Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

An example of strategic burnout can be found at Lego around 2004. A turnaround subsequently lowered strategic stress to a productive level by discontinuing many of their seemingly unrelated projects, re-focusing on their core business, as well as streamlining operational processes that improved coordination activities.

Strategy 28

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Turnaround 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004.

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Hedge funds have gained increased attention over the years, with their involvement in financial markets drawing interest from investors, media, and the general public. However, many people still struggle to grasp what exactly hedge funds are and how they operate. Directional Strategies 1.1

Strategy 88

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Financial 88

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. Four years ago, an Oxford University study predicted 47% of jobs could be automated by 2033. AI wasn’t new at Microsoft.

Company 41

Company Survey Finance Engineering 41

MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

The BIS slam, coupled with a recent stock market selloff, brought up debate on a " controlled collapse ". Over the past few years, non-financial corporations in a number of EMEs have borrowed heavily through their foreign affiliates in the capital markets, with the debt denominated mainly in foreign currency.

Balance Sheet 74

Balance Sheet Financial Banking Policies 74

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The other gap that’s on here, I guess, is from 2004 through 2006. What was happening during that time, the 2004 – 2006 time period? 2004 to 2006? A firm like Deloitte that’s really large, and has many different practices, not just strategy practices, but also technical practices and operations practices, etc.,

Consulting 125

Consulting Resumes Bain Recruiting 125

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Today’s emphasis is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the USA) – a premier boutique firm focused on sales force and marketing optimization. Founded in 1983 by Kellogg School of Management marketing professors Andris A. The firm is a strong niche player, distinguished in its speciality of sales and marketing consulting.

Case Interview 100

Case Interview Interviews Sales Pharmaceuticals 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

IBM was founded in 1911 and has a rich history of ingenuity, deep convictions, premier research and development, and trend setting. Recognizing client’s needs for help managing IT operations and resources, IBM Vice President Robert M. 2004 was the next major shift towards a services focus for IBM. Revenue: $20B+ (2011).

IBM GBS 203

IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2018

Since the Apollo program, NASA has faced funding cuts, competition from other nations for space leadership, and a radical restructuring of its operating environment due to the emergence of commercial space – all of which have forced the organization to change its ways of thinking and operating.

Operations 28

Operations Government Development Engineering 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This has been a remarkable year for the markets. From 1970 to 2004, the percentage of CEOs hired from outside the firm increased from 12% to 39%. The distinction between current profits and market value is important because market value takes into account future profits, so in principle it captures the long-run returns to R&D.

Company 28

Company Trends Research Case Interview 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Fifty-eight percent of patients referred to Virginia Mason, our medical center in Seattle, for back surgery would be more appropriately treated without an operation. Intermountain Healthcare, a system that serves patients in Utah and Idaho, has developed many such guides and is working to embed them into EMR workflows.

Guidelines 28

Guidelines Information Technology Information Technology Healthcare 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. By 1993 the company had $1.3 billion in revenue.

Company 28

Company How To Turnaround Engineering 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 25, 2018

Management concepts, by contrast, operate in poorly regulated environments where failures are often brushed under boardroom or faculty carpets. Still, market research suggests that future markets for its products and services could be huge — with the U.N.

System 36

System Financial Benchmarking Report 36

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2016

As work itself is changing, some of the basic tenets of leadership development are being challenged. To meet these challenges, we see three priorities for developing the next generation of leaders in the “work-disrupted” age: Mastery of Digital. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Insight Center.

Development 28

Development Leadership Talent Agile 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

and European companies have spent the past 20 years concentrating more and more of their manufacturing in East Asia to reduce costs by exploiting labor-arbitrage opportunities and address the promise of that rapidly growing market. Such a policy alone could have a major impact on companies operating in the United States.

Chemicals 34

Chemicals Policies Productivity Trends 34

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2017

Political campaigns are marketing campaigns, messages aimed at selling a product. Two developments bear noting. Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. It focused its efforts on earning a majority share of Europe’s digital classified advertising market (a product that connects buyers and sellers).

Media 36

Media Advertising Metrics Productivity 36

Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2016

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. Manufacturers want to be close to their suppliers, because this can speed time to market and minimize the risk of disruptions. Nearness to market.

Efficiency 28

Efficiency Government Productivity System 28

Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2016

In this article, I review three critical aspects to watch: marketing, operations, and profiling. Digital marketing: for Clinton, it’s a science; for Trump, an art. Clinton’s use of digital marketing in the 2016 presidential race is similar to the approach used by corporate brands.

Data 28

Data Tools Operations Media 28

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

We know that the CIA then set up a large operation in Kiev, to share information with the Ukrainians and probably help guide their military operations. As an influential Washington Post columnist explained in 2004, “The West wants to finish the job begun with the fall of the Berlin Wall and continue Europe’s march to the east.…

Government 76

Government Video Media Report 76