Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

If you've ever had anything to do with business initiatives among the world's poor — the so-called bottom of the economic pyramid — you've no doubt heard the advice that enterprises in this space need to aim for low prices, low profit margins, and high sales volumes. It's more than just conventional wisdom.

Microfinance 12

Microfinance Prahalad Bottom-up Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Google has led off the new year by blocking websites that mask their country of origin from showing up on Google News. those who call up a car on a ride-sharing app, check news on social media or pay for an online transaction) and guarantors (e.g. We refer to these parties, respectively, as givers (e.g. Trust Surplus vs Trust Deficit.

Survey 9

Survey Environment Technology Comparison 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

The quality and professionalism of referrals aren’t just great for its bottom line, they have a hugely positive impact on firm morale. A network security geek went from a global bank to a Beltway bandit start-up. He sends over four or five excellent people every year. … We’re grateful.”

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Banking Reference Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

For decades multinational corporations have poured hundreds of billions of dollars of foreign investments into emerging markets , sometimes preferring the investment climate of "stable" authoritarian regimes over "messy" democracies. percent in every future year to make up for the short-term losses.

NPV 12

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 12

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

Others will remain stuck in frames of mind that set themselves up for the next round of defeat or, at best, partial-success. Setting one’s self up for failure. Failure to benchmark results and accomplishments. That all people who grew up in the south are racist. Refusal to hear what is said. Stubbornness.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

The youngest uncle, who took a casual approach to his job as vice president, was opposed to my father''s getting the job — he worried he would shake things up. I can''t remember who came up with that phrase, but he loved the poetry of it. The businesses would have to be sold at rock-bottom prices. I laughed at that one.

Case Study 8

Case Study CEO Chief Operating Officer Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

With this in mind, I’m volunteering to carry out a management concept recall: with 2019 marking the 25th anniversary of the “triple bottom line,” a term I coined in 1994, I propose a strategic recall to do some fine tuning. It is time to either step up — or to get out of the way.

TBL 9

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

Benchmarking and adopting best practices (a veiled reference to everyone’s favorite punching bag, In Search of Excellence ). Rapidly responding to ever-evolving competitive and market changes (perhaps a reference to Rita McGrath and Ian McMillan’s 1995 article on innovation strategy “Discovery Driven Planning” ).

Strategy 8

Strategy Porter Blue Ocean Strategy Luehrman 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Likewise, no matter how slick your company’s online idea market, it won’t yield many high-value ideas if your associates haven’t been taught to think like innovators. Instead, you have to observe them, up close and over time, and then reflect on what you’ve learned. Address “unarticulated” needs.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8