Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2011

Companies love to stretch out their investments in existing technology as long as possible, a policy whose faulty logic I recently rediscovered in my role as CIO. That's because, like many CIOs, I hate buying technology that loses a significant part of its value as soon as it's delivered.

Technology 15

Technology CIO CFO TCO 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

With rare exception, they’re not satisfied with the status quo and are driven to innovate and change. And yet that drive for innovation fails to reach most people on their team — at least not in a way that employees can act on. Digital technology should be freeing us up to be more innovative and productive.

Innovation 8

Innovation Content Team Crisis 8

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.

CFO 8

CFO Loyalty Technology Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

Despite rapid innovations in data processing and machine learning, many businesses have yet to make the leap from the Industrial Age to the information age, and the gap between technological and organizational progress is widening. Closing this gap requires much more than short-term fixes, like adopting new technologies.

Industry 12

Industry Short-term Planning Long-term 12

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Unlike a business, your personal brand doesn't have hours of operation, it simply is 24/7/365. Graham Keen "Inspirational CEO/CFO turned positive-psychologist resiliently transforming businesses & financial performance." I have a documented track record of business development, operational planning, and leadership.

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

This ongoing struggle raises an issue that is endemic in such acquisitions: In search of innovation, big companies often buy other companies whose most innovative days are almost at an end. An acquirer looking for innovation would have been likelier to try to buy Gateway, a company that is almost an after-thought now.

Innovation 12

Innovation Company Biotechnology CFO 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. CFOs of these companies themselves admit that they cannot justify their market capitalizations based on traditional metrics.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2011

Some retailers are responding with clever innovations. How do they adopt an intelligent-store strategy that incorporates associates, shoppers, changing technology, new consumer behaviors, and the store itself? Research has linked high associate attrition with a poor technology environment. Create a store without boundaries.

Retail 15

Retail Attrition CIO CFO 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” The Future of Operations. Insight Center.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Sensors, the cloud, mobile and broadband wireless, and other such technologies are increasing the flow of digitized information exponentially. ” Immelt elevated marketing and digital media when he promoted Beth Comstock to vice chair, while other positions, including that of the CFO, are at the senior vice president level.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Innovation at GE was on a roll. Since then Flannery has replaced Immelt’s vice chairs responsible for innovation. So is John Rice, the head of global operations, along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Are lean innovation and the startup way a failure in large companies? Then it wasn’t. Comstock is out.

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

This is about more than technology. Ironically, this allows them to actually gain stature as the “innovators” are discredited and C-suite power shifts back to how it was. As one financial services CFO told us, “Our mental models were so rigid that even how we thought about data itself needed to be challenged.

CEO 8

CEO Competitive Advantage ROI CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

To enhance financial flexibility, companies have been retaining unprecedented amounts of cash on their balance sheets, calling it "strategic" cash to distinguish it from the "operating" cash that is needed to run the business. high technology or pharmaceutical) that are investing in projects with uncertain long-range payoffs.

Company 13

Company Cost of Capital Finance Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

Sponsored by DXC Technology. In my experience, legacy managements too frequently misunderstand recommenders’ role in driving innovation and cultural change. That represents an organizational, operational and cultural breakthrough, not just a digital one. Test innovative ideas? Insight Center. Personalize offers?

Engineering 8

Engineering Company White Paper Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The phenomenon of fast-track CEO succession appears to be most prominent in the retail, technology, media, and telecommunications sectors—all of which are particularly affected by disruptive business models and new competitors. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

CEO 12

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The very idea of leading people in jobs is changing with the democratization of work and the continued advance of digital technology. Digital technology is increasing the complexity and options associated with this plurality of work. employees, customers, free agents, communities we operate in) and so much more.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Disaggregation Development Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The same investment logic holds for Apple's innovation ecosystem; the flow and fortune of its third-party apps development alone would yield valuable insight. But that mind-set's simply too focused and operational. Any data-driven, analytics-obsessed trader or investor would be thrilled running a Facebook fund.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2016

Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble. As the CFO of Macy’s put it recently, “ “We’re frankly scratching our heads.” Creative retailers are using the new technologies to innovate just about everything stores do from managing inventory, to marketing, to getting paid.

Retail 8

Retail Real Estate B2B CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

Yes, digital technology enables a lot of unbundling. Peter Currie , our CFO, and I were doing it, and I said, “All right, one last question.” Andreessen: I think a lot of it is based on the underlying technology change. That newspaper bundle was based on the distribution technology of a time and place. Why is this?

How To 13

How To Technology Industry Venture Capitalist 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Among the approved recommendations were opportunities to save nearly $4 million in HR administrative cost by deploying more self-service technology supported by a shared services organization, nearly $8 million from insourcing second physician reviews of inpatient charts, and up to $3.5 Leading Health Care Innovation.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

People who have earned these belts drive projects with clear financial targets set at the top organization, with progress monitored by the CFO. Most missionaries of the BPM religion come from a heritage in information technology. Brad Power is a consultant and researcher in process innovation.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma BPM Process Hammer 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Back at Calidad de Vida's corporate offices that afternoon, Gloria asked Daniel Hernandez, her CFO, and Diana Correa, her deputy director, to join her in the company's lone conference room, a windowless space made cheerful by photos of smiling elderly people on the walls and the same bright green chairs found in the centers.

Case Study 12

Case Study Franchising Health Care Follow-up 12