The Practical Leader

MARCH 29, 2023

A similar study by The Economist Intelligence Unit of 343 business found “the firms that ‘slowed down to speed up’ improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating profits over a three-year period.”

Kaplan 52

Kaplan Porter Absenteeism Participative 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2014

It relates to what Michael Porter meant with being “stuck in the middle”: if you try to come up with a strategy that does everything for everyone, you will likely end up achieving nothing. They modeled their operations on McDonalds: high volume, highly efficient operations, based on division of labor and cost efficiency.

Management 15

Management Learning Curve Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

During difficult economic times, organizations often seek ideas on how to cut costs or perform operations more efficiently. Hamel and Prahalad combined the old resource view with an emphasis on differentiation, made popular in the 1980s by Michael Porter. How Ethical Are You? Understand the "P-Cycle." More >>.

Prahalad 17

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2011

Meanwhile, Michael Porter wonders if we have missed out on what's good about sustainability , and suggests a new approach. The "invisible hand" operated as kind of god-like machine that sorted everything out for us, excusing human beings for our more nefarious, selfish inclinations.

Porter 16

Porter Emotional Intelligence Rogers Resources 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

Who's who — master and servant, mechanism and operator, principal and agent, sovereign and serf? Michael Porter has suggested that shared value be the linchpin the economy is held together by. Who's who, mechanism and operator, sovereign — and serf? These are the terms of the debate we're not having.

Price 17

Price Short-term Proposal System 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Gurus Michael Porter and Mark Kramer have tried to reframe the role of CSR by putting forth the concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) as an alternate model, with "innovation and growth" as one of three primary value propositions. There are significant ethical issues with applying this model to HIV in the USA.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 10