Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

It’s somehow easier to forget, or discount, all the times people have said you’re talented or conscientious or that you make them proud. Positive comments and conversations produce a chemical reaction too. If you’ve been called lazy, careless, or a disappointment, you’re likely to remember and internalize it.

Positioning 15

Positioning Chemicals Ryan Discount 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Why shop there for tools or appliances rather than at Home Depot, Harbor Freight Tools, Kam Appliances, or some other big-box, discount, or specialty store? At the hoary age of 128, it had already beat the odds twice over when it lost its place to chemical maker LyondellBasell at close of trading this year on September 4 th.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. The logic of NPV is to project cash flows into the future and then discount those flows back into today’s dollars at a given cost of capital. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50