Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

IT-based management-control systems, starting with finance and human resources and including distributed-innovation systems, are critical to ensure the policies and governance guidelines are effectively implemented in geographically dispersed locations. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs). IT management Information & technology'

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

When I do get a name, it often differs depending on who I asked—a marketing executive points to one person, while finance identifies someone else. In most cases today, the CAO doesn’t report directly to the CEO, but to another member of the C-suite. Information & technology Leadership' That isn’t good.

Company 8

Company COO Information Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s. Their strategic use of information technology (IT) presaged the dot.com boom of the 1990s when the Internet made this kind of online ordering commonplace. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

A retired CEO, Jerry was a sad, aging man who reflected constantly on the emptiness of his life. Their life anchors are their identification with an institution of great power; influence over individuals, policies, finances, and the community; and constant affirmation of their importance as individuals and of their role as leaders.

CEO 8

CEO Execution Policies Power 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2013

Who, for instance, would have guessed that global NGOs spend nearly 80% more to track their finances and employ nearly twice as many finance staff as comparable for-profit multinationals? The absence of efficient financial management systems reflects comparatively low spending on information technology.

Globalization 8

Globalization NGO Benchmarking Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2016

In fact, that exact conclusion is one that Thierry Breton, CEO of the France-based information technology services firm Atos Origin, arrived at several years ago. ” That statement seems surprising coming from the CEO of a technology company employing over 70,000 people in more than forty offices around the world.

Company 8

Company Stress Participative Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2018

The GE model dates back at least to the reign of Reginald Jones as CEO in the 1970s. The model was honed by Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, with new portfolio restructuring strategies and a headlong expansion into finance. Silicon Valley and the rise of information technology.

Welch 8

Welch Software Industry Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

Baruch Lev teaches accounting and finance at NYU's Stern School of Business. Research shows that a major reason for firing CEOs in recent years is unfavorable share performance. He's a man of strong opinions, generally backed up by lots and lots of research. Where is the avoidance of investments? Otherwise, it is not overpriced.

Short-term 12

Short-term Long-term Parcell Incentives 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

The CIO must step up and mentor the C-suite on the potentials, possibilities, threats and opportunities of information technology, but likewise, the HR lead needs to discuss the impact of a free-agent workforce, the head of legal needs to discuss the impacts of open innovation and IP sharing, and so on.

CIO 8

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Workfront CEO Alex Shootman says digitization is happening in most companies on a function-by-function basis, leaving teams to work in silos instead of executing new strategies together. And today I’m talking with Alex Shootman, President and CEO of Workfront. ” Download this interview. Alex Shootman, Workfront.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

After all, what company on earth enjoyed greater access to more insights more quickly from more people searching for more information? Then–Google CEO Eric Schmidt was appalled : "Sergey, among your many ideas, this is the worst." (The The legal and regulatory entanglements were apparently deemed too daunting to confront.)

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15