Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

But while the largest US firms have seen their domestic revenues grow more than twice as fast as the sector average even in the domestic market, their smaller suppliers—the firms that provide them with the materials and components they depend on—have experienced negative growth. manufacturers are taking notice.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2014

In too many companies, IT leaders, relegated to their cost centers, are subordinate to other C-level executives. As a consequence, CIOs work on go-to-market strategies as well as on acquiring and retaining new customers. He reports directly to the CEO and is a member of the management board. IT management'

CIO 11

CIO Information Technology Forrester Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Slowly but surely, as the little database grew bigger and bigger, the manager would wedge the cost into her operating budget.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2011

We manage the measurable, rather than the things that create meaning that fuels creativity, that enables innovative thinking and that helps any company to outpace the market. We tag performance as the quantitatively focused work of what we can design, market, measure, track, bill, and monetize. Maybe yes, maybe no.

Hamel 16

Hamel Customer Loyalty Creativity Cost Center 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. When functional boundaries prevail, there is no construct for managing capabilities.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

The original IT department was formed to centralize a unique expertise that could purchase, implement, and manage technology in the enterprise. Rather than serving as an adjunct to the core business, or merely a cost center, IT is becoming intrinsic to the very products and services that every company offers. Why is this?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

But there are also implications for organizational design and talent management for firms of all sizes. While social stuff is often associated with marketing or customer service, social can affect every part of the business model , including how we organize. Isn't This Just Another Way To Cut Costs? Work is freed.

Participative 15

Participative Decentralization Globalization Cost Center 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2018

The ABU was set up as a centralized profit center with ambitious targets and with direct reporting to the chief operations officer; most often, similar units are organized as cost centers with no specific targets. This setup fosters focus on high-yield projects, actionable analytics, and speed of execution. Support from the top.

Company 8

Company Chief Operating Officer Incentives Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Those relationships are successful because they build on five realities in population health management. The overwhelming majority of health care costs involve managing patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and asthma. Insight Center. Measuring Costs and Outcomes in Healthcare.

System 8

System Health Care Retail Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

It's conceivable that IT's views could have saved the company, had the culture been different and had executive management been willing to listen. But surveys show that more than 25% of firms still think of IT as a cost center, 53% of CIOs' time is focused on cost control, and 54% of companies outsource their IT services.

CIO 10

CIO Outsourcing Cost Center Film 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

With expanding middle classes demanding more-comprehensive care, governments of these emerging markets are under pressure to invest as chronic disease rates — particularly those related to Western lifestyles — dramatically increase and the average age of their once-young populations begins to rise.

Health Care 8

Health Care Tourism Pharmaceuticals Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

It may seem counterintuitive, but smart companies need to routinely rid themselves of less profitable customers, the same way an asset manager or rebalances an investment portfolio or a Major League Baseball general manager trades a declining player. We call these people Cost Center Consumers, and they come in two flavors.

P&L 15

P&L Supply Chain Retail Price 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2015

Our understanding of how organizations think and act doesn’t always make this distinction between the interests of the enterprise and its managers. CSO, CFO, CIO, IT, Ops (Practice Leaders): Typically, these decision makers run cost centers as opposed to generating revenue.

P&L 8

P&L Due Diligence CIO COO 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 5, 2022

The pandemic hasn’t diminished market demand for continuous innovation, but it also presented the opportunity for Bosch to re-evaluate how we build strong relationships and collaborations in an ever-evolving world. . Most boards underestimate the concept of change management and the science behind human behavioral change.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Education Resources Innovation 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

For example, many brands that have made unsuccessful and unprofitable attempts to market to Hispanic consumers using inauthentic tactics have now decided to lump Hispanics into what they call " total market " strategies. Think profit center, not cost center. trillion by 2015, according to a recent Nielsen report.

Policies 15

Policies Short-term Education Diversity 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

For example, many brands that have made unsuccessful and unprofitable attempts to market to Hispanic consumers using inauthentic tactics have now decided to lump Hispanics into what they call " total market " strategies. Think profit center, not cost center. trillion by 2015, according to a recent Nielsen report.

Policies 8

Policies Short-term Education Diversity 8