Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Usually, if you search, there are opportunities in your current job and at your current level to display your ability to drive change, even if you are in a support function like finance or human resources.

Innovation 18

Innovation Merchandising How To Proposal 18

Leading Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

If you work in finance, who uses that spreadsheet you create? Outcomes are the fundamental building blocks of objectives and key results (OKRs) — a resurgent, team-focused, goal-setting framework used to redefine success away from the creation of a thing (output) and towards a meaningful change in human behavior (outcome).

Objective 369

Objective Merchandising Finance Policies 369

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

For example, by pulling together people from finance, human resources, sales, and other product-related departments, one retailer figured out how the company could operate with one-third fewer employees in its stores. The retail upheaval that began two decades ago when Amazon was founded is nowhere near an end.

Retail 14

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. After all, sales and finance were often at odds in organizations, and the conflict hadn’t had a big impact on Barker’s revenues. ” This Mess. Doing Just Fine.

Case Study 15

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. The previous year the company had generated more than $4 billion in gross merchandise sales through its platform, yielding about $50 million in revenue.

Chief Financial Officer 14

Chief Financial Officer Learning-by-Doing Operations IPO 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

At one American retailer, an autonomous ensemble of algorithms replaced the entire merchandising department. They’re analogous to autonomous resources, as opposed to human resources, departments. In reality, “handoffs” and transitions prove to be significant operational problems.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8