Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Operating-cost productivity metrics might include the component costs for building an automobile or delivering a package, the rates of rework, and so forth. Pharmaceutical companies have long needed deep scientific-innovation leadership capabilities but relatively few general managers.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

Surprisingly, one was running operations in supposedly macho Iberia (Spain and Portugal), the other in China. A whopping 80% of graduating doctors are female too, turning the medical profession into a female sector not necessarily reflected in the big pharmaceutical or medical devices company that try and serve them.

Pharmaceuticals 13

Pharmaceuticals Maturity Education Objective 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2017

Because organizations are increasingly focusing on early talent development to attract and retain young talent, it’s important to understand the best way to accelerate their growth as leaders. The executives came from a wide array of industries, including financial services, pharmaceuticals, and media.

Execution 14

Execution 360-Degree Feedback Executive Coaching Sample 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

They are not interested in hearing about the technological, regulatory, and societal developments that will determine the long-term, strategic positioning of this company.". pension fund consultant told me. CEOs should actively court desirable investors.

Long-term 12

Long-term CEO Short-term Asset Management 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

USC’s John Boudreau, CEO adviser Ram Charan, and consultants at Bain & Company , McKinsey, and Korn Ferry have made similar arguments. But over and over again in our three decades of experience as talent development and retention specialists, we’ve seen that companies consistently overlook half of them.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

These kinds of statements speak to a leader’s choice of values, and a failure to understand the relationships between a safe work environment and operational performance. The reality is that virtually all workplace injuries are preventable, and safety management and operational excellence are intimately linked. At Cummins, Inc.,

Operations 17

Operations Chemicals CEO Metrics 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Kasturi Rangan ; Michael Mauboussin of Legg Masson; Jeffrey Pfeffer of Stanford; and Michael Raynor of Deloitte Consulting. The market favorably receives projects with long-term payoffs, particularly those in research and development. Research by Michael Mauboussin , the chief investment strategist at Legg Mason, supports this view.

CEO 15

CEO Short-term Long-term Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Within weeks there was $50 billion in business deals involving foreign companies, including the Airbus agreement (worth $25 billion) to sell 118 planes, and Italy’s state rail company’s $5 billion pact to develop the local rail network. However, remaining U.S. sanctions are delaying these projects being financed.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2018

voters and appeal to their hopes, neuroses, and fears, the political consulting firm needed to train its algorithm to predict and map personality traits. Facebook, at that time, allowed app developers to collect this personal data. Unlike some pharmaceuticals, data-opolies do not charge consumers exorbitant prices.

Company 11

Company Advertising Incentives Engineering 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Google and Intel rely on experts in social science and biomechanics to develop transformative products by better understanding how people think about and use technology. Too often, purchasing departments manage the selection while operating managers—not involved in selection by fiat—are expected to make the relationship work.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Levi Strauss, intriguingly, has used biomimetic techniques in developing new production techniques for jeans. Biology must move from the design table to the Board table," we were told by Janine Benyus, co-founder of consultancy Biomimicry 3.8. Perhaps surprisingly, two leading examples come from pharmaceutical companies.

EPS 8

EPS Innovation CEO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

These diverse groups of volunteer employees work across organizational boundaries and outside of their regular operational duties. Japanese pharmaceutical Eisai used them to improve care for Alzheimer’s patients. They are empowered by – and in frequent communication with – senior management. in less than five years.

Library 8

Library Strategy Reference Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Lauren, who had several years of professional experience, a background in development, and a degree in business, was out of a job. Based on her research, she knew the company was starting to sell business plan software and consulting services. ” One day he interviewed for a marketing support job at a pharmaceutical company.

How To 13

How To Long-term Marketing Case Study 13

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Recently, my company, OnPoint Consulting, conducted a study of over 400 companies. Plus, as a result of a lack of cross-organizational coordination and cooperation, Nokia wasn’t able to improve its proprietary operating system, Symbian, which would have allowed it to support a more sophisticated smartphone.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

I have had a front row seat as companies have struggled to enter the emerging world of the Internet of Things — first, 10 years ago as a vice president at Ambient Devices , an MIT Media Lab spinoff that was a pioneer in commercializing IoT devices, and then as a consultant. Operations. Human resources. and design and user experience.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Positional advantage is sustainable in a classical environment: the environment is predictable and develops gradually without major disruptions. Tata Consultancy Services, the India-based information technology (IT) services and solutions company, operates in an environment it can neither predict nor change.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2014

Places full of highly mobile and in-demand workers operate more democratically. They went deep into three international firms with reputations for excellence – one a law firm, one a public accounting firm, one a management consultancy – conducting over 100 face-to-face interviews with people working within them. How do they do that?

Politics 8

Politics Pharmaceuticals Consultative Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2012

Pharmaceutical companies must conform to strict standard procedures to replicate consistently high quality drug development results and satisfy FDA regulatory requirements at every stage.

Compliance 14

Compliance Merchandising Deming Pharmaceuticals 14