Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The military continues to lead the way on energy and climate. For over 200 years, from Thomas Malthus to the Limits to Growth gang, many people have made the case that it won't be long before we'll run out of food, energy, materials, and on and on. Markets have a remarkable way of sorting the wheat from the chaff.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

For example, GE developed an ultra-low-cost ultrasound for rural China which is now marketed in over 100 countries. Logitech developed an affordable mouse for the China market which sells for (the Chinese equivalent of) $19.99 and which they now sell in Europe and the U.S. You need to innovate for India, not simply export to India.

Glocalization 11

Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

The money collected will go to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and carbon offsets , allowing Microsoft to declare itself carbon neutral. Microsoft seems more interested in lowering overall carbon emissions and energy use, not just neutrality in and of itself. Accountability throughout the organization. Risk reduction.

Price 13

Price P&L White Paper Energy 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Don’t Get Trapped in Your P&L. For example, today energy storage is a big, well-defined problem, but it’s devilishly hard to solve and requires an open approach like that of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research. To close the gap, we need to treat innovation differently than we do normal operations.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

One class discussion that gets the light-bulbs flashing is a case study analysis of a brilliant functional expert, Harris (not his real name), who gets sent to an elite business school’s general management program with the promise of a promotion into a P&L role upon his return. Figure out your market value.

Career 8

Career P&L How To Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2012

Cespedes and Benson P. In fact it's not mainly about cost management at all — though that's certainly important in these market conditions. We devote a huge amount of energy and a lot of money to keeping our sales force happy. Please contribute by offering insights, solutions, and stories from your own experience.).

P&L 11

P&L Management Chemicals Case Study 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

I also think something else is going on, and leaders need to pay attention to this subtle but notable shift in employee energy. But then the market slowed as companies moved their construction overseas and construction jobs disappeared. In a way," he says, "the slower market has been a blessing. We're not as frenetic.

P&L 12

P&L Construction Survey Stress 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Market share, cost reductions, and profit margins of new businesses are examples of impact metrics. The most widely used metric among our respondents, for instance, was revenue being generated by new products or services over the course of their first few years in the market. P&L impact or other financial impact.

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The corporate members include Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, P&G, J&J, Kellogg’s, L’Oreal, and Unilever. Sustainability Supply chain Market research Retail & Consumer Goods' TSC has been plugging along, doing the hard work of figuring out what makes certain products more sustainable than others.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Supply Chain Kaplan 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

The party has been selling pretty much the same product for more than three decades now, while market conditions have changed. It's like the flailing companies in Ted Levitt's classic HBR article " Marketing Myopia " that err by thinking their job is to sell a product rather than satisfy a customer need. Lafley and Roger L.

Brand 8

Brand Productivity Products P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

In a departure from GE’s traditional control systems, the Center was not set up as its own business unit with its own P&L, but rather was funded by a $1 billion investment by Jeff Immelt and became part of GE Global Research. And the market for software talent was hot hot hot. She told me how difficult it was.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2018

We were working hard on getting product-market fit right, so anything we could do to get more customers and to find the right feature mix was a critical learning opportunity. If someone had a marketing grader idea, chances are I would say “yes” to it. It empowered my team to move fast and get things done.

P&L 13

P&L Strategy Press Release Marketing 13