Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2016

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. These conflicting pressures are especially present when the product provided by the asset is not very differentiating (think, for instance, of commodity steel products or container shipping services).

Operations 28

Operations Examples Insurance Insurance 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

It failed to meet its revenue and subscriber growth targets. The company’s first revenues indicate the acceptance of its product or services by customers. For example, a firm could mislabel a product-enhancement expense as a product-development outlay or overestimate the lifetime value of a customer.

Financial 28

Financial Report Company Metrics 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

On the other hand, necessary work — tasks that you have to do on par with anyone else, or in compliance with regulatory requirements — should be organized for maximum efficiency. Product innovation sits at the intersection of R&D, marketing, and business intelligence.

Talent 28

Talent Fashion Groups McKinsey 28

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 4, 2020

” Or, someone gets pulled off to work on production support issues and is no longer available to the team for weeks. Software product development is about learning , first. Company A managers don't believe in flow efficiency. And, the managers expect people to deliver “their” stuff, meeting those objectives.

Agile 98

Agile Efficiency Software Fashion 98

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

To address this problem, this retailer planned to tag products at the item level. This would allow it to uniquely identify every product, even distinguishing fashion items by size and color, as well as proving information on its location.

Tools 28

Tools Construction System Retail 28

MishTalk

JULY 18, 2014

In my many meetings with investors around the world, some of the most urgent questions I get about China’s future growth prospects have to do with attempts to understand the very different kinds of debt constraints that China faces from those faced by the US, Europe and Japan. This process can be intensely self-reinforcing.

Banking 70

Banking Financial Report System 70

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Most businesses focus on serving customers, owning resources, being efficient and growing — but the Centennials don’t. Currently, our alumni include the Head of Design at every car manufacturer in the world, apart from BMW, 8 of Apple’s 18 product designers and at least one designer in every Paris fashion house.”

Study 36

Study Recruiting Recruitment Engineering 36

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2017

In the beginning companies sold products. In recent years, the fashionable suggestion has been that companies sell experiences and solutions, solving the needs and aspirations of customers. A focus on products means a focus on selling running shoes. More so than products, the possibilities with projects are endless.

Productivity 28

Productivity Tourism Sales Fashion 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

companies manage their supply chains with diligence to ensure suppliers meet their standards for quality and affordability, but the vast majority don’t behave in this fashion when purchasing health care services. Define the product specifications. Don’t pay for defective products. It is a costly mistake.

Operations 28

Operations Tools Groups Report 28

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

How about by meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? But a recent report concludes that meeting the goals in just four out of 60 sectors (food and agriculture, cities, energy and materials, and health and wellbeing) could indeed open up market opportunities worth up to $12 trillion a year in less than 15 years.

Chemicals 36

Chemicals Energy Case Interview Resources 36

MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2013

By now it is well known that the proprietor of the ''Silk Road'' internet marketplace for drugs and other illicit products has been busted by the FBI. See, in the mid-1930’s, there were two industries that had just made breakthrough machines that would make paper productions much more cost-effective.

Pharmaceuticals 77

Pharmaceuticals Industry Operations Chemicals 77

Confessions of a Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Ambiguity around personal goals, leads to anxiety, misplaced effort and lost productivity. From the early concept of Quality Circles (circa 1970) to more recent experimentation with self–direction, teamworking can positively affect morale, innovation and productivity. Am I the goalkeeper or the centre forward?

Energy 40

Energy System Advertising Management 40

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It was a productive 12 months, to say the least. President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards.

Energy 28

Energy Chemicals Banking Financial 28