Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

They may have done a swell $2 million strategy study for a client, but then have to watch from the sidelines as a more broadly based firm swoops in to do the $15 million project — a total systems redesign, say, or a corporate reorganization — entailed in implementing the strategy. Monitor & Co.,

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The continent’s long-term potential remains attractive, but a company’s success in the current environment will depend on its strategy. Companies operating in SSA cannot ignore the country, even though it will suffer substantially from the impact of low oil prices on the currency and business activity.

GDP 8

GDP Politics Marketing Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Seeking to extend its technological edge (particularly in miniaturization), it acquired more than 100 startup companies while pursuing a vast portfolio of research and product development projects. Nokia was so immersed in executing its strategy that it lost sight of its purpose. In retrospect, it seems inevitable.

Strategy 14

Strategy Company How To Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

As Quartz reported last year: Members of the Glass operations team have been on the road showing it off to companies and organizations, and they told Quartz that some of the most enthusiastic responses have come from manufacturers, teachers, medical companies, and hospitals. Should Google revise its strategy to pursue that opportunity?

Strategy 10

Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

Be strategic and operational. High-performing IT organizations appoint executives to sit at the intersection of business areas and the IT function, helping business leaders to shape their IT strategies and marshaling a technology team to deliver against that demand. Stay secure and boost innovation. Reach beyond IT.

CIO 8

CIO Technology Storytelling Strategic Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

They are designers, ethnographers, anthropologists, and other creative types who get immersed in a project or a team, contribute their unique points of view, and then move on to the next change-the-game assignment. Ferrari pit crews operate largely in silence, despite (or because of) the roar of engines around them.

Banking 18

Banking Retail Open-book Creativity 18

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Behind that problem was a deeper one: We had more than 100 large projects (each worth over 500,000 euros) under way. The bank was using a project management tool, but the lack of discipline in keeping it up to date made it largely fruitless. Capacity, not strategy, was determining which projects launched and when.

Project 8

Project How To Objective Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

Or does it focus on customer service and helping the business achieve its strategy? If procurement is operating effectively, suppliers should be beating down the door to get their goods and services sold into to the organization. Is it a process-oriented, savings-obsessed function? Deep expertise is critical in each area.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Objective Cost Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Only the largest of enterprises could afford the best technologies, and even for those with the largest bank accounts, IT strategies were limited to basics like CRM , ERP , or email. And given the complexities involved in building up competitive IT weaponry, businesses won by out-spending and out-resourcing their opponents.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

The type of capital required and its source depends on the type of business, its stage of life, and its strategy for the future. A start-up might need an angel investor who believes in the project to provide initial equity. This research shows that the market for middle skills operates very poorly.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2017

“You have a golden moment in your job search where you’re operating at peak confidence and energy. ” Describe your last job as a project. You could also use the short-term nature of your prior position to your advantage by designating it “as a project” instead of a job.

How To 8

How To Letter Learning-by-Doing PR 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Plus, as a result of a lack of cross-organizational coordination and cooperation, Nokia wasn’t able to improve its proprietary operating system, Symbian, which would have allowed it to support a more sophisticated smartphone. Many innovative ideas became the victims of in-fighting among managers who had competing objectives.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2017

We’ve all been through it — the looming cost project. This entails viewing costs not merely as an in-year expense but also as a multiyear investment in differentiating capabilities designed to help your company execute its strategy. And for many of us, it’s not a fond memory. ” Call it cost management fatigue.

Cost 10

Cost How To Budgeting Strategic Planning 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

It also has partnered with nationally recognized organizations such as the Reach Out and Read program to improve childhood language and literacy, and Health Leads (formerly Project HEALTH), for assessing families’ additional needs and connecting them to community resources. Continuous and coordinated. pediatric primary care remain.

Health Care 10

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 10