Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Further, they need to limit their focus to, at most, six capabilities, and make those capabilities work together as a mutually reinforcing system that perpetuates competitive advantage. Is it more important to consider capabilities when you develop a strategy now than it was, say, five years ago? SD : What is the ‘coherence premium?’.

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Resources Industry System Strategy 51

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

They enable both the buyer and supplier to improve their working capital by making it possible for the former to extend its payables and at the same time accelerate payment to the latter. The use of FinTechs allows suppliers to access funding at the multinationals firm’s lower cost of capital.).

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Cost of Capital Transportation Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It's a common assumption that offering more features or developing high-quality products and services is expensive, and that the products of these labors can command premiums. The higher the premium, the more consumers are likely to associate quality with the offering. Operating such restaurants is expensive.

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Quality Working Capital Price Open-book 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

These card networks were allowed to charge their members just enough to cover cost and provide working capital. That standard may then become a platform for many firms that produce complementary products and their customers. For more on this, read Dee Hock’s book about starting up the Visa network.). Insight Center.

IPO 8

IPO Succession Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

As more people depended on him, he spent his working capital, and the business failed. When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities.

Books 13

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The UK’s Department for International Development uses “results-based” aid to improve the educational outcomes of young girls in Africa and Asia. Pearson, the educational publisher, measures the efficacy of its products to improve educational outcomes. Making PbR Work. Consider these examples: Education.

Incentives 8

Incentives Health Care Education Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2013

Like any small business, they need working capital to balance out the peaks and troughs of their business cycle. Sometimes they need bridging capital to pay for projects that are being grant-funded upon completion. To be clear, this is not about a new charity banking product within their existing for-profit structures.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Due Diligence Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

The opportunity may entail: 1) pioneering a truly innovative product; 2) devising a new business model; 3) creating a better or cheaper version of an existing product; or 4) targeting an existing product to new sets of customers. For example, a new venture might employ a new business model for an innovative product.

Definition 9

Definition Entrepreneur Tactics Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2011

China's National Development Reform Commission estimates that since 2004, the cost of growing cereals in the country has risen by as much as 10% per annum. Moreover, productivity in Chinese agriculture has risen very slowly over the years, so the pressure on food prices is likely to continue.

Price 8

Price Sharpe Banking Class 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

To develop a BDN, you work backwards, or right to left, from the agreed investment objectives and the expected benefits, and map the required changes to structures, processes, work practices, and how staff would need to work through to the new technology necessary to enable and sustain those changes. Insight Center.

Tools 8

Tools Supply Chain CRM Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

What do you think causes millions of people to miss work and school in developing economies? Beyond the humiliating difficulties for millions of impoverished individual women trying to improve themselves and support their families, this is a global issue with significant consequences for the economies of developing countries.

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

And pretty much every product you can buy at Best Buy, you can get at Amazon cheaper and with free delivery — so people do. In this month's HBR, Professor Clayton Christensen and I have an article that describes how to develop core business strategy in the face of disruption. It's just not a good decade to be Best Buy.

Price 8

Price Retail Business Model Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2018

Typical statements portraying men as growth-ambitious and in need of financing include: “ His major problem is to find enough financial capital for the investments to grow. ” “ He owns a big share of the company, and of course he wants to increase the production volume to raise the profitability and expand.”

Venture Capitalist 10

Venture Capitalist Debt to Equity Ratio Real Estate Entrepreneur 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

These preparatory steps are of particular importance for carve-outs that are not full-fledged business units with profit & loss responsibility, such as R&D centers or production units whose only customer is their parent. Does the business have an adequate financial structure?

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In the past, economic development has prioritized big businesses. But these economic development strategies focused on big businesses, sometimes known as “elephant hunting,” may overstate the importance of large firms. The Main Street business owner needs a different kind of capital from the high-tech entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

But in past weeks, it seems that the movie in Asia has been on fast-forward around global development and financing. It’s stated mission is to “focus on the development of infrastructure and other productive sectors in Asia.” billion of subscribed capital) or the Asian Development Bank ($162.8

Banking 8

Banking Development Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

To help provide a better factual base for this debate, MGI, working with McKinsey colleagues from our Strategy & Corporate Finance practice as well as the team at FCLT Global, began last fall to devise a way to systemically measure short-termism and long-termism at the company level. rate for other companies.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

He is now pursuing grant funding, which he believes will address these issues and will enable his business to expand its product lines. Should he plow cash into increasing the pay of the disadvantaged people he employs, or build his working capital? Why Has Roberta's Company Scaled While Adam's Hasn't? Or keep margins healthy?

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Business Model Long-term Goal 8