Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Its corporate development group looked at upwards of 150 targets a year, and used a remarkably efficient screening process that rejected any potential acquisition that didn't make good sense strategically. The company did not overlook small deals if they contributed to the development of critical capabilities. GE-NBC/Universal.

Due Diligence 15

Due Diligence EBITDA Health Care Gordon 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

The irony here is that the Star Wars franchise has been focused on licensing and new-platform development for years. It's a powerful economic engine, and it propels a whole fleet of income statements. Watterson refused to allow merchandising, limiting products beyond the comic strip to a couple of calendars.

Franchising 8

Franchising Licensing Merchandising Film 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Business units come and go, but finance, HR, IT, marketing, legal, and R&D are forever. Similarly, Amazon doesn't succeed because its people apply broad marketing expertise. In their view, functional priorities are all too often in conflict with — or not fully supportive of — the strategic needs of the business.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Real Estate Short-term Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2015

Here are a few examples: Gery (some of these are the individuals’ real names; others are pseudonyms) is an IT consultant, freelance writer, engineering technician, freelance marketing and PR consultant, and world-class bullwhip performer. ” They allow their work to evolve.

PR 8

PR Long-term Consultative Career 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. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

Business development. That 2% includes all the doctors, lawyers, accountants and engineers… those of us who actually advise. Employee theft and shoplifting accounting for 15% of the retail cost of merchandise. Training and development of people. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture.

Budgeting 83

Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 83

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

home marketers (Fox, HBO), cable and satellite services (Comcast, DirectTV), video syndicators (PMI, TVS), film libraries and archives (Eastman House, Getty Images), and talent agencies (WME, CAA, ICM), each with its own contracts and accounting systems. .” ” LeBeau’s vision is not a pipedream.

Creativity 11

Creativity Film Decentralization Reputation 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

Ask people how to develop a good corporate culture, and most of them will immediately suggest offering generous employee benefits, like they do at Starbucks, or letting people dress casually, as Southwest Airlines does.

Brand 8

Brand Company Operations Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

“How long does it take for her to interact with a market that isn’t nearly monopolized?” have grown more concentrated in the past 20 years, meaning that the biggest firms in the industry are capturing a greater share of the market than they used to. The result is that large firms are gaining market share.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8