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Executive Incentives vs. Corporate Growth
Boards Magazine ArticleBonuses and other forms of incentive compensation are an effective motivator of executives to achieve ever higher earnings per share. The drive to produce short-term results, however, often influences management to forgo investment in capital equipment and R&D that would benefit the corporation several years hence even more than improved earnings next year would. The […] -
Startups, It's Time to Think Like Camels - Not Unicorns
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThree strategies for surviving in a tough environment. -
When Growth Stalls
Crisis management Magazine ArticleSuccessful companies lose momentum for four main reasons. All are within management’s control if spotted in time. -
The Risks of Changing Your Prices Too Often
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleTechnology has made it easier, but strategic rules still apply. -
What Customers Want from the Collaborative Economy
Innovation Digital ArticleAnd why your company can’t ignore it. -
Research Shows That Smaller M&A Deals Work Out Better
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe bet-the-company deal isn't the route to success. -
Growing by Cutting SKUs at Clorox
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleNew products don't always mean increased profits. At Clorox, a formal process for determining which products to cut has boosted SKU sales and margins. -
Managing Your Innovation Portfolio
Innovation Magazine ArticlePeople throughout your organization are energetically pursuing the new. But does all that activity add up to a strategy? -
The Globe: How to Conquer New Markets with Old Skills
Globalization Magazine ArticleThe surprising global success of Spanish companies proves the value of good old-fashioned networking. -
Does Your Company Have an India Strategy?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleMultinationals that don't have a plan for building subsidiaries in the country risk missing out on one of the most promising market opportunities in the... -
Is Programmatic Advertising the Future of Marketing?
Customer experience Digital ArticleMachines are taking over much of what marketers do today. -
Preserve the Luxury or Extend the Brand? (HBR Case Study)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleMany luxury brands are able to command high prices because of their excellent quality, solid reputation, and limited availability. But it can be tricky... -
Local R&D Won't Help You Go Global
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleListen up, young U.S. digital businesses. -
The Future and How to Survive It
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleCorporate profits are beginning a long slide. Prepare for leaner times. -
WPP’s CEO on Turning a Portfolio of Companies Into a Growth Machine
Growth strategy Magazine ArticleFinding the synergies in a holding company -
Keeping the Zeal of a Startup as You Scale
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleToo many companies start seeing the future as a threat. -
The Right Way for an Established Firm to Do an Innovation Pilot with a Startup
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleDon't be too ambitious. -
4 Types of Business Transformation
Digital transformation Digital ArticleWhich is your organization facing? -
To Reduce Complexity in Your Company, Start with Pen and Paper
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleGet clarity on what really matters. -
How GE Teaches Teams to Lead Change
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn 2006, General Electric launched its Leadership, Innovation, and Growth (LIG) program to support CEO Jeffrey Immelt's priority of achieving corporate...
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State Bank of India: Transforming a State Owned Giant
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details February 2011: O.P. Bhatt reflected contentedly on his five-year term as Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), India's largest commercial bank. He had... -
Alltech
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Alltech was a Lexington, Kentucky-based producer of supplements for animal feed, with revenues of over $2 billion (projected to reach $3 billion in 2018),... -
Angie's List: Ratings Pioneer Turns 20
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In 1995, before people "googled" or "yelped," Angela Hicks (HBS, 2000) was establishing her Angie's List as a pioneer in the accumulation and dissemination... -
Kombi Sports Inc.: Staying Ahead of the Curve
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In January 2020, Kombi Sports Inc. was at a strategic crossroads in a changing industry. The Montreal-based firm had evolved from a niche provider of... -
PraDigi Open Learning: Transforming Rural India
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Pratham is a non-governmental organization, focusing on high-quality, low-cost and replicable interventions to address gaps in the Indian education system.... -
Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world's leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather... -
Alibaba's Taobao (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case examines the decision of Alibaba Group to diversify from an international business-to-business (B2B) exchange (Alibaba.com) into a B2C and C2C... -
Daksh and IBM: Business Process Transformation in India. Part 2 - The Post Buy-out Years
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The story of Daksh, one of India's leading BPO companies that was bought out by IBM in April 2004 at an estimated amount of US$170 million, had all the... -
S H E: Style Her Empowered
Management Case Study11.95View Details Payton McGriff, founder of the nonprofit S H E (Style Her Empowered) must decide on a plan to meet S H E's goal of sponsoring one million girls in primary... -
Nourishing Communities: Brighter Bites Approach to Childhood Nutrition
Management Case Study11.95View Details In September 2023, Brighter Bites, a Houston-based non-profit that distributed fresh produce and nutrition education in underserved communities across... -
Identifying Goals and Boundaries: A Tool from "The Innovator's Guide to Growth"
6.95View Details Many companies subscribe to a notion that the way to unleash innovation is to let chaos reign. According to this theory, companies should seek to avoid... -
Fragilities and Growth Prospects in the Global Economy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This note discusses identifying the potential future fragile and high-growth economies. -
The Leith Society: Managing International Growth for a Professional Development and Networking Firm, Supplement
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case B5902. In April 2017, Mr. Kristian Groth, a successful entrepreneur and founder of the Leith Society, was considering his next move.... -
HTC Corp. in 2012
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details After 15 years of remarkable achievements, Taiwan-based HTC Corp. faced difficult times by 2012. CEO Peter Chou, who drove HTC's transformation from an... -
Insight Robotics Limited: A Start-Up with a Happy Problem
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details IRL develops products that provide fully automatic detection, reporting and prediction of unwanted incidents (e.g., forestry wildfires) and help authorities... -
Mayo Clinic: The 2020 Initiative
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Describes the challenges facing Dr. John Noseworthy, President and CEO, in implementing a long-term strategy for the growth of the Mayo Clinic-a leading... -
Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (C)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case illustrates the application of value-based health care to dental medicine. ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers was a rapidly-growing network of... -
School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details In September 2022, Price and his team evaluated the past year's strategies to increase Method App adoption and discussed new initiatives to consider. -
Mobil USM&R (A1)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details First of a two-part case on the development and use of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) at Mobil's US Marketing and Refining Division. Split from the original...
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Executive Incentives vs. Corporate Growth
Boards Magazine ArticleBonuses and other forms of incentive compensation are an effective motivator of executives to achieve ever higher earnings per share. The drive to produce short-term results, however, often influences management to forgo investment in capital equipment and R&D that would benefit the corporation several years hence even more than improved earnings next year would. The […] -
Startups, It's Time to Think Like Camels - Not Unicorns
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThree strategies for surviving in a tough environment. -
State Bank of India: Transforming a State Owned Giant
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details February 2011: O.P. Bhatt reflected contentedly on his five-year term as Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), India's largest commercial bank. He had... -
Alltech
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Alltech was a Lexington, Kentucky-based producer of supplements for animal feed, with revenues of over $2 billion (projected to reach $3 billion in 2018),... -
When Growth Stalls
Crisis management Magazine ArticleSuccessful companies lose momentum for four main reasons. All are within management’s control if spotted in time. -
Angie's List: Ratings Pioneer Turns 20
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In 1995, before people "googled" or "yelped," Angela Hicks (HBS, 2000) was establishing her Angie's List as a pioneer in the accumulation and dissemination... -
Kombi Sports Inc.: Staying Ahead of the Curve
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In January 2020, Kombi Sports Inc. was at a strategic crossroads in a changing industry. The Montreal-based firm had evolved from a niche provider of... -
PraDigi Open Learning: Transforming Rural India
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Pratham is a non-governmental organization, focusing on high-quality, low-cost and replicable interventions to address gaps in the Indian education system.... -
Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world's leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather... -
Alibaba's Taobao (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case examines the decision of Alibaba Group to diversify from an international business-to-business (B2B) exchange (Alibaba.com) into a B2C and C2C...