Women on Business

AUGUST 24, 2011

She was long dead when I first discovered Martha Matilda Harper and her amazing feat of launching modern franchising even though she had been a servant for nearly a quarter of a century. History buried its memory of the 500+ franchises she sprouted and staffed with other poor women. Guest Post by Jane Plitt. Competitors appear.

Franchising 226

Franchising Succession Core Competence Follow-up 226

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 23, 2015

Generating new ideas, recognizing those with breakthrough potential, and then mobilizing an organization to drive those ideas from the mind to the market – often in the face of substantial risk and uncertainty – is not something every CEO feels cut out to do. Then they design solutions from the customer backward.

Innovation 120

Innovation Business Model Franchising Trends 120

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

Indeed, companies focusing on those 20% customer segments that generate 80% of sales and/or profitability and/or sustainable growth markets and innovate differently from those who seek to serve everyone well. Almost certainly, P&G’s core 80/20 brands will be even more rigorously instrumented and analyzed. innovation.

Brand 8

Brand DCF IRR NPV 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Department of Labor’s Office of the Chief Economist — have been hard hit by the consequences of fissuring for some time, those with college and graduate educations, even in professions once regarded as protected from the ups and downs of churning labor markets, are being affected as well.

Compliance 9

Compliance Supply Chain Hotels Insurance 9