Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

In one global consumer products company that I work with, my firm’s organizational assessment revealed an unusually intense degree of aggravation over how much time was consumed by meetings, leaving “only evenings to do our day jobs,” according to one interviewee. The right composition and metrics.

Meeting 136

Meeting How To Government Finance 136

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

To analyze the superstar dynamics of firms, our metric was economic profit, a measure of a firm’s profit above and beyond opportunity cost. (To The top 10% of the firms we analyzed — the superstars by our metric — create 80% of all the economic value, meaning they account for 80% of economic profits.

Industry 132

Industry Company Metrics Real Estate 132

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. When Bernstein hid a set of production lines from managers’ view, the performance of employees on those lines increased by 10% to 15%. They will represent the products more consistently. Metrics emphasized speed.

Metrics 136

Metrics Engineering Operations Sales 136

Harvard Business

MARCH 10, 2017

By seeing exactly where and how people spend their time — rather than relying on recollections, anecdotes, or assumptions — executives have a solid basis for taking actions that will raise productivity. The company had experienced lackluster sales growth, especially outside of its core product category.

Sales 131

Sales Software Productivity Data 131

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Your #1 focus at this stage is product-market fit. Customers are integral to this process because they provide feedback, and every member of your team should be answering support requests, meeting with customers, and thinking about how to build a product that suits the needs of the market. What to do. What not to do. What not to do.

Metrics 132

Metrics Engineering Efficiency Operations 132

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted. Sales, Marketing, Production) and secondary functions (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal). Conclusion.

Consulting 135

Consulting Operations Financial Real Estate 135

Johanna Rothman

APRIL 22, 2025

It turns out that the Pirate Metrics and the flow metrics can work together to link those measures. First, the Pirate Metrics. Dave McClure's Pirate Metrics Are a Good Start If you're not familiar with McClure's work, here is the original Slideshare and his video. Activation: Does the customer use the product?

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

History suggests that the main way information technology changes management is through changes in how information is gathered: the large-scale analysis of Operations Research reflected painstaking data collection around a few metrics, which were transferred to punch cards. How it effects product design and customer experience.

Change Management 136

Change Management Management Software Productivity 136

Epicflow

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

At this level, there aren’t any established project management practices or standards; documentation and metrics are ad hoc. An organization uses basic metrics to track project performance. Project metrics become the basis for making business decisions for the future. . Level #2: Structure process and standards.

Management 130

Management Metrics Resources Efficiency 130

Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Culp has also shifted focus away from earnings per share, which was once the most important metric at GE. In a new study from Stanford, "researchers found that plants where managers carefully monitored the manufacturing process, production targets, and employee performance, and used that data to inform decisions, were more successful.

Operations 100

Operations Journal Metrics Finance 100

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Yet, virtually none of these capabilities were asked for by executives, product managers, or domain experts — and not even by a data science manager (and certainly not by me). They work towards clear goals and they are focused on and accountable for achieving certain performance metrics. ” a product manager inquires.

Data 124

Data Engineering Metrics Resources 124

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The challenge, she said, was that these managers were highly proficient in their own disciplines such as finance, marketing, research, clinical care, and insurance reimbursement — and had demonstrated that they could manage people in these areas — but she needed them to be “bigger” leaders.

Leadership 132

Leadership Handbook Healthcare Emotional Intelligence 132

Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2018

These products are all held up as legendary examples of the power of intrapreneurship — entrepreneurial creativity and innovation within large, established organizations. Lastly, companies need (8) skills and talent that are differentiated from traditional R&D or new product development roles. xefstock2/Getty Images.

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System Talent Research Resources 95

Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource. This notion, that risk is a desirable feature, can seem like sacrilege to anyone who’s taken an introductory finance course.

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Financial Report Cash Flow Metrics 83

Tom Spencer

JUNE 21, 2024

In my journey from university to the professional world, I, like many of my peers, initially gravitated towards the allure of prestigious roles in consulting or finance. Product management at this startup involved spearheading the development of a stand-alone final-mile logistics service, unbundling its end-to-end inventory management.

Transportation 88

Transportation Engineering Resources Productivity 88

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Following are tips organizations can follow to drive a horizontal focus on analytics and achieve their desired business outcomes, such as customer retention, product availability, or risk mitigation. Identify the right metrics that “move the needle.” to better understand the effectiveness of a new product launch).

Enterprise 70

Enterprise Metrics Analysis Survey 70

Tom Spencer

MAY 18, 2019

Well, asset managers aim to understand client investment objectives and invest client funds in a variety of financial products and asset classes. Retail asset managers will offer a variety of products including mutual funds, index funds and specialized pools. What does this mean exactly? Asset Management Business Model.

Industry 113

Industry Real Estate Management Retail 113

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Among other things, there is growing demand from both retail and institutional investors to align their capital with better environmental and social outcomes, and more resources going into index fund or quasi-indexing products. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

Chemicals 73

Chemicals Industry Metrics Financial 73

Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. But so did my peers, whether or not they had children, partners, or aging parents. It was just the industry and firm norm.

Boston Consulting Group 136

Boston Consulting Group Study Conference Survey 136

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Good statistics on immigrant entrepreneurship are exceptionally difficult to assemble, and therefore it’s challenging to create productive policies. We have merged in data on the firms backed by VC financing. But to harness immigrant entrepreneurship for better growth and job creation, we need more hard facts.

Government 132

Government Policies Examples Insurance 132

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. We then narrowed the list to 18 finalists using three sets of metrics: New growth.

Methodologies 136

Methodologies Culture Company Metrics 136

Rick Conlow

JANUARY 2, 2023

By not dancing, CEOs cost their companies billions of dollars of lost employee innovation, productivity, and customer service. In the 1940’s, Peter Drucker praised the company for its product decentralization but criticized it, even back then, for treating employees as a feudal cost center rather than a base of knowledge and potential.

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Study Emotional Intelligence Leadership Finance 88

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Consumer Products and Banking and Finance are two other major concentration industries. This is probably to be expected, since Europe comes second to the U.S. in terms of being home to some of the world’s top universities. Where do they work?

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Data Talent Healthcare Training 110

Johanna Rothman

APRIL 29, 2025

With that information, the finance people can determine capitalization. I will spare you the long 5 Whys conversation, but Steve had several root causes: None of the products had an overarching product goal. Even though each iteration had a Scrum goal, that goal rarely related back to an overarching product strategy.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The latter metric allows each shareholder to know how much profit each share of the company produced. Here’s the thing: When you manage the finances of a corporation, there are some legitimate things you can do to “manage your earnings.” Profits are reported on both an aggregate basis (e.g., You missed—it happens.

Financial 98

Financial Company Metrics Finance 98

Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2016

We believe energy could be viewed in many organizations as a “ keystone metric ” — i.e., a primary indicator that aligns the whole organization around the pursuit of operational excellence. For example, Saint Gobain’s Ohio factory produces 30,000 different products, each with its own energy demands.

Energy 70

Energy Company Operations Metrics 70

Tom Spencer

MAY 25, 2019

This will have a pronounced effect on leverage and coverage metrics. As a secondary metric, large asset managers with diversified businesses may also be looked at from a free cash flow yield perspective. Valuation of Asset Management Firms. Price/Earnings, EV/EBITDA and EV/AUM. Image: Pexels.

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Cash Flow Management Metrics Benchmarking 60

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

They see disrupted incumbents from retail, finance, health care, transportation, professional services, and manufacturing requiring radical restructuring of assets, productivity , and innovation. That process was quickly fixed — and illuminated the pathology of valuing productivity metrics divorced from UX.

Enterprise 70

Enterprise Metrics Retail Productivity 70

Progressus

OCTOBER 20, 2023

These metrics provide the foundation for more outcome-oriented engagements, leveraging real-time data to secure contracts, monitor progress, and demonstrate the value of client investments. Which Metrics Are Essential for Professional Services Firms?

Cash Flow 52

Cash Flow Metrics Resources Sales 52

Tom Spencer

MAY 2, 2020

If Keen is sincere in his belief that gold is not money, then he should find it truly baffling that the US holds more than 8,000 metric tons of gold in reserve. Increasing our stock of productive capital requires a pool of savings. Free market capitalism is about increasing the stock of productive capital over time.

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Balance Sheet Government System Finance 88

Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2018

Truth is, you can have the right portfolio of investments, the right metrics and governance, the right stage-gate development process, and the right talent on the right teams — but if you don’t design the right handoffs between your teams, all of that planning falls apart. But a sickening number of those investments fail.

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How To Film Productivity Development 70

Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2018

Recently, a financial services organization found $5 million in opportunities to optimize its finance processes. Shift 1: Automate with a product mindset. A product mindset helps change this. Instead, some will make the shift to think in products that tackle business goals.

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Strategy& Strategy Strategy Agile 70

Harvard Business

JULY 13, 2016

Identify the right metrics. In the digital membership economy, the metrics best apt to indicate success are more likely to be around member churn and engagement. For finance, short-term revenue gains do not justify poor treatment of members. Love their members more than their products.

Cash Flow 70

Cash Flow Survey Metrics Accenture 70

Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration. Let’s start with financing the deal. Meanwhile, because digital targets tend to be expensive, acquirers are limited in their ability to use stock to finance a deal. Sponsored by DXC Technology.

Company 73

Company Finance Advertising Tools 73

Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

The level and trend of a company’s top-line metric is an advance indicator of the success of its business model. The company’s first revenues indicate the acceptance of its product or services by customers. Many of these metrics are disclosed in Facebook’s financial statements.

Financial 70

Financial Report Company Metrics 70

Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. Other women described working in new areas outside their current expertise, allowing them to learn entirely new product areas or skills as part of their leadership growth.

Management 132

Management Leadership Culture Development 132

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Value ceased to be a side initiative or something driven solely by top-level finance and executive leaders. The clinical team works together with finance and quality-measurement staff to update this box score every week. The visual management board. decline in cost per patient seen (see the exhibit below).

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