Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. After all, sales and finance were often at odds in organizations, and the conflict hadn’t had a big impact on Barker’s revenues. Doing Just Fine. “The usual.

Case Study 13

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

What they realize is that they’ve always treated finance and financial management as a tier-one asset. Let’s say it’s an apparel company, right. They’ve treated human resources and human resource management as a tier-one asset. Think about this, if you think about a legacy product company.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants. We felt defeated and powerless.”.

Retail 8

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

I have a project with the Bank of England called simple heuristics for a safer world of finance. The same for an apparel business. They’re like if you have an airbag in your car that works all the time except when you have an accident. So we need to go away from probability theory and investigate smart heuristics. Less was more.

Uncertainty 9

Uncertainty Kahneman Banking System 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

This kind of innovation around food waste is part of the larger discussion going on in many sectors, from apparel to electronics and metals, about how we can build a more circular economy with zero waste. Financing the clean economy. Offering these unloved items in juices or as-is for 30% off has been a big winner for the company.

Chemicals 12

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

They are key both to cash flow which finances dividends, and to "net income" that drives stock price which, in turn, benefits shareholders (heavily American) — especially older individuals who are either direct investors or who rely on pension funds. Quality.

Offshoring 13

Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance. apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., We found differences in how Republican and Democrat directors view the performance of their boards.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8