Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Few industries are being disrupted as drastically as the retail industry. More retail purchases are moving online, and a growing number of manufacturers now sell to consumers directly, cutting out retailers entirely. It’s either adapt to the new environment or step aside and make room for a competitor who can.

Retail 8

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 8

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. Here are CMI's highlights from 2022 and 2021. You can listen back here.) You can learn more in FE News. Enjoy the rest of your week.

Policies 121

Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

Katrina followed that initial success by branching out of her apartment and opening a retail store in Chicago just two-months after her chocolates launched in Neiman Marcus. The employees loved them, and the next thing Katrina knew, her chocolates were being sold in Neiman Marcus.

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Press Release Magazine Entrepreneur Discount 133

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Where are the next trends and opportunities? This chapter talks candidly about recent trends. Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. Retailers make 70% of their earnings in the fourth quarter of each year.

Ethics 60

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 60

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

It’s not been a great year for venerable retailer Sears, which is reputed to be closing 130 retail stores and laying off more than 5,000 employees. Founded in 1886 as a mail-order watch retailer, Sears was already 71 when it became an original member of the S&P 500 in 1957. The results are spectacular.

Retail 8

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

This percentage marks an almost four times increase in the trend of enterprise-wise adoption compared to a survey conducted three years earlier, but the question must still be asked — how can we improve this number? Execution Information & technology Leadership' But the survey also found that only 33% of businesses in the U.S.

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Root Cause Analysis Metrics Analysis Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Zimbabwe’s new leadership faces a challenging task. The move scared away foreign investors, starving Zimbabwe of much-needed capital – a trend that was exacerbated by U.S. An influx of capital could also result in a revival in the formal retail sector (e.g., Years of economic mismanagement.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2016

As part of our ten-year longitudinal study on executive transitions, which included more than 2,700 leadership interviews, we did a rigorous statistical analysis (including more than 90 regression analyses) to isolate the skills of the top-performing executives.

Execution 8

Execution Supply Chain Analysis Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Google Trends is fast becoming an indispensable tool for many analysts who believe — as Brin does — that the wisdom (and/or delusions) of googling crowds can successfully inform investment strategies worldwide. The company might well have given Temasek, Pimco, and Berkshire Hathaway a run for their money.

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Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In business, volatility used to be more limited to the realms of finance and high tech. Many large, successful companies are creating offices in California’s Silicon Valley to spot big new trends and learn how they can transform their organization in ways they couldn’t otherwise imagine.

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Innovation Telecommunications Technology Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Good leadership certainly helps, but more often than not, the organization will revert to business as usual. ” Not only has this purpose served Nordstrom well for decades, but it has helped the company overcome the multichannel challenges most retailers struggle with.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2017

All of these issues rushed back to mind recently when the political leadership at the current U.S. Lacking capital, truckers purchased new vehicles through financing provided by these very same trucking companies. Payments for the vehicles were then deducted from pay, leaving little in compensation for the workers.

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Document Insurance Construction Cooper 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

“We’ll spend a lot of time bringing product to market, but we need to plan for the fact that a launch gives us a six-month head start and no more,” says Gary Booker, CMO of Dixons Retail. Deep insights into customer behaviors and market trends mean that the CMO needs to identify what changes are necessary.

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P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 8