Tom Spencer
NOVEMBER 30, 2019
You will need to adopt the same logical, rigorous-but-efficient approach to solve a case for BCG as you will in a case interview for Uber or Canada Goose. A fundamental skillset: Case interviews are fundamentally an assessment of basic reasoning skills and a specific problem-solving mindset. These are universals.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
In the apparel sector, for instance, the unusually warm winter temperatures across Europe and the U.S. Two-thirds of small business managers declare to have been negatively affected by weather over the last three years. However, efficient risk management can only take place on the condition that the risks are defined.
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Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
An “operating model” — how a company organizes and manages its resources to achieve its strategic ambitions — is the bridge between strategy and execution. Second, they’re specific enough to help senior management make trade-offs. Yet change they must. ” Third, effective principles stay brief.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 7, 2017
Research by my co-authors and myself has found that firms improving their performance on industry-specific, material ESG issues outperform their competitors , and firms disclosing more information on industry-specific material ESG issues exhibit more informative stock prices and as a result more efficient pricing of risks and opportunities.
Harvard Business
JANUARY 5, 2018
For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Connectors in the middle. High-potential future leaders.
Harvard Business
JUNE 3, 2016
We know that when IT projects fail, it is usually not because the technology didn’t work (although this can sometimes be the case), but because the changes required at an organizational and employee level weren’t managed effectively. In the apparel industry, the benchmark for inventory accuracy is somewhere between 60% and 70%.
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
We already see companies localizing time-sensitive and highly customizable forms of production to move closer to customer demand, particularly in the fast apparel (Adidas, Zara) and automotive (Tesla) industries, thus turning global supply chains into two-way streets. Essential background. “People Are Angry About Globalization.
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