Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Data automation softwares enable businesses to preserve their data integrity when updating their archaic data systems and confidently make effective and strategic business decisions that perpetuates growth and success. Takeaways From the 2015 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Health care data security breaches in the U.S.

Software 50

Software Insurance System Operations 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

On January 26, 2015, President Obama will become the first sitting U.S. Boeing India’s Dennis Swanson told Business Week that he expects to sign a new strategic partnership with an Indian company in 2015. In June 2013, Dallas-based Mary Kay exited from India after six years and over $20 million invested.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 12

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

In 1998, I advised the Disney corporation and reminded them that Walt Disney’s 100th birthday in 2001 would offer great marketing and positioning opportunities. Houston Symphony Orchestra, 100th in 2013. These anniversaries should be celebrated in 2015: The Galleria, 45th. Hear the success stories. Civil Rights Act, 50th.

Case Study 50

Case Study Open-book Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

Since every industry changes in time, the key to success is adapting to those changes – hence, strategy is innovation. A few years later, Iger made another successful deal to buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in 2009. WB’s revenue dropped 13% in fourth quarter 2015. By contrast, Warner Bros.’

Creativity 8

Creativity Franchising Succession Film 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Or, as it turns out, even the vicinity of 1455 Market Street, the address of Uber’s San Francisco headquarters. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), late 2015 was the most difficult hiring period in four years. Just one year later, Glassdoor named Genesys one of the Best Places to Work for 2015.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Hammer Media 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

By all measures, emerging markets are having a tough year. However, multinationals still expect their emerging market portfolios to deliver robust growth and increasing profits based on the memory of their performance in recent, more bullish years. Let’s see how this story is playing out in the different emerging market regions.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Automotive Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

I hope Cook doesn’t listen, because I think it would be bad for Apple, all of its employees who have contributed to its success, and the American economy. In August 2013, Icahn bought more than $1 billion worth of Apple shares. But judging from Cook’s past actions, I fear he will do Icahn’s bidding.

Safe Harbor 9

Safe Harbor Hedge EPS Price 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Mark Thain, Director of Social Innovation at Barclays, said: “Barclays has run such programs since 2013 and committed several million dollars to new products, services, and even a new line of business, surfacing hundreds of intrapreneurs in the process.” ” Develop: Let them improvise.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For most of 2015, I was the director of Rhode Island’s SBM, known as HealthSource RI, which more than 32,000 Rhode Islanders use to purchase health insurance. Since 2013, an estimated 16.4 By January 1, 2015, all state-based marketplaces were expected to replace federal funding with state-level financing.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

Then make notes about past accomplishments that clearly demonstrate your successes in those areas. Initiate whatever needed to ensure projects’ success. Described by faculty as “the Hope Diamond among the many gems on staff” when received 2016 and 2013 Staff Excellence Awards. into multiple global markets.

COO 13

COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. In 2013 Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Roland Berger applied its methodology to the French labor market and estimated that 42% of French jobs could be at risk. Becoming a true digital organization is not just about becoming tech-savvy.

Maturity 8

Maturity Drucker Osborne Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2015

On the face of it, that seems to be two entirely different markets, with Facebook at Work playing in the workplace productivity market (competing with the likes of Microsoft Office, Webex , and project management software) while LinkedIn is part of the headhunting industry. What successful companies are doing right.

Business Model 8

Business Model Advertising Human Resources Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

GM’s bankruptcy and bailout four years ago earned it the nickname “Government Motors,” a reference to both the $80 billion lent by the US government (repaid in full in December, 2013) and to the bureaucratic, top-down management GM executives had used to try to reverse the company’s tailspin. They play well as a team.

Team 8

Team McGregor Parcell Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

It’s why brands invest heavily in marketing, pricing strategies, and store positioning to raise awareness, encourage engagement, and drive sales. million apps as of July 2015. Overall, over 20,000 app developers and companies will have made over $100,000 in revenues — or $8,333 per month — from their apps in 2015.

Development 8

Development Advertising Download Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.” ” Once one of Africa’s most developed markets – with a solid education system, good infrastructure, and a relatively large middle class – decades of mismanagement have cost Zimbabwe.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

Over the past five years, the program has been successful enough that other territories are adopting it. In 2013, Habitat used its frontline calculations to create a new strategic plan aimed at materially affecting the housing deficit through a combination of advocacy and market development.

Microfinance 9

Microfinance Strategic Planning Finance Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

In January 2013, Chip Blankenship, CEO of GE Appliances issued a challenge to the newly formed team: “You’re going to change every part the customer sees. They became a tight group as they went down to the factory floor and built products together and looked at market research together. and compete successfully.

Ries 10

Ries Waterman Finance Competitive Advantage 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

Due to the fast growth of the SaaS market and the high valuations of SaaS startups, a move toward SaaS seems very compelling for traditional software vendors. For example, in 2014 IDC estimated that more than one-quarter of enterprise applications would be offered with the SaaS model by 2018, up from one-sixth in 2013.

Business Model 8

Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

While these enablers make the IoT possible, its long-term success depends on the use cases that help realize the economic potential of connecting billions of devices, either to improve quality of life or save money. And corporate alliances are taking shape to set the standards needed to integrate the wide array of devices in a cohesive way.

Early Adopters 12

Early Adopters Information Technology Long-term Industry 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

But peruse some of the recent headlines about Iran , and you might wonder whether the market’s potential was overstated. However, despite a weakened economy, political tensions, market uncertainty, and the lingering effects of sanctions, Iran remains an important opportunity for multinationals in emerging markets.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Strategic alignment, for us, means that all elements of a business — including the market strategy and the way the company itself is organized — are arranged in such a way as to best support the fulfillment of its long-term purpose. But corporate leaders today seem to agree that strategic alignment is high on the list.

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The launch of Pokémon Go this summer was a huge success—both for the gaming industry and for Augmented Reality (AR). In a previous piece I discussed why some AR apps are destined to be forgotten as gimmicks, and what mistakes marketers should avoid when trying to deploy them. Aside from complex technological advances (e.g.,

Tourism 9

Tourism Technology Content Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2018

Shareholder activism is on the rise in American financial markets. firms between 1996 and 2013. Consider the activism by investor Nelson Pletz against Indra Nooyi of Pepsico, which dragged on for about two years before they reached a truce in 2015. Cristina Marx/EyeEm/Getty Images.

CEO 8

CEO Sample Influence Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

Fact: When it comes to marketing spending, analog still outstrips digital by a factor of three to one. Digital marketing provides targeted reach and measurable impact. Innovative digital marketing approaches in social media, CRM, and other areas dominate the discussion. Shouldn''t CMOs and all marketers be shocked by this?

CIO 8

CIO Marketing CRM Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2017

The increasing acceptance of boomerang employees is partly due to the “tight job market,” according to Michael Watkins, chair of Genesis Advisers , professor at IMD , and author of The First 90 Days. She returned in 2015. But in 2013, after five years at the company, she resigned. What the Experts Say. And she did.

Company 13

Company PR Learning-by-Doing Maturity 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

The most common response we received, however, was that successful ICT4D efforts start by providing something that users value enough to pay for. Without this feedback, they operate in a vacuum of good intentions, insulated from the market and ultimately cut off from the very communities they are trying to serve. Currently 1.2

Technology 8

Technology Globalization Project System 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

’” Martin’s story is one we heard repeatedly over the course of our 2015 study of black women and leadership. Only 11% of black women in corporate America say they have a sponsor, a powerful advocate invested in their career success. He did such a great job with that cost reduction project.’”

Management 8

Management Diversity Report Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Hundreds of firms, speakers, authors and individual experts are vying for a share of the “Millennials are Different” segment of the $150 billion-a-year global HR consulting market. There’s even a consultancy that specializes in helping other consultants hone their message to tap into this lucrative market.

Survey 8

Survey Consultative Seminar Report 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

companies in 2014 and show no signs of letting up in 2015. In its 2013 proxy statement , GE announced that it is searching for director candidates who will bring technology, marketing, finance — and “leadership” experience to the boardroom. Activist investors waged a record number of campaigns against U.S.

Airlines 8

Airlines CEO Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

And even if you’re successful at overcoming those obstacles, it’s very hard to keep up the momentum. The key is to look beyond just the obvious places like marketing. I spoke with Patty McCord, the former chief talent officer of Netflix from 1998 to 2013. So find them, ask questions, and let them help you.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

It analyzes consumer behavior, microeconomic trends, government policies, market forces, and emerging research within the context of our continually-evolving tech and digital media ecosystem. Our 2015 trends offer great opportunity – along with some unusual new challenges – for managers in all industries.

Trends 8

Trends Retail Learning-by-Doing Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

The term “unicorns,” coined, in 2013, by Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures , is commonly used to identify venture-backed private companies valued at $1 billion or more. HelloFresh has also had impressive growth rates, with revenues reaching about $300 million in 2015, a huge increase from its $3 million in 2012.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

On the other hand, you have the media pointing out the country’s shallow middle class, growing inequality and joblessness, and a trail of multinationals frustrated by the lack of China-like success in India. Consider two success stories in India’s consumer economy: Amazon and Renault’s ultra low-cost Kwid car.

Globalization 8

Globalization CAGR Class Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

We introduced the Digital Evolution Index in HBR in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. Digital players wield outsize market power.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

The success of platform businesses like Alibaba, Airbnb, and Uber is so remarkable that discussion about them often misses just how hard they are to build. For every successful platform, there are many more that struggle or simply don’t make it. For years Apple’s market penetration hung in the single digits.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The customer needs the project completed by mid-2015. The bad news is that the job market is really tight, and it’s preventing us from hiring the conceptual designers we need.” The only bad news is that the steering committee turned down my request of €2 million in additional funds for the 2013 budget.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Innovation Execution Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

Big corporations seem to have it especially hard: according to an Accenture survey , only 15% of college students who graduated in 2015 said they would prefer to work for a large company. In the 2013 report of the same population, 82% of workers around the world did not trust their bosses to tell the truth. Boredom seems inevitable.

Company 8

Company McKinsey Survey COO 8