Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The Nike Foundation also leans on its expertise in innovation and scale to find solutions to poverty, while keeping its operations separate from the business. Day says, "we have been able to use the best of our Nike DNA, but have the freedom to operate as an independent force for change in the development sector.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2012

A few years ago, the chief operating officer launched a customer quality initiative to improve six core processes and assigned executives to "own" each process. So it appointed leaders to run market segments with profit and loss responsibility, and put pressure on them to change the product mix and improve profitability.

Company 8

Company COO CFO Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses — and it’s hard to fault them. forecast accuracy, messages to relevant market segments, and other categories.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Team Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses — and it’s hard to fault them. forecast accuracy, messages to relevant market segments, and other categories.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Team Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

Retooling HR makes organization leaders smarter by applying their existing sophistication about finance, engineering, operations and marketing to HR and talent decisions. It does require that leaders reach across functional boundaries, but thats different than simply placing compensation and benefits under the CFO.

Charan 13

Charan Finance Human Resources Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The broadband market was experiencing a classic “prisoner’s dilemma,” where neither cable nor DSL providers felt a competitive threat from the other requiring substantial new investment, trusting in relative peace within their own market segment. In short, Google wanted partners, not antagonists.

Succession 8

Succession Construction Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Instead, according to new research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), the fundamental issue is the health care industry’s failure to develop a nuanced understanding of, and commitment to, women as consumers and decision makers. The roles women play in the lives of others lend a multiplier effect.

Health Care 8

Health Care Industry First-mover Advantage Market Segmentation 8