Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

It’s not implausible to imagine that one day a “strategist in a box” could autonomously develop and execute a business strategy. An integrated strategy machine is the collection of resources, both technological and human, that act in concert to develop and execute business strategies.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. Create your own internal robo-advisory service : Companies could develop their own robotic or semi-robotic advice for key decision domains.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Only a minority of firms is well ahead in planning and preparing a UK market strategy. For example, adjusting supply chains can take up to nine months or longer depending on internal and external constraints. It is possible that we won’t have perfect information by April 2019. How to Plan for Brexit.

Planning 8

Planning Supply Chain Strategic Planning Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

It’s not surprising that some of the closer-to-market applications of the technology are in the financial sector. In the long run, cryptocurrencies have the potential to change how internet services are delivered (Blockstack, IPFS); how open-source communities fund their development; how we crowdsource microtasks and expertise (21.co);

Finance 8

Finance Supply Chain Decentralization Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

By managing the three key properties of networks that either propel you forward or hold you back—breadth, connectivity, and dynamism—you can develop a stronger network and use it as an essential leadership tool. The result was that their ideas were not developed. Most-senior hedge fund people and competitors.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

Neustar’s MarketShare software makes it possible for customers to measure the effects of their marketing programs and compare them to other firms. At the same time that data mirrors and scoring have emerged in the corporate world, capital markets are becoming increasingly interested in the analysis of alternative data sets.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Software B2B GAAP 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

2 in its market; he also insisted that every business provide value no competitor could match, and that they all should be able to gain leverage from GE's distinctive strength in complex, engineering-intensive industrial enterprises — or they wouldn't fit. We have seen the market penalize that approach.

Welch 8

Welch Diversity Hedge Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

To make everybody happy, to serve every need, to hedge every bet, many CEOs spread resources around democratically as their companies grow — and they lose the spikiness on the cost sheet that is the telltale sign not of profligacy but of focus. Few business leaders have developed this attention to the front line as effectively as M.S.

Company 8

Company Hotels Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. Top leaders tend to focus more on status updates than on contingency planning.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Jana Partners, the activist hedge fund, isn’t known as a tree-hugging hippie sort of firm. If an individual developer sets out to make an app that is better for kids, it may or may not gain any traction; if Apple makes this issue a priority, an entire ecosystem will shift. Ryan McVay/Getty Images. The same is true of Facebook.

CEO 12

CEO Short-term Long-term Aggregate Demand 12