Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2016

On one hand, many noted that in the 1990s, following scandals in Indonesia and Vietnam, the shoe giant’s name had become, in the words of the company’s co-founder and former CEO Phil Knight, “synonymous with slave wages, forced overtime, and arbitrary abuse.” What is unusual about this company? Not necessarily.

Policies 8

Policies Technology Bottom-up Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

Among the growing perplexed population is Mark Barnes (not his real name), vice president of a marketing company. And while Jennifer would be pleased with any women’s initiative her company organizes, some of her female colleagues may not be as engaged, or might even reject them. And how can they use that to improve engagement?

Globalization 8

Globalization Consultative Learning-by-Doing Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Is your company ready to compete in a world of smart, connected products ? How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? Together, these constituted radical moves for an industrial company headquartered on the East Coast. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Make you more innovative. It’s the channel through which you sell your initiatives to the people you depend on for cooperation and support. Moreover, we are still relying on networks that are mostly internal to our company, in a world where the rate of change outside is considerable. It can keep you informed.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2017

In the business world, even when we are in the same company, we often find ourselves at cross-purposes with our colleagues. Centers of expertise are set up to create long-range, big-picture, innovative strategies to assist client-facing, front-line employees who typically want immediate fixes for customer pain points. Tribes at Work.

Company 9

Company Cooper Participative Engineering 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Women account for just 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs and fewer than 15% of corporate executives at top companies worldwide. The only area where women pull ahead of men is in human resources, where they account for 71% of all HR managers. But these efforts aren’t really working.

Team 8

Team Diversity Company Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

In most companies, marketers are in charge of assessing the competition. Marketers in the Fortune 500 companies are well known for chasing competitors’ market share figures to the second decimal point. There are, of course, exceptions — and other companies can learn from them. Dave Wheeler FOR HBR. Insight Center.

Marketing 8

Marketing Competitive Intelligence Porter How To 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and prominent board members, with the cooperation and support of the head of HR, have initiated an investigation. Leaders and managers at start-ups (and all other companies, frankly) should be required to address human capital non-compliance risk, just as they are expected to address financial non-compliance risk.

Compliance 10

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

We're delighted to announce the winners of the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge , the third leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. The athletic apparel giant has also engaged a broad base of partners (and competitors) in innovation toward that goal. It's not enough to change one company.

Organization 14

Organization Cooper McKinsey Long-term 14