Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Companies such as GE, Deere & Company, P&G, PepsiCo, Unilever, and Nestle already get it, and have a huge jump on their competitors, bringing their emerging market innovations "back home" to their home markets. Local Growth Teams (LGTs) must have P&L responsibility (this is a key hurdle for American multinationals).

Glocalization 10

Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

Because digitization has passed power to the consumer, pressing companies to pull together their old decentralized profit and loss fiefdoms to produce experiences consumers find compelling. The first is to get various functional silos and P&L centers sharply aligned with the specifics of customer requirements.

P&L 8

P&L Decentralization COO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

You're responsible for your own P&L, just like all the other hotel managers, and that includes promotional spending of any kind. The directors are big proponents of keeping operations decentralized; they all emphasize the "local approach" and how it has gotten us where we are today. "What sort of help?" It was my mistake.".

Case Study 9

Case Study Hotels Price Decentralization 9