N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Maybe your CFO is a family friend. You have tremendous loyalty to your friend. He is graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business’s LEAD program in Corporate Innovation. Leaders know that building a culture by design is critical to business success. You’re avoiding some tough calls. Here’s an example.

Delegation 201

Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 201

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

This area of innovation is where mobile payment companies want to play, especially in markets where such technology is less than ubiquitous. We asked Square''s CFO and Operations Lead, Sarah Friar , for perspectives on this technology, what it means for marketers, and how to manage in the world of mobile innovation.

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CFO Loyalty Technology Definition 8

LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2014

We all understand that these days it’s really not so much the number of cars or assembly line or factories that a company has, but really its ability to keep up, to be competitive, to be innovative and what gives the company its competitive edge is really the people who make it. Orly, thank you so much for joining us inside the LDRLB.

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Human Capital Open-book CFO Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2011

Some retailers are responding with clever innovations. Shouldn't every shopper have access to time-, loyalty- or location-based offers, whether in the store or walking in the park? Doing this right will allow the CFO to keep the store as an asset on the balance sheet, not a liability — a move shareholders would surely reward.

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Retail Attrition CIO CFO 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

You used to be able to track everything with an Excel spreadsheet, personally designed by your CFO; now you’ve got an SAP installation in its place, supported by an entire IT department. Founded in 1966, Norwegian quickly became an innovator in its field as the first company to offer round-trip cruises that nearly anybody could afford.

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Company IPO Price Loyalty 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

And indeed he had a very innovative strategy for J. Costco's CFO, Richard Galanti stated, "People are eating in more and looking for fresh food, which, along with [our] low gas prices, is what are driving people into our stores more often. Before that, he was the VP of merchandising for Target (or "Tar-jay").

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Retail Price Merchandising CFO 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Gene Morphis, former CFO of CVS and David's Bridal suggests: "There is an interesting intersection between risk management and innovation that emerges in the CMO-CIO interface." It's up to the CEO to ensure that marketing and IT are on the same page in terms of both innovation goals and risk management.

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CIO Chief Information Officer Norton Technology 8