Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

GM’s bankruptcy and bailout four years ago earned it the nickname “Government Motors,” a reference to both the $80 billion lent by the US government (repaid in full in December, 2013) and to the bureaucratic, top-down management GM executives had used to try to reverse the company’s tailspin. They play well as a team.

Team 8

Team McGregor Parcell Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Addressing the agriculture value chain—soil testing, facilitation of inputs and credit, market linkage, and field advisory services—is part and parcel of agriculture development initiatives. Watershed and natural resource management initiatives have resulted in increase in water table ranging from 3.5

Innovation 9

Innovation Microfinance Parcell Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you what it comes to." The truth is that Gradgrind would make a terrible manager. Most importantly, they do fewer headcount reductions because they have lean and efficient workforces to begin with. Take Thomas Gradgrind in Hard Times. A man who is.

Metrics 12

Metrics Parcell Call Center Productivity 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Other managers see parcelling out information on a need-to-know basis as an operational maxim, important to maintaining efficiency. Therefore, leaders and managers must become compelling communicators, operating according to the following general guidelines: Straight and soon. But there is really no choice.

Parcell 8

Parcell Public Relations Reputation Information 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

For the sake of efficiency, we tend to make new decisions based upon old frames, memories, or associations. One of us recently had the opportunity to test the concept of mindful strategy with a group of middle managers and senior executives from the legal, advertising, finance, and non-profit sectors in the Bay Area.

Strategy 8

Strategy Goleman Strategic Planning Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

Some old technologies, after being rendered obsolete by better and cheaper alternatives (indeed even after whole industries based on them have been decimated), manage to “re-emerge” to the point that they sustain healthy businesses. Indeed, it’s part and parcel of the digital disruption remaking every aspect of the global economy.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Supply Chain Technology Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

For example, if you sell a service that you’ll be delivering for the next twelve months, the costs and revenues are supposed to be parceled out over those twelve months, regardless of when the cash changes hands. Super-efficient retailers such as Walmart and Costco have been able to bring their CCC down to the single digits.

Retail 20

Retail Finance Parcell Depreciation 20

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

Their plan's main theme was that government should require industries to clean up the environment more thoroughly than to date, but let companies seek out the most efficient ways to meet these tougher standards. To get there, the representatives would need to craft a deal that would benefit the country as a whole as much as they could manage.

Politics 10

Politics System Policies Parcell 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2016

That wasn’t a disaster—the farm had invested in wells to tap groundwater and drip irrigation to use the water efficiently—but it was a disappointment. A 25-year lease to put solar panels on a parcel of land would generate the same returns as growing tomatoes—without any irrigation headaches. The Meeting.

Case Study 8

Case Study Parcell Price Cost 8