possible by basic scientific research. Competitiveness Project. That needs to change.

Resources 8

Resources Company Rivkin Short-term 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2011

Just as companies have books of business and corporate cultures, so do individuals, who in turn populate and influence organizations. Any company or organization is like a tree. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). by Hank Moore.

Learning-by-Doing 63

Learning-by-Doing Leadership Strategic Planning Open-book 63