Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

That's because the key variable in a team's prospects isn't just its skill level, but its region and seeding — its position in the brackets — that determine its odds of advancing toward the championship. Braun simplified its merchandising and brand strategy. Perfection" positioning.

Management 15

Management Retail Brand Merchandising 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2015

The arc of history is long—the length of a career, rather than a marketing campaign. Its mission drove its strategy , not the other way around. Rather than relying on empty slogans and artful positioning, great brands, like great movements, aspire not merely to sell more stuff, but to create a positive impact on the world.

Brand 8

Brand Marketing Sharpe Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself. Crucially, the operating model also must define ways of working and behaviors that actually bring your company’s strategy to life.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Caught up in administrative activities such as managing employee records and planning company picnics, human resources departments can too easily lose sight of their primary function: Making sure the organization has the needed human capital to implement its strategy.

Company 8

Company Human Resources Human Capital Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

He was comfortable making smart bets to position IBM for decades-long growth, such as creating the Emerging Business Organization to incubate new businesses and shield them from P&L pressures. In contrast, IBM kept laser-like focus on building the global organization to execute its strategy, and financial results followed.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2014

The company’s twenty years of entrepreneurial success had positioned the company to reap greater financial rewards using a more disciplined operational focus. However, by the middle of the decade, Google was growing, YouTube was forming, and “operational excellence” wasn’t a differentiating strategy in technology.

Strategic Fit 8

Strategic Fit Rogers CEO Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

HR systems emphasize long-term relationships and high performance, with big investments in selection and development, amortized over a long career. Their goal is to attract, engage, develop and retain employees – moving talent into, through and out of the organization. Educate leaders on how and why to optimize a blended workforce.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

The type of capital required and its source depends on the type of business, its stage of life, and its strategy for the future. First, there is someone else in the picture, most often a bank, which also has a stake in having a positive outcome. Entrepreneurs and small business owners need to access capital to start and to grow.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8