Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

Inherently, digital printing’s “additive” manufacturing process promises to be less costly than more conventional “subtractive” manufacturing techniques — think about printing something layer by layer instead of milling a block of material into a final product. trillion in inventories held by U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

More organizations will study their top salespeople in 2013 to understand how they formulate their winning account strategies based upon customer politics, evaluator psychology, and the human nature of executive decision makers that are unique to winning every account. Win-Loss Analysis Studies. to promote domain expertise.

Trends 15

Trends Analysis Politics Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. After all, sales and finance were often at odds in organizations, and the conflict hadn’t had a big impact on Barker’s revenues. He needed to fix this. Nina laughed.

Case Study 10

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The banks that have nearly completed their regulatory agenda have a head start, since they can free up more financial and human resources to address evolving technology. Less apparent to the outside world is how much banks are also investing in controls, especially in their compliance, risk, and finance divisions.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Bottom-up Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. Technology, marketing, retail, HVAC, construction, and manufacturing pros. Hundreds of millions of additional dollars are being spent on professional services, ancillary products and other offerings. And more are joining every day. The list goes on.

Industry 8

Industry Retail Banking Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. This has paid off dramatically.

Management 8

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Thats different in IT, accounting, or finance. Thats different in IT, accounting, or finance. No selling of products or services. Yes, they are closer to the business and should know better what they need to do so they can meet their business goals. Moreover, almost everybody in a company has certain opinions about how to do HR.

CIO 15

CIO Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

That shift has created an increasingly commoditized product and service environment. Digital has removed barriers across sectors, even in old-line businesses known for “sticky” products, such as telecom and insurance. That’s a major missed opportunity according to Ian Ewart, Head of Products, Services & Marketing at Coutts. “I

P&L 8

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

She'd been doing it since she was a little girl, tagging along with her father as he grew his business from one small market in central Lonburg into one of Spain's largest grocery retailers, with more than 1,000 locations across the country. The previous night, Luisa had met with Maria Alva, Superado's finance vice president.

Case Study 10

Case Study Price Policies Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Here are some of the challenges that I’ve observed: Product management. Successful IoT plays require more than simply adding connectivity to a product and charging for service — something many companies don’t immediately understand. When product-based companies add services and connectivity, operational requirements increase.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Engineering 8