Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Many business leaders are fond of the spurious Peter Drucker quote that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” While effective metrics are essential for focusing attention and achieving results, they can also overpower better sense. But these metrics can become tyrants.

Metrics 28

Metrics Retail Sales Automotive 28

Comatch

MAY 16, 2022

It is often also a management decision to be proactive and become a competitive company that spends resources wisely to build shareholder value in the long run. Green finance is becoming increasingly dominant, as long-term investors see environmental risk management as a fundamental success factor in securing long-term returns.

Chemicals 52

Chemicals Energy Metrics Industry 52

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

All investment practices will consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics because some of those metrics are financially material, meaning decision-useful pieces of information. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

Chemicals 28

Chemicals Industry Metrics Financial 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

The culmination was an incident at an insecticide plant in LaPorte, Texas, where, as a result of a basic process safety management failure , an extremely toxic chemical—methyl mercaptan—was released and two workers were overcome. Improved operational performance will result in fewer injuries. ” It worked.

Operations 59

Operations Chemicals Metrics System 59

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. ” Improving risk management. ” Improving risk management. On the contrary, academic research and business experience point to quite the opposite.

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

” Discovery-driven planning has since become a staple in business schools’ entrepreneurship curricula and a go-to technique for those who manage innovation. In short, too many firms used conventional planning to manage their new ventures. Since then, they have taught the concepts to thousands of students and managers.

Benchmarking 31

Benchmarking Methodologies Apparel Company 31

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. In 2005, they acquired Strategic Management Group, Inc; a collection of investment companies with holdings in healthcare and biotech as well as other areas. BTS GROUP KEY STATS.

Groups 100

Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100