Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. Danita Delimont/Getty Images. Few industries are being disrupted as drastically as the retail industry. Insight center.

Retail 10

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

Our research shows that companies with platform- and network-based business models are exponentially better at creating value. Building a successful platform business is hard enough when you have an original idea, ample capital, no core business to cannibalize, and a team of top talent. Human capital.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Fortunately, demonstrating your skills in this area doesn't demand that you singlehandedly develop a new breakthrough product or revise the company's overall business model. However, senior-level decision makers want to make sure that you have the leadership "gear" to introduce change when circumstances call for it.

Innovation 15

Innovation Merchandising How To Proposal 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Perhaps it's easier to start by discussing the pathologies of a dysfunctional Chief of Human Resources Officer (CHRO). The language of business is a foreign language. When the staff conversation turns to operating margins, cash flow, inventory, or revenue, does the CHRO tune out? How do you know you have the right person?

Metrics 14

Metrics Human Resources Attrition CEO 14

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Business leaders striving to stand out from the competition need to reinvent their business model to marry digital and human experiences in the best way possible. Furthermore, 80 percent of a company’s future revenue will come from just 20 percent of the existing customer base.

Company 72

Company P&L Bottom-up Advertising 72

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In hindsight, this thinking turned out to be far less important than what we learned about leadership, control, and trust, which ultimately were reflected in how each of the businesses was created, capitalized, and staffed. By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

For any strategy to be successful and sustainable, an organization must develop an offering that attracts buyers; it must create a business model that enables the company to make money out of its offering; and it must motivate the people working for or with the company to execute the strategy. The Profit Proposition.

Blue Ocean Strategy 8

Blue Ocean Strategy Strategy Execution Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

To have the influence to help set business strategy for the company, CMOs need to translate customer insights into terms meaningful to senior leadership. Even simple-seeming tasks, such as browsing or buying, often involve several steps, each touching a different part of the business. “If

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

CEOs who invest their time advancing their company’s business model or seeking a new one are adding value to their organizations. Advancing the model’ is just another way of saying improving or fortifying the company’s competitive advantage. These initiatives began with the quest to advance the business model through innovation.

CEO 207

CEO Chief Executive Officer Business Model Competitive Advantage 207

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

If the person(s) responsible for managing are able to look at the eighteen points above and determine they are more or less in place, they are operating at the most fundamental or beginner’s level of management. Business planning (analysis, forecasting, budgeting…). Human Resource Management. Risk assessment.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

All three factors have become more common over time, which we argue stems from firms’ increasing reliance on intangible and knowledge inputs in their business models. Emerging digital firms compete with knowledge, strategy, and expert human capital, attacking even the largest established firms.

IPO 11

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

In study after study for over a decade, operations researchers have found that retailers understaff during peak hours. Our study also helped pinpoint the reasons why companies have found it challenging to be able to hear the message that lean and unstable scheduling is not the best business model. We hope not.

Retail 8

Retail Productivity Products Cost 8

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 10, 2015

Culture, strategy, leadership, branding, innovation, customer orientation and employee centricity must co-exist. We used to call this mode of operation, “doing business by the seat of the pants.” Business Models Change. Strategy does not curtail change because business models need not be static.

Strategy 100

Strategy Critical Success Factor McKinsey Retail 100