Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

And just to make things interesting, do it in a decentralized organizational construct where laws, standards, and procedures aren’t as tightly controllable as within a single company. Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. logistics, and finance. finance, I.T., Recall how the U.S.

Industry 269

Industry Stage-Gate Organization Company 269

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

When Sloan became president of GM in 1923, he put in place planning and strategy, measurements, and most importantly, the principles of decentralization.” Sloan kept the corporate staff small and focused on policy making, corporate finance, and planning. He had each of the divisions start systematic strategic planning.

Transportation 8

Transportation Automotive Brand Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2017

Rather than managing that complexity by delegating and decentralizing, the CEO became even more controlling. To support a change in strategy from efficiency-driven to innovation-driven growth, the company acquired another company to be its innovation engine. The finance group scrutinizes capital requests.

Company 8

Company CEO Finance System 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2012

Finally, in 1954, Kenneth Arrow, at Stanford, and Gerard Debreu, at the Cowles Commission at Yale, developed the canonical "general-equilibrium" model , for which they later won the Nobel Prize. An engineering analogy may help. Supposedly practical economists develop models that aggregate — homogenize.

Crisis 18

Crisis Decentralization Marketing Engineering 18

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10