Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2016

It had earlier set an ambitious target of taking a quarter of Japan’s auto market, but to achieve that, the chief executive had said that the old way of making and selling cars would no longer suffice. Nissan’s market share in Japan had stalled at just 16 percent, it was faring little better abroad, and losses were mounting everywhere.

Chief Operating Officer 50

Chief Operating Officer Short-term Strategic Fit Restructuring 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Within EB, Merck first created a Global Health Innovation Fund and then a Healthcare Services and Solution unit to identify, develop, and operate nascent opportunities that fit that thesis. For ideas to become reality, a company needs repeatable processes, not only out-of-the-box insights.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

The result: Market success for the product and the company was purchased by Google for $3.2 And the engineers and developers working on the product are too close to it or have a much higher tolerance for complexity than the customer will. Situation Three: It Does Not Have Good Strategic Fit. billion in 2014. Fix or kill?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Long-term Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

He or she must believe in and articulate a “higher ambition,” as we call it at the Center for Higher Ambition Leadership. Whole Foods Market’s purpose is to promote healthier eating. Managers are trained, developed and evaluated to lead people in accordance with the human values top management espouses.

Company 8

Company Teamwork Commitment Airlines 8