Remove Comparison Remove Methodologies Remove Productivity Remove Sales
article thumbnail

A Study of Hospitals Found That Outsider CEOs Make Their Organizations More Productive in the Long Run

Harvard Business

Prior studies have two common methodological limitations. Our research , which focused on CEO succession in the American health care system, examined the impact of CEO succession on productivity and efficiency. Using a 3-to-1 matching of hospitals with no change as a comparison, we analyzed 1,640 firms in all.

Study 28
article thumbnail

Why you need a COO or operations manager

Asamby Consulting

Business growth m ig ht have brought your business to a point where you can't constantly deliver great product or service. Process improvement is necessary to bring the company back to what made growth possible in the first place: Good products and services. Examples are sales operations or revenue ops.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Case Study: Should an Algorithm Tell You Who to Promote?

Harvard Business

As a VP of sales and marketing for Becker-Birnbaum International, a global consumer products company, Aliyah knew she needed a talented marketing director to support her division’s portfolio of 34 products. Aliyah liked Molly and respected her work. “No problem,” she said. “Shall we get started?”

article thumbnail

A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

Marketing & Sales. Kearney boasts about its Fit Transformation™ methodology, designed specifically to align companies’ strategy, operating model, and people to bring lasting transformation. Consumer Products. There are 4 capabilities to A.T. Organization & Transformation. Automotive. Communications. Technology.

article thumbnail

Why consulting?

Management Consulted

For instance, we examined predatory pricing in the airline industry and illegal product tying by Apple, Microsoft, and AT&T. What I found particularly fascinating was the number of variables that needed to be taken into account while making strategic decisions on governance, production or any other function.