Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2015

Here’s a conundrum: On the one hand, there’s a consensus among thoughtful business leaders that too many companies are sacrificing long-term growth on the altar of smooth, reliable short-term earnings. HBR: What got you interested in what impact short-term earnings management has on long-term performance?

Short-term 8

Short-term Henderson Long-term Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

” It’s important to distinguish between different types of innovation, and the responses they require by firms. In a recent publication in the Journal of Product Innovation, we undertook a systematic review of 40 years (1975 to 2016) of innovation research. This may happen in two ways.

Disruptive Innovation 9

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Business Model Human Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A recent McKinsey report found that while 84% of corporate executives think innovation is key to achieving growth objectives, only 6% are satisfied with the innovation performance of their firm. Even if executives try to prioritize it, innovation often gets crowded out by more “urgent” short-term pressures.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. One came from a Bell Labs article on the Borland Quattro Pro team , suggesting that short daily team meetings increased group productivity dramatically. Of course, Sutherland and Schwaber weren’t alone in their search for innovative methods.

Agility 8

Agility Nonaka Takeuchi Innovation 8

Ask Atma

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Short-term adaptability and rapid response strengthen long-term planning. Using the concept of controlled chaos it is possible to increase efficiency and innovation. Working software over comprehensive documentation. We think clearly and adapt quickly to customer/market needs (aka reality). Agile Concept.

Agility 71

Agility Project Software Short-term 71

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

In fact, long-term business viability depends on it. As a leader in your organization, it’s up to you to determine whether your company’s legacy and corporate culture will be positively driven by a corporate purpose or negatively driven by a short-sighted focus on profit alone. Every company needs a corporate purpose.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

In fact, long-term business viability depends on it. As a leader in your organization, it’s up to you to determine whether your company’s legacy and corporate culture will be positively driven by a corporate purpose or negatively driven by a short-sighted focus on profit alone. . Every company needs a corporate purpose.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2018

He is awarded shares in his own company, where the number of shares that he receives (that “vest”) depends on whether he hits certain performance targets for Tesla’s market value, revenues, and profits. But the numbers are only radical because Tesla is radical, in terms of its potential future value.

Execution 8

Execution Planning Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

The project team had spent the past six months designing a new strategy to accelerate growth in a critical emerging market for a multibillion-dollar multinational. The summary document had that rare combination: a compelling long-term vision and a credible set of near-term actions addressing critical strategic unknowns.

Exit Strategy 8

Exit Strategy Document Short-term Constraint 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Benevolent Dictator : Empower Your Employees, Build Your Business, and Outwit the Competition by Michael Feuer and Dustin Klein What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? To help prevent this, develop a short-term plan with a six- to nine-month outlook.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

Even companies that claim to have a long-term orientation worry about whether R&D is worth the investment. According to Williamson, a current concern among many institutional investors as well as corporations is that long-term investments in R&D have little payoff. Small Firms Are Not More Innovative.

Long-term 8

Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Most teams (55 teams comprised of 700+ senior executives) also responded to items focused on organization performance —comparing themselves to industry peers — and included dimensions such as Sales and Revenue Growth, New Product Development, and Market Share. We were wrong. Risk vs. Results. Both are pivotal to ongoing success.”

Team 8

Team Bottom-up Long-term Innovation 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. If they INVEST in your business, treat it with appropriate legal documentation as if with any other contact. Pitches MUST be short, which is more time-consuming than presenting long ones. It forces you to edit and target with accuracy.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

Despite all of the evidence that diverse styles, skills, and experiences enhance innovation and productivity, many firms still struggle to successfully incorporate external talent. Finally, carve off an opportunity that you can tackle in the short-term. Next, offer an outside perspective to your new colleagues.

Company 12

Company Short-term Seminar Document 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2015

But because most providers’ business models still depend on fee-for-service revenues, reducing volume (and increasing value) cuts into short-term profits. How, then, are innovative providers redesigning care so that, despite financial pain in the short term, they achieve long-range success? nationally.

Health Care 8

Health Care Business Model Mayo Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2013

If you want to really understand a firm’s strategy—whether it’s a start up or Fortune 500 firm–you need only two documents: the compensation plan and the pricing plan. And in some instances, some of these documents can actually lead you astray and impede your ability to really understand the company. the founders will say.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives Document Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2014

And they’d all seen radial tires take over the European market. But even though radial tires were far superior to bias tires in terms of durability, cost per mile, and safety – and could be sold for an attractively higher price — they presented a challenge to U.S. Long story short, Michelin took over 50% of the entire tire U.S.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Technology Industry Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Since 1980 half of Americans have been stuck in place—their wages in real terms haven’t budged—while the top 20% have seen large gains. Employers could enable short-term savings alongside a 401(k), with employer-matching or even direct subsidy for both.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term Proposal Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

In a new paper that’s already generated much discussion, economists Ian Hathaway of Ennsyte Economics and Robert Litan of the Brookings Institution document four decades of “ Declining Business Dynamism in the United States.” Hathaway and Litan stay close to the data in this work and stop short of speculating about causes of this trend.

Pharmaceuticals 8

Pharmaceuticals Banking Chemicals Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The scientists put out a helpful document with FAQs , but in short, the primary takeaways are these: While the world has already warmed 1.0°C 70-90% of coral dying), but is far better for us than 2 degrees (both in terms of overall well-being and economic impacts). This week, the report came back, and it’s not pretty.

Efficiency 9

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Fortunately, American companies have part of the solution for the skills gap right at hand — if they reverse the long-term trend of paring back training. This has been quite useful for matching needs with people internally — such as someone who speaks the Cantonese dialect to help the company penetrate new markets in China.

Skills 14

Skills Survey Human Resources Document 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The short conference brought together public and private sector managers working on environmental and social issues. Xerox has been navigating the shift to digital documents for years, and WM is facing an existential threat. These printing retrofits save clients up to 30 percent of their document-related costs.

Productivity 14

Productivity Products Christensen Document 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

So you look at past projects, gather and analyze relevant market data, make predictions about how much revenue you’ll be able to generate, decide what resources you’ll need, and set milestones to reach your targets. In short, too many firms used conventional planning to manage their new ventures. Not so fast.

Planning 8

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2015

In a glittering ceremony in Skhirat, Morocco, three African innovators emerged as winners in the annual Innovation Prize for Africa competition. The African Innovation Foundation , which organizes the event, focuses on identifying homegrown and scalable innovations that address local problems in Africa.

Innovation 8

Innovation Health Care Bottom-up System 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2018

Advocates for rapid technology adoption often argue that humans are no better at explaining decisions than machines, and so we should table the question to accelerate innovation. It’s hard to measure and get feedback on long-term outcomes, but these known unknowns can be the most valuable for a system’s performance.

Compliance 8

Compliance Document System Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

This process forced companies to release and launch products by model years, and market new and “improved” versions. Marketing delivers a “requirements” document to engineering. Waterfall allowed marketers to sell incremental upgrades to products as new models. Continuous Delivery/Deployment — The Marketer’s View.

Agility 8

Agility Software Engineering Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

The parallels with business are clear: Stars are a crucial but perhaps fragile source of innovation and competitive advantage. Harness your internal sales data to show people that smart collaboration is not just a nice-to-have — it’s a strategic advantage for capturing market share. Convince with quantitative evidence.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period How To Real Estate Hedge 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

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Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

The greatest leaders throughout history have been nothing short of relentless in their pursuit of knowledge. With the plethora of reading material on the market today it is not a simple thing to make sure that you’re covering all the bases in a time efficient fashion. Thanks for sharing the eloquent words Dan. What are you reading?

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Even if it’s walking to the local market for lunch, or parking further away in a parking lot. Document your life. My regular reviews of these simple documents keep me on track when things get tough. He could have attributed their success to more advanced technology, better marketing, or thinking differently.

Succession 316

Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Unfortunately, one can get caught in a trap of being on the short end of the equation. The longer they network, the better they get at niche marketing. ” Sizing you in terms of immediate benefit to them, they either probe further or move on. These people couch their requests in terms of your benefit.

Committee 54

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 54

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2013

One of the most critical challenges facing growth-seeking executives in large companies is deciding what constraints they should be placing on their organizations’ innovation efforts. On the other hand, incorrectly constrained innovation efforts carry well-documented risks. High-potential markets tend not to be obvious.

Innovation 8

Innovation Constraint Team Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

While India remains a formidably challenging market, there are at least three reasons why global firms cannot overlook India without consequences. Similarly, when Renault entered India and introduced Kwid in 2015, Maruti and Hyundai had almost 70% of India’s large and fast-growing sub-compact car market.

Globalization 8

Globalization CAGR Class Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

For many years, private-sector providers and other business interests have responded to a combination of patients’ actual needs and market opportunities while trying to optimize earnings. By contrast, nearly every program at Parkland “loses” money (if you think in typical hospital-finance terms).

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

When it comes to discovering unmet customer needs and innovation opportunities, there’s no substitute for in-the-moment, in-context observation for making meaning out of the complex weave of emotion and rationality that drives consumer behavior. .” In both cases, the assignment was clear, the duration short but intense.

Document 8

Document Marketing Learning-by-Doing Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

A point of market share creates five times that amount. The general point is right — a dollar of investment in incrementally improving the core is almost always going to earn a greater near-term return than a dollar invested in a growth business that might take years to incubate. Innovation Strategy' Instead…. “So,”

Incubator 9

Incubator Business Model Competitive Advantage Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

India’s digital infrastructure is coming to life, with a combination of policy and technological innovation having played an important role. In fact they are always greatest over the long-term, while the costs are concentrated in the near-term. The country is moving rapidly toward a digital-first economy.

Banking 12

Banking Long-term Short-term System 12