Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. Yet even with all that knowledge and effort, many private equity companies still don’t do a good job when it comes to deciding whether to keep the CEO in place or select a new CEO.

CEO 8

CEO Company Due Diligence Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

What happens to innovation and segmentation when serious organizations are challenged to assimilate and integrate 10X, 100X or 1000X more information about customers, clients, prospects and leads? These customers were given perks, privileges and the power to offer certain promotions. The apparent result?

Due Diligence 13

Due Diligence KPI Loyalty Information Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

When it comes to launching new products, should your company be a pioneer or a follower? Product pioneers face more risk, but can reap big rewards when an innovation proves successful. A key difference between successful pioneers and followers was how many innovations they launched.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Incentives Innovation Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2014

A partnership with Starbucks elevated the mobile payment company Square to a whole new level. Specifically, closing a deal requires identifying three key stakeholders who have the power to influence the decision: champions, decision makers, and blockers. Even more, it requires understanding their motivations.

Stephenson 8

Stephenson Due Diligence Finance Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Consider “digital due diligence” emerging as a new normal for the sharing economy. Yes, a Fortune 500 company could still deliberately choose to run a multi-billion dollar global fraud. Crowdsourcing innovations will dominate consumerism and corporate social responsibility initiatives alike.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Automotive NGO Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

If you’re not turning your company into a “math house” you’re headed for serious trouble. Every industry will soon be driven by digitization and every winning company will be using algorithms, or mathematical rules for processing information, to shape the end-to-end customer experience. Insight Center.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

For innovation-hungry legacy firms, partnering with a startup can be appealing. With due diligence and decent design, these partnerships can go beyond good results and energize organizations that have become too comfortable or complacent with everyday routines. How to make your company more nimble and responsive.

KPI 9

KPI Innovation Ries Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

M&A does boost companies’ growth and value, our new research shows, but the bet-the-company deal isn’t the route to success. By examining dozens of variables, we found the levers that explain more than 80% of the up-drift and down-drift on what we have dubbed the “power curve” of corporate performance.

CAGR 8

CAGR Due Diligence Industry Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The product manager, who had come up with what he thought was an airtight, iron-clad, compelling and irrefutable business case for launching a fairly clever innovation, completely failed to persuade the impassive CMO. No one should go into an innovation pitch without real information and insight into "What would it take to change your mind?".

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Innovation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

If you'd like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation, and email address. The company was building only half as many housing units this year as it had during recent boom times. The Power of Customer Costing. That's quite all right," Tommy said.

Case Study 15

Case Study P&L Cost Due Diligence 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2016

Most companies, whether start-ups or long-time players live in a world shaped by the laws of demand where low pricing can trump quality, and where targeted marketing, carefully crafted keywords, and social media engineering can build awareness, influence opinion, and generate sales. Of course this depends on a company’s business model.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Marketing Strategy Budgeting 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Company flags fly next to Pride flags. The business rationale is clear enough: The LGBT community in the United States represents almost $800 billion in buying power. Again, being bankers, the obvious first step was due diligence. The CEI scores Fortune 500 companies and the 200 largest U.S.

Policies 16

Policies Price Due Diligence Human Resources 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Company flags fly next to Pride flags. The business rationale is clear enough: The LGBT community in the United States represents almost $800 billion in buying power. Again, being bankers, the obvious first step was due diligence. The CEI scores Fortune 500 companies and the 200 largest U.S.

Policies 8

Policies Price Due Diligence Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

But the solution to this innovation logjam has emerged: blockchain. Traditionally, companies target angel investors in the early stages of a new business, and later look to venture capitalists, eventually culminating in an initial public offering (IPO) on a stock exchange. And, of course, companies such as Goldman Sachs, NASDAQ, Inc.,

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8