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

JULY 3, 2015

It’s 2015, and by now even latecomers among multinational corporations have decided to include African countries in their emerging market portfolios. Many companies separate their Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa operations because of strong cultural, economic, and linguistic differences between the two regions.).

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term GDP Contingency Plans 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

Home Run Media, a media agency that helped its clients plan and carry out their marketing strategies, had been operating for more than a decade when a key client in the fantasy sports industry began to grow rapidly, thanks in part to Home Run’s work and to a healthy dose of venture capital that was fueling its growth.

Media 8

Media Hammer Software Company 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Africa’s Business Revolution: How to Succeed in the World’s Next Big Growth Market. Strategy & Execution BOOK. By 2016, SABMiller had brewing operations in around forty of Africa’s fifty-four countries. Further Reading. Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga, and Georges Desvaux. Add to Cart.

Brand 8

Brand Case Study Globalization Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

General Motors, once the world’s largest car maker, has decided to stop selling vehicles in India by the end of 2017, since it considers its India operation to be not profitable. For a period of 14 years, General Electric had the same American expat running the India operation, Scott Bayman. Understanding it takes time and focus.

CEO 10

CEO Long-term Short-term Mass Marketing 10

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. And yet in the Accenture survey mentioned above, what the class of 2015 most wants in a job is interesting, challenging work.

Company 8

Company McKinsey Survey COO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

billion in 2015. In 2015 alone the country attracted $9 billion in venture capital and was home to four “unicorns” — privately held ventures valued in excess of a billion dollars. If enforced, such a requirement would eliminate Cloudtail, the largest seller on Amazon India, effectively making its operations illegal.

Price 8

Price Globalization Forrester Marketing 8