In the CEO Afterlife
APRIL 24, 2017
What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. That makes an organization operationally and strategically stronger. The added complexity and loss of focus on the Nike brand was a lesson well-learned and it didn’t take Nike long to see the error of their ways. 1 Big Idea .
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 12, 2014
The company’s twenty years of entrepreneurial success had positioned the company to reap greater financial rewards using a more disciplined operational focus. However, by the middle of the decade, Google was growing, YouTube was forming, and “operational excellence” wasn’t a differentiating strategy in technology.
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Strategy Driven
OCTOBER 21, 2016
billion into Nissan, but in return it required more than 36 percent of the company’s ownership and a commitment from Nissan to appoint Renault executive Carlos Ghosn as Nissan’s chief operating officer. Learn to Lead Strategically. Ensure Strategic Fit. Convey Strategic Intent. Renault agreed to infuse $5.4
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 9, 2018
How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. But determining whether AI crime-fighting solutions are a good strategic fit for a company depends on whether the benefits outweigh the risks that accompany them. Below, we explain some of the steps they’re taking: Evaluating the strategic fit.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 8, 2015
Within EB, Merck first created a Global Health Innovation Fund and then a Healthcare Services and Solution unit to identify, develop, and operate nascent opportunities that fit that thesis. For ideas to become reality, a company needs repeatable processes, not only out-of-the-box insights.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
As CEO of Campbell Soup between 2000 and 2010, Doug Conant employed quarterly engagement surveys to assess and develop high commitment in the company’s multiple business and operating units. A few decisions and behaviors by top management or leaders of key businesses or operating units can undermine decades of culture building.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
In 2001, Smucker's acquired Jif and Crisco from P&G, which no longer saw them as a strategic fit. This strategy reflects the " create, operate, trade " principle of Richard Foster, the former McKinsey executive who (full disclosure) is now lead board member at Innosight.
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