Strategy Driven

MAY 1, 2014

Over the past few years, spending cuts along with budget uncertainties forced government agencies to yield on contracts. In January, Congress approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill. With a new budget in place, agencies are starting to spend money again and are looking towards small businesses to help fulfill their contracting goals.

Open-book 58

Open-book Budgeting Proposal Competitive Advantage 58

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

When we reach its second and subsequent chapters, political uncertainty is likely to return and affect the financial, institutional, and real economies. These structural challenges, along with similar ones in other geographies, will drive up uncertainty in the global business environment. Plan for Uncertainty.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation Uncertainty Company Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

But for 2013 he was only about 15 percent on target. But his 2013 forecasts were certainly within the realm of the possible; they just failed to materialize this year. Uncertainties mount, yet you need to steer your company down some path — hopefully the right one — anyway. Competition Managing uncertainty'

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Pharmaceuticals Industry Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

This kind of uncertainty is a fact of life for many drivers. But Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is using the Internet of Things to resolve the uncertainty. In 2013, the company released a service called Virtual Technician to help existing drivers while also enabling new business models and revenue streams.

Engineering 9

Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

This kind of uncertainty is a fact of life for many drivers. But Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is using the Internet of Things to resolve the uncertainty. In 2013, the company released a service called Virtual Technician to help existing drivers while also enabling new business models and revenue streams.

Engineering 9

Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

Anti-fragile systems love randomness and uncertainty; going beyond resilience or robustness, they get stronger with stress and volatility. Most successful organizations do not like volatility, randomness, uncertainty, disorder, errors, stressors, and chaos. Operations Risk management Strategy' and in its home market in the U.K.

Organization 8

Organization Supply Chain Customer Intimacy Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

The pace of change is accelerating and the degree of uncertainty increasing. The need for institutions to focus on building capability around core strengths — one of the reasons he was an early proponent of outsourcing as a way to simplify operations and to focus management on what really matters.

Drucker 9

Drucker Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2013

Trade secrets, confidential business plans, and operational security depend on it. Verizon''s newest data breach investigations report for 2013 tells us — yet again — that cyber security depends on people as much as technology. Information & technology Managing uncertainty Risk management'

Company 8

Company Chief Operating Officer Chief Technology Officer Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

While consumers are rightfully worried that their personal information may be compromised, shareholders and companies’ management have a wider set of concerns, including loss of intellectual property, operational disruption, decreased customer trust, tarnished brand, and loss of investor commitment. The stock price declined 0.3%

Price 8

Price Long-term Banking Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

All these steps are taken in an effort to eliminate their fears, reduce their uncertainties, and satisfy their doubts. From the customer's standpoint, the cost of the salesperson's solution was prohibitive because the perceived value of the operational benefits did not justify the price. Price versus Value. 800 Pound Gorilla.

Telecommunications 16

Telecommunications CRM Price Long-term 16

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

MAY 14, 2013

Although the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Bill of 2013 — introduced four weeks ago by a bipartisan group of eight U.S. That will create uncertainty, open the floodgates to litigation, and force companies to fill jobs rather than seek talent.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. You will ask yourself, as I did back in December 2013, should I accept this job?

Politics 11

Politics Chief Information Officer Tourism Environment 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After Mugabe claimed victory in a disputed election in 2013, however, corruption increased , while the strengthening U.S. Talent : Zimbabwe has one of Africa’s strongest education systems , and consequently boasts an abundance of high-caliber talent, which means it is relatively easy for companies to find locals to run their operations.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Also see psychologist Maria Konnikova’s 2013 Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes. Yet how do you actually do it, when life and livelihood generally depend on operating inside a box? Managing uncertainty Strategy The Future of Management' We all prize it. 2014 is nearly upon us.

Groupthink 9

Groupthink Emotional Intelligence Learning-by-Doing Hedge 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

Here, the shareholder value philosophy, which determines so much of how our corporations operate these days, is the perfect example. This post introduces a series of perspectives leading up to the fifth annual Global Drucker Forum in November 2013 in Vienna, Austria. Education Managing uncertainty Research'

Management 9

Management Short-term System Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

How do you maintain the cohesion” at a multinational corporation with far-flung operations spanning myriad cultures? This post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to the fifth annual Global Drucker Forum in November 2013 in Vienna, Austria. Managing uncertainty Managing yourself' This was no mere rhetorical device.

Drucker 10

Drucker Bottom-up Rogers Uncertainty 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

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. However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013. This dynamic can stall important change (e.g.,

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

All these steps are taken in an effort to eliminate their fears, reduce their uncertainties, and satisfy their doubts. From the customer's standpoint, the cost of the salesperson's solution was prohibitive because the perceived value of the operational benefits did not justify the price. Price versus Value. 800 Pound Gorilla.

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications CRM Price Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

In exchange, a fitness leader can offer a sense certainty, justice, and camaraderie in a time where employees are otherwise plagued by uncertainty, injustice, and isolation. As a hard-working employee, you will be measured by and rewarded for the long hours you put in at the office and the gym. Henrik Bunge is one such leader.

CEO 8

CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2013

And — gasp — lawyers are now realizing that if nobody is looking after the business end of things — ahem — in other words, being strategic, the entire operation can come to a crashing halt. Witness the spectacular bankruptcy of once high-flying Dewey & LeBoeuf.

Creativity 8

Creativity Consensus Business Model Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

What traditional investors don’t like about any of this is the regulatory uncertainty; the high valuations and over-capitalization; the lack of control over financials, strategy, and operations; and the lack of business use-cases. It’s now worth approximately $1,1200 per bitcoin.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

They’ve spawned many unicorns, such as Waze (the driving navigation app acquired in 2013 by Google for $1.3 Two coders manually assessed if a startup’s profiles did or did not articulate a vision to fundamentally change its industry, disrupt the industry’s existing power structures, or alter the way the industry operates.

Uncertainty 10

Uncertainty Software Sample Participative 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2013

That’s the finding from a new paper ( Levi, Li, and Zhang, 2013 ) by Maurice Levi and Kai Li of the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia and Feng Zhang at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. That’s for the same reasons about overconfidence and uncertainty that effect M&As.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty CEO Sample Price 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

This approach may have made sense when first popularized by GE and others in the 1970s, but in today’s fast-paced world, the “cone of uncertainty” surrounding future market and competitive conditions is too great for companies to prescribe every element of a multiyear strategy. Webvan was forced to cease operations by 2001.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Contingency Plans Company 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

According to Schulte, Roth & Zabel’s Activist Investing 2015 Annual Review, a total of 344 companies worldwide were subjected to activist demands in 2014, up 18% from the 291 recorded in 2013. Understanding these approaches will help curb the uncertainty that executives face when an activist investor approaches.

How To 8

How To Due Diligence Strategy Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

The uncertainty that business leaders face today is palpable. Today, the environment in which businesses must operate has become consistently inconsistent and predictably unpredictable. Economy Managing uncertainty' World economies are unstable, making it increasingly difficult to lead a business over the past few years.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Long-term Dunning Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

This uncertainty calls for political leadership. Between 1993-2013, the value of U.S. Invitations to visit plants and operations in their districts helped members of Congress to see and hear directly why trade matters. Most Americans also say they would be willing to pay a little more to buy goods produced in the U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Politics Policies Globalization 8