Harvard Business

MAY 19, 2017

From 1963 to 2007, wines were made by Jean-Claude Berrouet, an in-house winemaker. When he retired, in 2007, his son Olivier took over as the in-house winemaker. And what I found was that on those years there had been a lot of sun and low production. We just want to make great products.” Very simple, very obvious.

Industry 126

Industry Consulting Resources Study 126

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In 2007 Harvard Business School professor Ethan S. When Bernstein hid a set of production lines from managers’ view, the performance of employees on those lines increased by 10% to 15%. A great salesperson will operate much more efficiently with a defined process for reaching out to prospects.

Metrics 137

Metrics Engineering Operations Sales 137

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2016

For example, as it grew, Facebook found that its early “move fast and break things” culture had to be funneled into focused technical teams and product groups to make its product development process faster and less erratic, and for it to have a chance of meeting the demands of its new public shareholders following its IPO.

Banking 132

Banking Film Strategy Strategy& 132

Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

They opened their first office in the region in 2007 after beginning to consistently work here in 2005. The firm’s main capabilities include: actuarial, business & organization transformation, digital, marketing and sales, operations & technology, risk management, and strategy & value sourcing. Roland Berger.

Oliver Wyman 160

Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Real Estate 160

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

In 2007 Joseph Golan, a division leader at Elop, an Israeli electro-optics company, faced a challenge. As an experienced manager, he knew that his manufacturing and operation division’s success depended on getting creative ideas from his employees. Justin Tierney/EyeEm/Getty Images. As a result, innovation can stall.

How To 138

How To System Resources Development 138

Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

Marc Gerencser, managing director, noted in 2007 that returning to being a private firm allowed Booz & Company to make long-range investments that they may not have otherwise been able to make. Product and Service Innovation. Operations and Logistics. Consumer Products. Organization and Change. Program Management.

Interviews 181

Interviews Culture Company Case Interview 181

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The first is high-quality data from two corporate surveys conducted by MGI and McKinsey in 2007, one of around 1,600 executives across industries globally on digital technologies and AI to ascertain the causes of economic impact and the likely pace of that impact, and one of more than 3,000 corporations in 14 sectors in ten countries.

Cash Flow 127

Cash Flow McKinsey Retail Survey 127

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Before the iPhone was introduced, in 2007, Nokia was the dominant mobile phone maker with a clearly stated purpose — “Connecting people” — and an aggressive strategy for sustaining market dominance. Most companies have articulated their purpose — the reason they exist. Consider Nokia.

Strategy 137

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Company 137

Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2016

In 2000, with more than $100 million in negative cash flow, the company agreed to be acquired by Star Cruises, a leading cruise operator in Asia. And in 2007 the right leader arrived: Kevin Sheehan, a veteran executive with experience in the car-rental and entertainment industries. Sheehan quickly diagnosed what was ailing Norwegian.

Company 122

Company Travel Cash Flow Operations 122

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2017

recessions (1991, 2001, 2007–09) have been jobless, meaning that employment was slow to rebound despite recovery in total economic output. In recent research we investigate how the demand for skills changed over the Great Recession (2007-09). production and operatives). The recoveries from the last three U.S.

Trends 85

Trends Education Policies Research 85

Harvard Business

APRIL 17, 2018

If an employee comes up with a great new product or a technical discovery during R&D, aren’t they likely to leave the company, either to found a startup or to join a competitor? times more R&D than small companies, but their R&D is 13% more productive — meaning large firms are the real engine of economic growth.

Intellectual Property 128

Intellectual Property Research Industry Engineering 128

Harvard Business

JANUARY 16, 2018

Citing a substantial body of expert research, the letter stated, “We believe there is a clear need for Apple to offer parents more choices and tools to help them ensure that young consumers are using your products in an optimal manner.” ” Thus, the issue isn’t one of time frames per se.

Research 113

Research Journal Financial Tools 113

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Recognizing client’s needs for help managing IT operations and resources, IBM Vice President Robert M. During this same year, IBM introduced Business Recovery Services as a formal business offering for customers, enabling them to continue operations in the event of an unplanned outage or disaster. Operations and Supply Chain.

IBM GBS 203

IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 30, 2024

Open banking enables these third party service providers to develop new payment services and other financial products. The concept of open banking gained renewed traction with the implementation of the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) in the European Union in 2016, enhancing the rules put in place by the initial PSD in 2007.

Banking 88

Banking Financial Data Industry 88

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

If profits rise due to lower costs — through higher productivity or economies of scale, for example — the result can be lower prices for consumers and improved overall economic welfare. manufacturing plants from 1997 through 2007, an important and diverse sector of the U.S. Our study looks at all U.S. M&A deals.

Efficiency 70

Efficiency Study Industry Productivity 70

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. They operated with a both/and mindset, seeking to deliver on immediate goals in a way that also built a sustainable future.

Metrics 115

Metrics Study Financial Operations 115

Consultant Ninja

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Situation summary: We have a large datacube of raw data, containing revenue figures by year for a variety of products, both historical and forecast. The data set is approximately 5,000 rows, and we want to create a summary, by product, of revenues from 1999-2007, in order to figure out whats going on. Productivity. (6).

Consulting 100

Consulting Oliver Wyman Data Airlines 100

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Yet there’s compelling evidence that bureaucracy creates a significant drag on productivity and organizational resilience and innovation. Operating decisions are almost entirely decentralized. The facility is more than twice as productive as its sister plants in GE Aviation. Juan Díaz-Faes for HBR.

Management 70

Management Banking Pharmaceuticals Productivity 70

MishTalk

MARCH 21, 2014

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to 5.0% China’s private sector debt has increased from 115% of GDP in 2007 to 193% at the end of 2013. There is evidence that this debt growth has become excessive and non-productive. reached in 2007. over the next two years. That 80% increase over five years compares to the U.S.’s

Finance 72

Finance Cash Flow Banking Government 72

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

How successful has the company been at creating new products, services, and business models? That vision prompted Danone to divest product lines such as biscuits and beer while broadening its core dairy franchise. The team began by identifying 57 companies that have made substantial progress toward transformation. Core r epositioning.

Methodologies 137

Methodologies Culture Company Metrics 137

Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

On Google’s earnings call for the first quarter of 2006 – more than a year before the iPhone was released and more than two years before the release of the first Android-operated smartphone – CEO Eric Schmidt went out of his way to talk about mobile. “Rather, Yahoo’s existing products didn’t work on mobile.”

Turnaround 70

Turnaround Data Operations Company 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. According to the World Trade Organization, international trade this year will grow at its slowest pace since 2007. at the forefront. at the forefront.

Balance Sheet 70

Balance Sheet Policies Banking Operations 70

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

In the 90s, ZS evolved by developing a new sales force effectiveness and productivity framework, data warehouses for clients, as well as a range of analytical services, data-handling capabilities, and rigorous analytics to the marketing research function. Medical Products and Services. Industrial Products & Services.

Case Interview 100

Case Interview Interviews Sales Pharmaceuticals 100

BCG

OCTOBER 12, 2016

(Technology intensity is a proprietary metric that analyzes technology spending relative to a company’s and an industry’s revenues and to their operating expenses.). For example, annual productivity growth in the US from 2007 through 2015 hovered at a sluggish 1.3% average rate, half the rate from 2000 to 2007.

Metrics 40

Metrics Productivity Operations Examples 40

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

When Apple launched the iPhone in 2007 with AT&T as exclusive service provider, telecom giant Verizon decided to launch its own smartphone. It knew it had to act fast, so top leaders began by challenging major assumptions about how they operated. Instead of do-it-ourselves, they worked with Google and Motorola.

Strategy 74

Strategy Strategy& Strategy Nonprofit 74

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

An outside-in perspective means that companies aim to creatively deliver something of value to customers, rather than focus simply on products and sales. It’s worth noting that the companies and business units in my study were tracked between 2001 and 2007. Bagged salad would not have risen to what is now, a $2.5-billion-a-year

Education 93

Education Real Estate Research Company 93

Management Consulted

JULY 3, 2016

Though antitrust remains Bates White’s largest practice area, the firm is recognized as an expert in environmental product liability, healthcare and life sciences, energy, and finance. It was founded in 2007 and focuses on the areas of antitrust, regulation, merger and state aid. Environment & Product Liability.

Interviews 140

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 140

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2018

From 2007 to 2016, the brewer saw its African sales outside of South Africa climb from $280 million to $1 billion. By 2016, SABMiller had brewing operations in around forty of Africa’s fifty-four countries. SABMiller wanted the new beer to come across as local, not the product of a multinational.

Case Study 74

Case Study Case Studies Case Interview Marketing 74

Harvard Business

JULY 22, 2016

We have been told by Microsoft strategists during the Ballmer era that Ballmer ignored pleas by his senior management team to invest in cloud computing as far back as 2007. Instead, he placed all of Microsoft’s bets on the doomed Vista operating platform. Then consider Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO since February 2014.

Software 70

Software Banking Government Productivity 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 16, 2017

From 2007 to 2012 the Army health care system grew rapidly — with little central coordination — to meet the surging care needs from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. These productivity reports are shared with all providers, promoting transparency across the health care system.

System 74

System Data Meeting Report 74

Management Consulted

AUGUST 9, 2015

This firm was birthed out of the frustration they both felt with their employer, who they believed devoted too much time to operational issues while neglecting strategic analysis. Seeing an opportunity to gain greater access to the American market, OC&C merged with the Callidon Group (based in Boston) in June 2007. Industries .

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Strategy Strategy& 100

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 was under way. Expenditures on control functions related to implementing new regulations such as compliance, risk, finance, operations, and technology have been cut — but only by 10%. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. Lehman Brothers toppled. Third, a new breed startup is making inroads.

Banking 74

Banking Balance Sheet Financial Finance 74

MishTalk

JANUARY 1, 2014

The new data surpasses the previous record set in 2007, when 477,000 acres were cultivated, according to the UN drug watchdog. With profits from opium cultivation nearing $1 billion, or 4 percent of gross domestic product, insurgency groups like the Taliban will only benefit from the cash crop.

Retail 77

Retail Industry Sales Fashion 77

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. What’s more, the demand for rapid growth often comes with a push from investors to enter new markets or ramp up product innovation. In fact, management consultancy Bain & Co.

Company 70

Company Engineering Turnaround System 70

Asamby Consulting

MARCH 17, 2022

New and innovative products have brought economic growth, communication and educational accessibility, and environmental sustainability to the advancement of society. Improved Productivity In order to improve productivity, you should streamline what you need to focus on and what you need to cut out. Source: [link].

Company 52

Company Productivity Meeting Operations 52

Tom Spencer

JULY 2, 2015

How should it price this product? The company started making handheld wireless devices in 1999 and gained substantial market share in the initial smart phone market prior to the release of the iPhone in 2007. Operations. A leading financial services company is trying to reduce operating expenditures. Pricing Strategy.

Consulting 60

Consulting Turnaround Case Interview Retail 60

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. ” For example, productivity has grown dramatically in the retail sector since 1990; inflation-adjusted sales per employee have grown by roughly 50%. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images. Throughout the global economy, big companies are getting bigger.

Software 70

Software Company Industry Policies 70