Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

It could upend supply chains, business models, customer relationships, and even entrepreneurship itself. And the tax risk companies face is already at an all-time high worldwide, with global digital business models posing unprecedented challenges to tax authorities and provoking conflicting tax policy from country to country.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2013

Going to market effectively these days, no matter what business you''re in, means relating to customers as individuals — even if there are millions of them. retailer Tesco built detailed profiles of customers and then used these insights and a flexible supply chain to customize their products and offers.

Customer Intimacy 8

Customer Intimacy Supply Chain Market Segmentation Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Women-owned entities in the formal sector represent approximately 37% of enterprises globally — a market worthy of attention by businesses and policy makers alike. But, as participants in these programs regularly articulate, they are insufficient without access to capital and markets.

Globalization 11

Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?”

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

They were bold and brash and injected fresh new ideas that challenged existing policy and practice in many quarters of the Department of Defense administration (such as finance, human resources, procurement, and supply chain processes).

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

This is not even a marketing partnership. Games leaders have worked hard to award contracts to smaller suppliers across the country and tracked this as far down the supply chain as possible. Despite this, the 2012 Oympic Games has become a critical component for it. Procurement has been reworked in a similarly radical way.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Tourism Banking Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Young firms face many existential threats related to managing internal financial and human resources and external relationships with customers, suppliers, investors and competitors. Make public policy proactive, not reactive. Second, young businesses tend to grow faster than older ones, but also fail at greater rates.

Insurance 8

Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8