Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

They do this by building consumer P&Ls through cross-functional teams across marketing, sales, supply chain and finance, much like some companies have built account and product P&Ls. These 'data hogs' likely have different levels of profit based on their spending patterns beyond data plans (e.g.,

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P&L Supply Chain Retail Price 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Instead, the last few years have seen a proliferation of C-suite titles that include a component of marketing. This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond.

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P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Establish "an unbending standard of performance" : Since 1965, Buffett has annually compared Berkshire's compounded growth in book value per share to the growth in the S&P 500 (plus dividends). In all but seven of these 45 years, Berkshire beat the S&P. Berkshire's talented managers get the P&L independence to run their own businesses.

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Letter P&L Insurance Net Present Value 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The wars between departments doubled the time required to bring a new product to market because teams were often given conflicting directions. The business unit teams focused on talent, customer segmentation, and marketing. These are just symptoms, however. The underlying problem is bad governance.

P&L 15

P&L How To Finance Metrics 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward. ” Similarly, Sempra CEO Debra L.

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Execution P&L CEO COO 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Formal degree programs excel at general education: an MBA, for instance, gives you a little bit of everything you might need as a leader, from finance to marketing to operations. What specific skills do you want to cultivate?

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P&L Education Learning-by-Doing Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

One reason for the paltry performance is that while other business areas, like sales or finance, are considered to be core functions, innovation is often considered to be something that’s “nice to have” rather than essential. Don’t Get Trapped in Your P&L. Here are four things leaders can do.

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Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

But if women don't feel comfortable handling their own money, it's unlikely that they'll feel comfortable handling a P&L for their firm — and if you don't feel comfortable with P&L responsibility, you're not going to make it to the top ranks of management. Some of the dreams I finance are close to home.

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Finance P&L Due Diligence Hedge 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

The Supreme Court is going to host a debate next week on the efficient market hypothesis. a case scheduled to go to oral arguments on March 5, the Supremes are reconsidering the “fraud on the market” doctrine at the heart of most securities-class-action lawsuits. Bratton and Michael L. John Fund, Inc. ,

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Training Class Efficiency Price 8