Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc.

Methodologies 53

Methodologies Culture Metrics Company 53

Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

Its pricing strategy does not mesh with its overall proposition to customers, with the result that the retailer does not get the pricing credit it deserves. Aggregator and comparison websites have brought greater price visibility and ease of product comparison to banking, insurance, hotels and other consumer markets.

Retail 51

Retail Survey Bain Comparison 51

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Healthcare (e.g., food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g., chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

Telecommunications 28

Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate Survey 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Executives say that they lose 40% of their strategy’s potential value to breakdowns in execution. In our experience at Bain & Company, however, this strategy-to-performance gap is rarely the result of shortcomings in implementation; it is because the plans are flawed from the start. Take Dell Technologies, for example.

Strategy 28

Strategy Strategy& Strategy Company 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 26, 2015

Tires, insurance, terminal costs have all risen substantially. That’s clearly a threat to the hotel business, which is using whatever political and regulatory connections it can to put limits on the company, even as it grows larger. Hotels fight Airbnb. Equipment costs are through the roof. Taxi drivers fight Uber. Taxi Drivers?

Hotels 28

Hotels Education Transportation Industry 28

MishTalk

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Taking out insurance against falling prices is even more absurd. Ask any consumer if he wants lower gas prices, lower food prices, lower hotel prices, lower computer prices, or lower prices on any consumer items and the answer will be yes.

Banking 73

Banking Hotels Airlines Policies 73

Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2017

The challenge is particularly acute for businesses that operate in categories such as insurance, lending, travel, or healthcare. Consider this example : a major hotel chain invested heavily in online search ads for one of its resorts with a well-known golf course.

Hotels 28

Hotels Advertising Travel Survey 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Our company, Frontier Strategy Group, recently polled 20 Latin America general managers about Venezuela’s contributions to their regional revenues. Moreover, mismanagement of the state-owned oil company PDVSA led to additional oil production cuts, leaving foreign reserves dwindling. Exodus of Multinationals.

Government 28

Government Resumes Operations Energy 28

MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2015

And so we're in effect fulfilling in some respects our longer term strategy in AQR where we're liquidating the remaining garden apartments we have. And so we're in effect fulfilling in some respects our longer term strategy in AQR where we're liquidating the remaining garden apartments we have. RUHLE: Do you like that strategy?

Real Estate 28

Real Estate Energy Tools Government 28