Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Don’t be timid.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

A second set of entrepreneurs focus on information goods and think of IT as the product. But today there is a third approach, one that will become the dominant path for most entrepreneurs, especially those building information products. APIs and platforms reduces the time-to-market for products and services.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Airlines Construction Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

But let’s change what we’re asking: Which has the better potential to scale up and create long term value for customers, owners, investors, and employees? Havens, accustomed to selling benefits services to Fortune 1000 human resources departments, found its key contact person assigned to IBM procurement instead.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Successfully implementing such a capability could dramatically affect headcount in human resources functions, but also in other functions, such as sales. But perhaps more important, companies that invest in workers will discover opportunities to improve their productivity and products or services.

Skills 8

Skills Engineering Telecommunications Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Alex, you use a term, digital work crisis, to describe what’s going on in our workplaces today. What do you mean by that term? What they realize is that they’ve always treated finance and financial management as a tier-one asset. They’ve treated human resources and human resource management as a tier-one asset.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

Companies can be divided into two types , in terms of how they approach hiring and compensation: organizational oriented and market oriented. The shorter-term orientation discourages employers from bearing risks on behalf of their workers and encourages them to use employment practices that lower direct costs and increase flexibility.

Marketing 8

Marketing Short-term Incentives Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

For example, Megan, a woman we spoke to who works in finance, explained that after being harassed by a colleague, she went to HR and asked to move to a different position. Her request was not granted, and not long after, she was written up for an unrelated and trivial infraction. I just had a crown and a root canal last week.’”

Report 8

Report Long-term Training Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

As the industrial revolution progressed, society was enjoying enormous benefits from mass production, which brought former luxuries within middle class reach. Just as electronic commerce would later sweep business, mass production came to one industry after another. The revolution ran on equity capital, which was in short supply.

ROE 12

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

The short time horizon topics (e.g., A regular operational meeting needs to be crisp and therefore as short as possible. Unlike the ad hoc operational meeting, the secret to having a highly productive business builder meeting is to be prepared. Third, determine the frequency with which you need to discuss each category.

Operations 8

Operations Short-term Supply Chain Objective 8