Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

There are instances when it might be perfectly legitimate and value enhancing to issue earnings guidance in an effort to inform the market about material disruptions, shifts in the business model etc., At a macro level, there is evidence that it negatively influences analysts’ reports, thereby distorting the market.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2018

He introduced a strategic planning process directed from the center. The model was honed by Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, with new portfolio restructuring strategies and a headlong expansion into finance. It was developed by Japan and South Korea in the 1980s and is used widely by emerging markets from Brazil to India.

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Welch Software Industry Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The promotion was arguably in poor taste given the global economic downturn, but was also inargueably and acutely insensitive given the airline's current labor relations standoff with the unions representing its pilots, engineers, baggage handlers and caterers. against strategic planning. against strategic planning.

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Airlines Media Travel Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

” When Sloan arrived at GM in 1920 he realized that the traditional centralized management structures organized by function (sales, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing) were a poor fit for managing GM’s diverse product lines. Sloan kept the corporate staff small and focused on policy making, corporate finance, and planning.

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Transportation Automotive Brand Engineering 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Every sound business initiative begins with a solid strategic plan. However while most anyone can cobble together a high level strategic plan, very few can author a strategy that can be successfully implemented. Every task should be assigned and managed according to a plan and in the light of day. Thanks David.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

All the parts of the organization have to come together and build a common language to discuss their markets and their enterprise. Strategy in IT is one thing, but the process experts suddenly began giving advice about areas in which they were not experts and honestly felt they should lead strategic planning for the entire organization."

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Niche consultants place emphasis in the areas where they have training, expertise and staff support for implementation… and will market their services accordingly. An accounting firm may suggest that an economic forecast is a full-scope business plan (which it is not). Let the buyer beware. Consultants Are Not All Alike.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2018

The experience of the typical intrapreneur looks less like Spencer Silver, who developed the Post-It note while at 3M, and more like Steven Sasson, the engineer at Kodak who invented the portable digital camera. Companies need a strategic plan for professionalizing and institutionalizing innovation across their organizations.

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Incubator Innovation Strategic Planning Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Leaders with a passion for developing employees’ skills, and those who understand the need to transfer knowledge among generations of workers, know how important it is to link in-house education to strategic planning. Take architectural and engineering firm EYP as an example.

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