Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Thus, as the McKinsey Global Institute team states, and its analysis of 80 years of data shows, "over the long term. Many business people, especially if they have been trained in microeconomics, think in terms of "comparative statics" rather than dynamics. The extra dimension in a dynamic analysis is, of course, time.

McKinsey 14

McKinsey Efficiency Long-term Analysis 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

These visionary CEOs aren't caving in to Wall Street's demands for short-term gains. Rather, they are boldly restructuring every function in their organizations to boost their firms' long-term ability to deliver affordable and sustainable solutions to increasingly cost-conscious and eco-aware consumers.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Restructuring Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Performing market assessments. Managing tight deadlines, revenue targets, market demands, prioritization conflicts, and resource constraints all at once is not for the faint of heart. Pro: Engineering can focus on coding without a lot of distraction; this tends to work well for Waterfall development shops with long lifecycles.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

For each investment category, the generic critical success factors of time , cost , and quality will be different, requiring trade-offs to be made. Over time, investments that were once sources of competitive differentiation move into the key operational quadrant, becoming part of the organization’s core systems.

Tools 8

Tools Competitive Advantage Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

This seems to be a key question on the minds of not just marketers, but company strategists these days. This intensive customer focus has increased as technology-enabled transparency and online social media accelerate an inexorable flow of market power downstream from suppliers to customers. How well do you know your customers?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2014

It may be easier to use common terms, like, “What are your goals for this BPI project?” Reduce time to market for this product). and put icons on it to show where there are wastes, where the customer needs new functionality or says something is missing, or how long certain sub processes take.

BPM 56

BPM Process Tips Management 56

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Conversely, why market cigarettes? He reasoned that if marketers worked on maximizing return on sales, production managers were rewarded for the sales they squeezed out of their physical plant, and finance managers focused on minimizing the amount of equity capital they needed, ROE would take care of itself. Social media spending?

ROE 12

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

Long gone are the days of vertical integration when a manufacturer could make everything itself. You have to understand these fundamentals to craft trade-policy prescriptions — which, by the way, I think the free trade agreements largely do: A thick supplier market. Nearness to market.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Globalization Cost Efficiency 8