Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

A new type of services company could transform global supply chains: Financial technology companies that act as intermediaries in facilitating transactions between a company and its suppliers. FinTechs are internet companies that streamline financial systems and make funding the supply chain more efficient.

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Supply Chain Cost of Capital Transportation Finance 11

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

There was then a gap to access to finance and a non-supportive policy environment. The importance of organizational agility was reaffirmed in a second report , from the Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) Future Readiness Centre. The existential difficulties posed by Covid were also reflected, with 43.8%

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Company Hofstede Supply Chain Agility 98

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

and European companies have spent the past 20 years concentrating more and more of their manufacturing in East Asia to reduce costs by exploiting labor-arbitrage opportunities and address the promise of that rapidly growing market. It’s time for them to rethink their supply-chain strategies. A shift toward protectionism.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?”

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Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Supply chains are linked to these inputs, as is every other variable the CEO needs to be concerned about, from available corporate resources to stock price. If we have enough past information of competitive successes and failures, BDAI is capable of helping leaders develop options. The second is to lead innovation.

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CEO Balanced Scorecard Supply Chain Sharpe 66

N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

In today’s post I share my thoughts on how to develop a sound pricing strategy… While the topic of pricing is certainly not rocket science, it has indeed been a thorn in the side of business people since the dawn of commerce. Competition : Does your pricing place you at a competitive advantage, or disadvantage in the market?

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Price Discount Brand Supply Chain 308

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain. It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base. Here is a simple rule of thumb…the bigger the key man policy the less scalable the company is.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 295

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. Top leaders tend to focus more on status updates than on contingency planning.

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Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. Reserved your spot? Catch up here.

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Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

It’s not surprising that some of the closer-to-market applications of the technology are in the financial sector. In the long run, cryptocurrencies have the potential to change how internet services are delivered (Blockstack, IPFS); how open-source communities fund their development; how we crowdsource microtasks and expertise (21.co);

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Finance Supply Chain Decentralization Maturity 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Oh, and what about development methodology? I could go on ad-nauseum with this line of thinking, but I’m sure you get the point by now.

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 293

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

We are now in the era of “do-it-yourself” career development. During my 11 years at PepsiCo, mostly during the 1990s, “personal development” was treated as a major company initiative. Developing expertise in a nascent area of growing importance can lead to promotions and other career opportunities.

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Career Development Company Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

First, the global goals campaign represents a significant new opportunity for companies that view emerging and frontier markets as their source of long-term growth. According to estimates from McKinsey, consumers in these markets could be worth $30 trillion by 2025 — a significant step up from the 2010 value of $12 trillion.

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Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

There was a time when the entry of an online alternative in a market would scare the hell out of small offline retailers. The time changed, markets evolved, competition became even harsh, and marketplaces required more innovative ways to make money than the mere commissions. marketplace model today. It indeed is.

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Retail Supply Chain Software Marketing 116

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Instead, our interviews found a willingness to let organizational forms and structures evolve naturally, developing in line with the identity of the enterprise. Then came sales forces, finance departments, and R&D labs—including the original labs of Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.

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Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Trouble is, two recessions in 10 years have cut the capital fuel supply to the tech-company-creation engine. The way to increase seed- and early-stage financing for physical-product start-ups is to reduce individual investors' risk by improving the quality of due diligence and spreading risk across a larger number of investors.

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Finance Due Diligence Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Producers in less-developed countries compete by keeping costs low. Over the last thirty years, the lean approach — developed by Japanese automakers — has permeated the manufacturing sector in developed countries, but is much less commonly used in the developing world. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

The possibility of a contentious renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has led to delayed or canceled investments in what has been one of Latin America’s most economically stable markets. Renegotiating NAFTA. So, if a company manufactures products in Mexico to export to Canada and the U.S.

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Supply Chain Depreciation Uncertainty Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

A similar proposal to Split Finance would likely have been rejected out of hand by organization leaders (and Harvard Business Review editors), because its obvious that the Finance function must fit the organization strategy and leader capabilities. Yet this evidence is apparently not well-known.

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Charan Finance Human Resources Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Most big corporations follow global development trends. That is the reactive approach to economic development. CEOs are proactively engaging with emerging market government to spur economic development and create opportunities for their companies. They are playing development to win.

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Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. It is tough to beat the market and over long periods of time indexing has been shown to outperform most active managers.

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Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

With over 1,000 companies trying to sell some type of marketing technology in over 40 categories, it’s not surprising that the most common word that marketers use to describe themselves is “overwhelmed.” These programs are essentially an online form of direct marketing. Today smart marketers do know which half isn’t working.

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Technology Marketing Company CRM 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

It could upend supply chains, business models, customer relationships, and even entrepreneurship itself. Moving forward, consider the following questions for strategic development: Opportunity analysis. What would be the cost/benefit of flattening your supply chain and moving production closer to your markets?

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Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

With over 1,000 companies trying to sell some type of marketing technology in over 40 categories, it’s not surprising that the most common word that marketers use to describe themselves is “overwhelmed.” These programs are essentially an online form of direct marketing. Today smart marketers do know which half isn’t working.

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Technology Marketing Company CRM 8

HR Digest

JUNE 27, 2021

Finance special emphasis on block chain and Cryptocurrency. Supply chain management. Affiliate marketing. Data reveals that “research and development” is quickly becoming one of the most in-demand skills for software developers in 2021, with 3% of all applicants listing it on their resumes.

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Skills Supply Chain Emotional Intelligence Affiliate Marketing 116

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2020

There was a time when the entry of an online alternative in a market would scare the hell out of small offline retailers. The time changed, markets evolved, competition became even harsh, and marketplaces required more innovative ways to make money than the mere commissions. Is the marketplace is a profitable business idea in 2020?

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Supply Chain Retail Software Marketing 75

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

This growth, along with rising incomes in developing countries (which cause dietary changes such as eating more protein and meat) are driving up global food demand. This will shape agricultural markets in ways we have not seen before. To attract more financing and investment in agriculture, the risks need to be reduced by governments.

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Globalization Supply Chain Policies Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

Still others hope to create market barriers for global companies — a form of digital protectionism. These include access to digital goods and services, being part of global supply chains, accelerating and partaking in the fruits of innovation, and helping citizens access information, entertainment, and connectivity on a worldwide basis.

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Supply Chain Globalization GAAP Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Leading supply chain organizations, for example, are embedding agility and responsiveness into their DNA to catalyze the digital supply chain into action. High-performing marketing organizations have developed a more agile style of working to keep their brands competitive amid rapid marketplace shifts.

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Supply Chain Content CIO Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

A new paper by economists Jan De Loecker and Jan Eeckhout argues that the problem isn’t confined to finance, or even large international corporations. In highly competitive markets, firms are forced to lower prices until they just cover their costs. economy, suggesting firms today have much more market power.

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Supply Chain Retail Price Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

At the same time, Tom was looping in supply chain partners, as well as quality, sales, and finance teams that were dispersed around the globe. Since each reported to different departments, Tom would constantly go back and forth with the engineers’ managers regarding disputes over overscheduling and conflicting priorities.

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Welch Supply Chain Consensus Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Women-owned entities in the formal sector represent approximately 37% of enterprises globally — a market worthy of attention by businesses and policy makers alike. and developed Europe — women entrepreneurs have higher levels of innovation than their male counterparts. I think it''s safe to say that it''s the latter.

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Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Departments can automate a business process in the time it would take to enter IT's development pipeline.

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Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

This transformation will not be easy, and we expect that while a number of companies will be able to adapt and grow their market share, others will go out of business in the process or shrink significantly. In the meantime, more shareholder proposals will address climate change issues, raising important questions for boards of directors.

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Tips Supply Chain Proposal Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

I earned my MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business in 2000, and since 2007 I’ve been an Instructor and an internal coach back at the GSB, helping hundreds of students develop their leadership and interpersonal skills. And what alternative means are available to me to develop these practical skills?

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Supply Chain Reputation Education Learning-by-Doing 19

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

With more customers to seek feedback from, your firm should be able to detect changes in the market faster than smaller competitors. And with size comes the resources to deliver what the market wants. Too often, senior executive teams favor horizontal, internally focused actions like “building a world-class finance function.”

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Commitment CEO Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 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.

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Supply Chain Real Estate Short-term Merchandising 8