Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Everything you do in business builds your brand for good or ill, as your actions generate feelings, associations, and ideas in the minds of your consumers. A brand’s difference gives consumers an easy rationale for choosing it, and a ready justification for paying a price premium. But marketing plays a broader role in shaping a brand.

Apparel 8

Apparel Brand Sports Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Foreign investors have flocked to the country’s shores as many of the world’s largest manufacturers have established operations there. Many iconic brands dot the shopping districts of the major cities. percent average annual increase in GDP in 1990 to 2002, and 7.2 percentage points in 1990-2002, and 0.3 It contributed 1.4

GDP 12

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

Over the last decade, HR at IBM took a number of steps to help drive operational improvement: Delivered the new skills IBM needed at the front lines. Prior to 2002, when Sam Palmisano became CEO, IBM had a series of feuding fiefdoms — 170 country units — each with its own policies, procedures, and processes.

Globalization 15

Globalization Human Resources Diversity Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

In 2002 Palmisano succeeded a legendary leader in Lou Gerstner, who saved IBM from being broken up and put it on a viable course. This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. When the U.S.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

For example, it took Umicore, a global materials technology group, five years (2002–2007) to lay the basis for its transformation from a commodity supplier of base metals into a premium provider of emission control catalysts, rechargeable battery materials and other value-added solutions.

Company 10

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2016

On August 1 Uber announced that it is selling its Chinese brand and operations to Didi Chuxing for $1 billion, its annual burn rate in that market, in exchange for a 20% stake in the local competitor. And in addition to tangible assets, one has to think about investments in people, systems, brands, and intangibles.

Network Economy 8

Network Economy Globalization Discount Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2014

Tom Falk, the CEO of Kimberly-Clark Corporation since 2002, talks about how the paper company is taking on environmental issues and has been practicing sustainability for 140 years. We support legitimate social and environmental issues that are globally relevant but also have a clear fit with our brands and business strategies.

CEO 8

CEO Company Reputation Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

That''s the finding of a big new study by Harvard''s Lucian Bebchuk, Duke''s Alon Brav, and Columbia''s Wei Jiang , which shows that companies targeted by activist hedge funds as undervalued markedly improve their operating performance in the subsequent five years. And it does appear to be useful work. Some are, some aren''t.

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

Instead, right from the start, he, along with Ron Williams (who joined Aetna in 2001 and became its president in 2002), took time to visit the troops, understand their perspective, and involve them in the planning. Its operating income recovered from a $300 million loss to a $1.7 And Aetna's financial performance reflected that.

Health Care 14

Health Care Restructuring Resistance Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

The number of internet users in China stood at roughly 5 million in 1999 but grew to 40 million in 2002, by which time it was clear that Yahoo was not getting the traction that local Chinese internet companies were seeing. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

Chief Financial Officer 9

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

Dell, which adopted customer-centricity in 2009, has seen positive results too: After aligning its corporate business units around customer groups, such as large enterprises and consumers, the company learned to operate seamlessly in the new structure and improved its financial performance. Low industry profitability.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Company Henderson Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

At its peak, the company operated 10,000 stores. As recently as 2002, the company had a market value of $5 billion. homes have broadband , and network operators continue to invest in ever-faster cable, satellite, and fiber-based technologies. The Blockbuster-Netflix skirmish is a case in point. Then in 1997, Netflix happened.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Intangible Assets Retail Innovation 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right?

Blog 385

Blog Mentor Advice Brand 385

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

Akin to an R&D facility for a large restaurant chain or fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) brand, their lab hosted a small team of chefs, and occasionally other professionals, such as food scientists, designers, or engineers, in a mixed kitchen and office space.

Innovation 8

Innovation Project Creativity Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

After breaking even in 2002, net profits continued to rise, to 3.8 Capitec gets many things right in terms of its strategy, including its market positioning, internal operations, and organizational culture. It has now become the largest bank in the country. Importantly, profits kept pace. Resisting revenue temptations.

Banking 8

Banking Industry Bottom-up Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2012

And even if they'd succeeded, their news operations would be endangered anyway. News gave a paper legitimacy, and some protection from antitrust laws (in the form of the joint operating agreements that the Justice Department allowed newspapers to set up to maintain editorial competition while consolidating business operations).

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Advertising Business Model Operations 14

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. It charged too much money and got away with it (because mid-managers but brand names of firms).

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57