Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Mugabe’s ouster and replacement with his one-time deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was the most significant development in the Southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. After Mugabe claimed victory in a disputed election in 2013, however, corruption increased , while the strengthening U.S.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today, many high-profile companies— Cisco , Google , IBM , Samsung , Siemens , Disney , Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank , to name a few—contain such roving consulting groups to help solve the most critical strategy and operations problems throughout the business. A strong value proposition and a first-class recruiting engine.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Thanks to the proliferation of smartphones, brand and online-shopping websites, social media, and vehicle connectivity, businesses have a unique opportunity to use technology to revolutionize the customer experience and to incorporate the voice of the customer into product development. But where and how do you start? Keep it simple.

Media 8

Media Automotive Globalization Active Listening 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

For example, as it grew, Facebook found that its early “move fast and break things” culture had to be funneled into focused technical teams and product groups to make its product development process faster and less erratic, and for it to have a chance of meeting the demands of its new public shareholders following its IPO.

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Many such “Rocket” companies are poised to become the Alibabas and Amazons for the rest of the world: Jumia, which operates in nine countries across Africa; Namshi in the Middle East; Lazada and Zalora in ASEAN; Jabong in India; and Kaymu in 33 markets across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Constraint 8

Constraint Marketing Innovation Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. The goal is to attract the British middle classes, and it appears to be working.

Retail 11

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 11

Chart Your Course

JUNE 10, 2013

Futren Corporation is a private-club management and operations company with around 200 employees, based in Marietta, Ga. The company manages Indian Hills Country Club and The Georgian Club in Marietta, and acquired Woodland Hills Golf Course in Cartersville in February 2013. Rhoden is a second-generation executive. Compensation.

Strategy 133

Strategy White Paper Human Resources Case Study 133

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

billion IPO valuation in 2013) can be attributed to its continued focus on that target. Southwest Airlines exists in a class of its own in large part due to its fun personality. How – personality. When a unique brand personality manifests itself in a unique customer experience, it enables a brand to rise above competitive comparison.

Brand 10

Brand IPO Marketing Strategy Airlines 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

Since 2013, I’ve keynoted talks to groups of transitioning military veterans nearly 20 times as part of Deloitte’s CORE Leadership program, which helps vets reinvent themselves into civilian careers. Over the ensuing months, TJ took sailing theory classes in the Philippines and attended sailing school in Malaysia.

Career 12

Career Skills Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

vehicles decreasing from 40% of total in 2000 to 17% in 2013), by destination (e.g., from 80% in 2000 to 50% in 2013), and by exposure to the economic cycle. Their business should not be labeled a “cash cow” or a “problem,” and their staff must not feel second-class. Safeguard the short-term performance of the ongoing business.

Company 11

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Moreover, small firms are core to Americas middle class and part of the fabric of Main Streets across our country. Even though we cannot say for certain the extent to which new businesses generate middle class jobs, we do know that company founders come from the middle class themselves.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

In mid-September 2013, 10 professionals returning from multi-year career breaks walked into 270 Park Avenue in New York City to begin the J.P. The three new Wall Street programs follow a similar formula to Returnship in terms of timing and small class size. The OnRamp Fellowship operates on a different model.

Ulrich 8

Ulrich Cooper Gordon Diversity 8

Chart Your Course

JUNE 10, 2013

Futren Corporation is a private-club management and operations company with around 200 employees, based in Marietta, Ga. The company manages Indian Hills Country Club and The Georgian Club in Marietta, and acquired Woodland Hills Golf Course in Cartersville in February 2013. Futren also provides some creative training. Compensation.

White Paper 100

White Paper Case Study Class Newsletter 100

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2015

For instance, ever since Goldman Sachs coined the term BRIC, China and India have pulled ahead of Brazil and Russia, whose growth fell below the group average between 2001 and 2013. Finally, operating conditions differ significantly within the country groups. Globalization decisions are undoubtedly complex.

Marketing 8

Marketing Benchmarking Globalization Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

and transplanting it somewhere else, particularly in a developing country. Several students in my Leading Global Ventures class at Harvard Business School have done just that over the past few years, and many more would like to follow suit.

Business Model 8

Business Model Hotels Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

The country’s urbanized and large middle class has maintained a strong preference for foreign-made products despite restrictions due to U.S. However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013. sanctions and a fragile economy. However, remaining U.S. Finding the right local partners.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

But for women in the workplace—especially those in low-income developing countries—it can be harder to find other successful women to learn from and collaborate with, since social norms often restrict their mobility and opportunities to interact with one another. vegetable vendors, tailors, etc.) embroidery, rolling bidis, etc.).

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Banking Training Goal 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The result is spectacular, and Brazil’s carnival parades have become a world-class show transmitted by TV to over 100 countries. Sena, a supervisor in a company that sells credit to the upcoming Brazilian middle class, thinks corporations underplay this element and rely too much on the motivational power of financial incentives.

Teamwork 9

Teamwork Absenteeism Class Motivation 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

McKinsey’s DataMatics 2013 survey shows that companies that use customer analytics extensively are more than twice as likely to generate above-average profits as those that don’t. With so many parts of the organization needing to come together to deliver on a customer journey, the CMO has to operate as the “glue” across the organization.

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2014

Clayton (Clay) Daniels is VP of Operations , Midwest Service & Solutions at Kansas City-based U.S. Engineering in November 2013. I personally have developed fantastic relationships with members of my EMBA cohort at the Bloch School of Management (class of 2013) that are going to last a lifetime.

Engineering 56

Engineering Servant Leader Learning-by-Doing Skills 56

Mark Sanborn

DECEMBER 5, 2021

By his senior year of high school, Steven had taken enough classes that he could leave by 1:00 p.m. His wife, Erika, joined the team in 2013, and today Envisioning Green is a husband-and-wife-owned, boutique-style landscape construction and maintenance company being featured in a business book. . every afternoon to work. .

Training 71

Training Mission Statement Open-book Positioning 71

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

Business development. He told me that I must think like a world-class visionary, grow into the role and not just remain a radio DJ. It occupied one counter at 2-J’s Hamburgers, an established Austin restaurant, owned and operated by Ralph Moreland. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Franchising 65

Franchising Budgeting Pryor Consultative 65

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. India’s emerging middle class is strong. The country is in a tech startup boom.

Globalization 8

Globalization CAGR Class Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

In 2010, I wrote an HBR article predicting increased interest in supply-chain transparency: firms needed to develop strategies for knowing and explaining where stuff comes from. Across Europe, the 2013 horsemeat scandal generated widespread panic about contaminated meat. Global operations need consistent global standards.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Reputation Brand Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

In 2013, for instance, Buttigieg called for staffers in just 1,000 days to address, through rehabilitation or demolition, 1,000 vacant and abandoned properties blighting the city. A second area in which cities are operating at a world-class level is in gathering and analyzing data to enhance performance. Take Louisville, Ky.,

Drucker 8

Drucker Katz Innovation Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

Academics and practitioners have built on Christensen's work to develop robust frameworks that can help leaders to spot disruptive developments early and respond appropriately. Sifting through this work highlights three seminal moments in any disruptive innovation's development: Conception. 3-D printing. The Internet of Things.

Trends 8

Trends Disruptive Innovation Christensen Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

According to a recent JPMorgan/GIIN report , impact investors invested nearly $11 billion across 4,900 deals in 2013, up 250% from 2011. In the 2013 class of Echoing Green Fellows , five of the 12 nonprofits earn revenue, and five of the seven for-profit companies have received donations. and for-profits can accept donations.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Apparel Transportation Fashion 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

A prime example is Carl Icahn, who began to accumulate his multibillion-dollar stake in Apple in August 2013. Looking inside the daily operations of a business enterprise, we find employees in the hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands who go to work each day to develop and utilize the company’s productive capabilities.

Proposal 8

Proposal Hedge Safe Harbor Short-term 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

Most companies—especially the 75 percent of all US companies with less than $1 million in annual revenues—will never be able to invest enough into research and development to deliver a revolutionary innovation based on technology, except through dumb luck. It comes down to respect and fairness, and many leaders fail the test.

How To 76

How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 76

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

Instead, it operates more like GE. As a 2013 HBR article explained, “Conglomerates may be regarded as dinosaurs in the developed world, but in emerging markets, diversified business groups continue to thrive.”. Alibaba, the Chinese internet titan that filed for an IPO in the U.S. The article, by J. Ramachandran, K.S.

IPO 12

IPO Welch Strategy Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Both in terms of operations and organization, this is certainly responsive to a more protectionist environment. A 2013 Pew Research survey found that business executives ranked ninth out of 10 professions in terms of social contribution, only placing ahead of lawyers. Going forward, we will localize… We will produce for the U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8