Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

tire manufacturer, which implemented a new order fulfillment process in 2005. Finally, the participants developed an action plan to mobilize the needed process work. The vice president of operations said: "It was simply amazing to see how the team worked together to solve those complex issues and learn from each other's creativity.

Participative 8

Participative Learning-by-Doing Operations Process 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

In 2005, Dimon hired Ina Drew to head the company's Chief Investment Office, the unit responsible for the bank's risk exposure. At a meeting on April 8, Drew assured Dimon and the operating committee of JPMorgan that the trades were being well managed and would work out.

Banking 9

Banking Kahneman Document Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In 2008, Dr Reddy's acquired Chirotech, Dow Chemical's R&D unit, for $32 million, and in April 2011 relocated it to a new 33,000 sq. Dr Reddy's plan is to leverage Chirotech's scientific capabilities to optimize drug development processes, thus lowering manufacturing costs and speeding time-to-market. Cambridge, U.K.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

But over and over again in our three decades of experience as talent development and retention specialists, we’ve seen that companies consistently overlook half of them. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Successful companies between $5 million and $50 million in revenues can't get the capital they need to expand their operations and hire more people in city neighborhoods where the best social program is a job. Small business lending peaked in 2008. There are two barriers to investment; neither is substantive.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Mass Marketing Banking Asset Management 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2010

But almost all of these are family businesses, operated by a husband and wife and several hired hands. Instead, managers tend to refer to development. In 2005, the toy industry in Chenhai fell to an unprecedented low, and the future looked especially bleak for Syma Toys. Believe it or not, "innovation" is a new word here.

Workshop 14

Workshop Company Press Release Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Do we see similar patterns when we look at company level—and particularly at multinationals that operate in multiple countries? Specifically, are companies from advanced economies failing to keep up with the big shift? There are indeed some indications that point in this direction.

Globalization 8

Globalization Altman Sample Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Do we see similar patterns when we look at company level—and particularly at multinationals that operate in multiple countries? Specifically, are companies from advanced economies failing to keep up with the big shift? There are indeed some indications that point in this direction.

Globalization 8

Globalization Altman Sample Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

The logic sounds compelling: A customer-centric structure , as the approach is known, can help a company understand its customers better, develop deeper relationships with them, and improve customer satisfaction. The new conventional wisdom on corporate structure is that companies can do better by organizing themselves around customer groups.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Company Henderson Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Even as recently as 2005, European players were able to hold the ball for three seconds, on average, before passing; today, they can keep the ball for less than a second before being challenged. Studies however show that less than 10% of departmental managers develop visions that guide their staff.

Cooper 15

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Even as recently as 2005, European players were able to hold the ball for three seconds, on average, before passing; today, they can keep the ball for less than a second before being challenged. Studies however show that less than 10% of departmental managers develop visions that guide their staff.

Cooper 8

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Also, while China’s outward-bound foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown from an annual average of below $3 billion before 2005 to more than $60 billion in 2010 and 2011, only one third of Chinese companies have seen international revenue meet expectations, according to Accenture. Redesign the organization. Rebrand from the inside out.

Brand 8

Brand Globalization Company Development 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This means all R&D is subtracted from operating income in the year it’s expended, while the payoffs to R&D don’t occur until future periods. Thus the further out the fruits of R&D, the less likely operating divisions are to conduct it. Relatedly it led to smaller, more incremental innovation.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

In 2005, when Prof. For example, in 2008 the network discovered high rates of complications in bariatric surgery patients who had deep venous thrombosis (DVT) filters placed during their operation. The final result? Today, TCH enjoys a nationally recognized program with mortality rates significantly below the national average.

Health Care 8

Health Care Fraser Price Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Garvin was a generalist more than a specialist, perhaps because he came of age at HBS during the 1980s, when the school’s primary focus was the development of skilled general managers. Case closed (until engineers develop an algorithm that does the job better). That quality made him (arguably) the quintessential HBR author.

Management 8

Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 8