Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

Previously strong barriers to entry have perished; fixed assets such as car fleets, hotels, bank branches, and landline infrastructure have become weaknesses. In transportation, for example, on-demand options have roiled the market, and traditional taxis are fighting back, belatedly, with apps such as Arro and Way2Ride.

Industry 8

Industry Fixed Assets Retail Market Penetration 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

Our research shows that coherent companies earn what we call a coherence premium because strategic coherence provides greater differentiation, enables the right form of scale, focuses limited investments, and has the hugely important benefit of aligning the entire organization around a common and consistent purpose.

Strategy 15

Strategy Fixed Assets Competitive Advantage Long-term 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

These choices historically conferred advantage – first-mover, scale – but asset-based scale advantages have diminished in recent years, thanks to technology, cheap information, and outsourcing. Assets are important, but they are, increasingly, table stakes in most competitive industries; everyone in the game has them.

Resources 53

Resources Industry System Strategy 53

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The examples sound familiar: South Africa during Apartheid, China after the Tiananmen protests, Venezuela since the Chavez era, Egypt during and after the Arab Spring, and parts of Mexico today. That same year, my own organization, the World Economic Forum, organized a major international meeting in Nay Pyi Taw, a city north of Yangon.

Politics 13

Politics Short-term Long-term Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

We know from FCLT surveys , for example, that 61% of executives and directors say that they would cut discretionary spending to avoid risking an earnings miss, and a further 47% would delay starting a new project in such a situation, even if doing so led to a potential sacrifice in value. .” As noted earlier, if all public U.S.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8