Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Are you focusing opex and capex on these priorities in order to build competitively differentiated capabilities? One CEO we know worried that some principles developed by his senior team were too generic to help them evaluate different operating model options. None of these are easy questions.

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Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Charismatic CEOs enjoy leading and inspiring people, so they don’t like delegating critical business decisions to smart algorithms. CEOs need to clarify when talented humans must defer to algorithmic judgment. ” asked one incredulous CEO of a multibillion euro business unit. Who wants clever code bossing them around?

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

As one CEO said to us: "I just want to forget about IT and concentrate on my core business.". It may make costs more predictable and shift investments from CapEx to OpEx. Unfortunately, this is not the view in most C-suites. Just look at what most do: They appoint a CIO and give him or her a budget and a mandate to get on with it!

CIO 8

CIO CAPEX Budgeting CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2014

The Mississippi-born former IBM salesman, FedEx COO, and CEO of AT&T Wireless and Netscape Communications argues that funny sayings, especially if they involve animals, stick with people in a way that PowerPoint strategy slides usually don’t. These companies have effectively no capex.

Advice 8

Advice Management CAPEX Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

The Mating Dance Risk and the Unmarried CEO Knowledge@Wharton Why, exactly, is the CEO of your company embarking on that daring capital expenditure that''s got analysts shaking their heads? It''s also possible that single CEOs are generally less risk averse because they don’t have families to worry about.

CAPEX 8

CAPEX Scientific Management Taylorism Taylor 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

As a result, despite persistent calls for more long-term behavior from us and from CEOs who share our views, such as Larry Fink of BlackRock and Mark Wiseman, the former head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, a genuine debate has continued to rage among economists and analysts over whether short-termism really destroys value.

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Long-term EPS Short-term Sample 8