Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% of revenues).

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2018

In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. “To prosper over time,” he argued, “companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.”

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Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2016

Industry research, for example, shows that companies spent more than $24 billion on leadership and management training worldwide in 2013, an increase of 15% from 2012. Underlying this notion was the lack of tangible results that could be attributed to management training.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

The most important concepts to grasp are “how to measure profitability, EBITDA, operating income, revenue, and operating expenses,” he says. “There are four ratios common in every company: profitability, leverage, liquidity, and operational efficiency,” he says. Related Video. Go it alone.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 27, 2023

CASE STUDY Telecom Leader Accelerates Business Growth Through Coaching A global telecommunications provider engaged Brimstone to design and facilitate leadership development cohorts, build an inclusive global Sustainability Plan, and coach leaders across the US and Europe. Was he working efficiently or just working hard?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 17, 2017

Could Liberate 50% of Managers' Time. See More Videos > See More Videos > In order to understand how firms have systematically enhanced trust in applied AI, my colleagues Monika Hengstler and Selina Duelli and I conducted nine case studies in the transportation and medical device industries. Related Video.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. The biggest challenges are people and processes.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved. Vera’s Perspective.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

Innovation demands new behaviors from leaders and employees that are often antithetical to corporate cultures, which are historically focused on operational excellence and efficiency. Dr. Reddy’s: A Movement-Minded Case Study. But culture change can’t be achieved through top-down mandate. Frame the issue.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

As such, I’ve increasingly seen case interviews being used to recruit for corporate strategy roles in all sectors and business operation (“BizOps”) roles at startups. Now, case interviews for non-consulting industries tend to really intimidate candidates. These are universals.

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Brimstone Consulting

APRIL 4, 2023

Recently, Bob had hit a ‘slump,’ a period of several months where he had missed some significant deadlines and had shared with his manager that he was feeling a ‘bit lost’ in his most recent role. Operating out of fear of being fired or on sheer adrenaline is unsustainable. Was he working efficiently or just working hard?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 12, 2016

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. That wasn’t a disaster—the farm had invested in wells to tap groundwater and drip irrigation to use the water efficiently—but it was a disappointment.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 9, 2016

In the world Partridge inhabits, systems touching everything from healthcare to automotive production to fast food are inefficient, and worse, operating at the expense of the people who make them run. . Partridge uses McDonald’s, Ford, and Wal-Mart as three case studies to illustrate his point.

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Management Consulted

MAY 17, 2015

In 2013, The Economist published an article on the increasing demand for management consulting in various sectors of society. How do consultants break down problems into manageable parts? In the second of our Consulting 101 videos, “What is Consulting/Management Consulting?” we gave a very simple outline of a consultant’s role.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

I was hired as an account manager, and I grew in those positions. I worked in the advertising side and the design side doing account management, running offices and doing business development. We’ve all met generalist management consultants who will propose to do everything for everybody. It starts with focus.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 5, 2017

As a manager, you probably wish you could give all the people on your team more attention. How do you balance being a responsive manager with the need to get your own work done? And how should you manage your frustration? But all these informal check-ins are not an efficient use of time for either of us.

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Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2016

However, looking at the surveys and consulting reports, it is unclear what the precise use cases are that will drive this positive ROI from big data. Our goal in this article is to offer specific, real-world case studies to show how big data has provided value for companies that have worked with Microsoft’s analytics teams.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 24, 2017

A colleague who doesn’t listen can also “have very negative consequences from an operational standpoint — there are often a lot of mistakes because projects don’t get executed correctly.” “You need to use your colleague’s time efficiently.” ” Reflect on your own behavior.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Case studies. This is an efficient way to re-purpose your content and create more value out of what you’ve already produced. Your content, case studies, and resources on your website will rise in search rankings, making it easier for your prospects to find your website. Case Studies.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2016

Chan School of Public Health, about the major challenges of local sourcing, how companies can manage them, and what food supply chains will look like in the future. He has written a case study about food safety testing and is the author of All Business Is Local. Operations in a Connected World. How can this be?

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

A Harvard Business School case study that Robert Huckman, Sam Travers, and I wrote earlier this year documents what came next. ” In this case, McDonald set out to transform the design of VA to help the organization better achieve its mission for veterans. The stakes, in other words, were high.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 23, 2018

For too many managers, the technology’s costs often rival its benefits. Any HR manager using such a system needs to be aware of its limitations and have a plan for dealing with them… Algorithms are, in part, our opinions embedded in code. Smarter algorithms require smarter risk management.

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