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

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Finance Without Fear : A Guide to Creating and Managing a Profitable Business by William S. Hettinger and John Dolan-Heitlinger Finance Without Fear should be read by anyone starting or managing a business. The easy-to-read style helps remove the fear of finance for the entrepreneur, the small business owner, and the manager.

Finance 50

Finance Uncertainty Case Study Competitive Advantage 50

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.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2011

As 2011 comes to a close, the editors of HBR.org are taking a look back at the most popular blog posts of the year to find out what most preoccupied you, our readers. HBR's 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011. The concept of reverse innovation applies in finance, as well. Nine Things Successful People Do Differently.

Blog 16

Blog Silverman Govindarajan Letter 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

They'll increasingly be a source of, and resource for, innovation differentiation in 2011, if not for your organization, then for the firm you most dread competing against. Where professionals once wrote memos to be read, 2011 begins an era in which documents are written with touch both in mind and on fingertips. That's right.

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 16

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

I am in retail sales and the person who trained me how to tell always told me, "make friends with everyone you can, because you never know what you will want from them in the future. Posted by: Tonyten | February 23, 2010 at 08:41 AM Chris, I have finally realized what it means to have true friends.

Sports 122

Sports Letter Ryan Blog 122

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? Let’s just take a moment and look at a few notable examples of what happens to companies that become complacent…Why didn’t the railroads innovate? Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming?

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 305

Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

The modern corporation that has evolved as a result consists of many specialized functional departments, such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, operations, and finance. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only. All rights reserved.

Hammer 50

Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2018

As organic wine pioneer Jonathan Frey remarked in an interview, “These large companies would finance scientific studies to prove that organic was a joke and didn’t have any health benefits.” ” Organic wine was not strongly embraced by distributors and retailers, either. What changed?

Organization 10

Organization Chemicals Retail Reputation 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

You might simply Pinterest the elements you liked, including information about your space or noise limitations ("One-bedroom apartment on busy street in New York," or "suburban space that needs stuff protected from little kids"), and then have a retailer give you a personalized, optimal configuration. Big Isn't Enough.

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Porter Mass Marketing Supply Chain Retail 17

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

I should know: Many of my former colleagues, friends, and family members mentioned these stereotypes in 2011 when I accepted a job helping launch a new publication covering the business aspects of this emerging sector. Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. And more are joining every day.

Industry 11

Industry Retail Banking Brand 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Snapchat, an idea conceived in 2011, is now valued around $16 billion, with more than 100 million active users who send an average of over 400 million snaps per day. Financed by VC firms. billion in a single round of equity financing, the largest private fundraising round for a VC-backed startup ever.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Some companies that made the list were obvious choices; for example, the biggest online retailer now gets most of its profit from cloud services (Amazon). While Amazon has expanded its core retailing platform into new categories, such as food and streaming content, in parallel it has built the world’s largest cloud computing enterprise.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The bank has since fired 5,300 employees for the illegal behavior and eliminated retail bank sales goals entirely. According to Stumpf’s testimony, a board committee became aware of the fraud “at a high level” back in 2011. For many in finance, projecting an aura of self-reliance is part of what garners respect.

Banking 11

Banking Committee Leadership Ethics 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

In The Age of Hyperspecialization (July-August 2011, co-authored by Tom Malone of MIT and Tammy Johns of Manpower), we note that the division of labor, a development that transformed the way physical work was accomplished during the industrial revolution, may now be poised to redefine how knowledge work gets done in the 21st century.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Health Care Globalization Trends 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

As his firm grew, he undervalued and underpaid the executives who ran the supply chain and finance departments. Then Costco came knocking on Dave’s doors to supply its warehouse clubs, but Dave’s had to turn the giant retailer down. million in financing for a new 50,000-square-foot bakery, which opened in 2008.

Operations 8

Operations Company Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

In contrast, loans to larger firms have risen every year since hitting bottom in 2011, and are now up about 4% since that low point. Finance Small/medium business Technology' (Another 20% might have, but were discouraged from doing so because they believed they wouldnt get the loan, or because the process was too arduous.).

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

And why should media organizations consider “making their own data” as journalist Javaun Moradi urged us to do back in 2011 (and as Scott Anthony argues here )? How Data Visualization Answered One of Retail’s Most Vexing Questions. Why does this matter? How could things be different? Persuading with Data. An HBR Insight Center.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Media Analysis Project 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In business, volatility used to be more limited to the realms of finance and high tech. Honda launched Honda Silicon Valley Lab (HSVL) in 2011 to partner with talented entrepreneurs and tech companies to create cutting edge products and services. Product Research and Development.

Innovation 8

Innovation Telecommunications Technology Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

One day, it will form the basis of a masters in finance, and you should all grasp this opportunity to learn with open hands." I hope 2011 will be a calmer ride, though I very much doubt this will be the case. "What we are learning is priceless," he said.

Leadership 15

Leadership Crisis Banking Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Lululemon, the upscale retailer of yoga clothing, is doing great. Except when it''s not, which is becoming increasingly common — see the sheer pants crisis , the abrupt resignation of a CEO , a poorly-received job ad to replace said CEO, and a bit of media heat over a 2011 murder that occurred in a Bethesda store.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Crisis Crisis Management 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Retailers make 70% of their earnings in the fourth quarter of each year. A major report to the United Nations Millennium Summit calls for changes in the way in which peacekeeping operations are organized and financed. Operational Statistics. One out of every 12 businesses fails. 90% of all e-businesses will fail.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

One next-generation example already available today is YieldStreet, which offers a wide variety of debt investments—including real estate, marine finance, and litigation finance–that have generated an internal rate of return in excess of 12.5% on half a billion dollars invested on the platform to date.

Real Estate 11

Real Estate Rate of Return Finance Innovation 11