Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

My colleagues and I at Bain & Company have been tracking this for forty years, and we have never seen companies losing their leadership positions as quickly as they are today. Did it seem "creative" to Nokia shareholders when the company missed the smart phone wave despite having some of the early technology? And for telecom.

Creativity 14

Creativity Long-term Kotter Cost of Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In The Good Jobs Strategy , Zeynep Ton, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, demonstrates how the best retail companies align their customer value proposition with their operations strategy and their approach to human capital. This includes more autonomy and agility as well as inspirational leadership.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Investors punish companies with a short-term orientation by applying higher discount rates to them, which increases the cost of capital for those companies. In contrast, companies with a long-term orientation are rewarded with a lower cost of capital, which allows them to afford more innovation—a virtuous cycle.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8