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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 […] -
Mastering the Management System
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleCompanies have always found it hard to balance pressing operational concerns with long-term strategic priorities. The tension is critical: World-class... -
Just in Time for the Holidays (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIt's the busiest time of year for North Pole Workshops. Production is in high gear, and the elves are on overtime in the sprint toward Christmas. But... -
Planned Opportunism
Strategy Magazine ArticleUsing weak signals to spur innovation -
6 Tips for Running Offsites That Aren’t a Waste of Time
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleThink twice about who should be invited. -
Effective Public Management
Strategic planning Magazine ArticlePolitical scientists, legislators, educators, business executives, lawyers, consumerists—practically everyone, it sometimes seems—is calling for better public management. For businessmen, the need is especially important because they feel surrounded by government institutions with which they are legally required to interact. But enthusiasm for good government is one thing; understanding the nature of it, to say nothing […] -
Stop Making Plans; Start Making Decisions
Analytics and data science Magazine ArticleIn most companies, strategic planning isn’t about making decisions. It’s about documenting choices that have already been made, often haphazardly. Leading firms are rethinking their approach to strategy development so they can make more, better, and faster decisions. -
Don't Let Strategy Become Planning
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleMany people find it hard to distinguish between the two. -
Crap Circles
Analytics and data science Magazine ArticleThe most dubious business plan can look solid—even smart—if it’s cast as a virtuous circle. “See, we invest our profits in innovation to create delightful products that customers buy—which generate profits that we invest in innovation!” Who could argue with that? Indeed, the merit of self-reinforcing systems seems so obvious that businesspeople instinctively describe their […] -
Why Do We Care about Disruption?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThe other week, two of my colleagues were engaged in a fierce debate about whether a particular business was or not in fact "disruptive." When they asked... -
Unbundling the Corporation
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleNo matter how monolithic they may seem, most companies are really engaged in three kinds of businesses. One business attracts customers. Another develops... -
Shirt-Sleeve Approach To Long-Range Plans
Analytics and data science Magazine ArticleOne bothersome aspect about the future when you’re trying to plan is all the uncertainty that surrounds it. In past years forecasters have tried to cope with the problem by coming up with a best guess—a “most probable” scenario—by extrapolating from trends, making a few assumptions, and then suggesting that management plan as if the […] -
Strategic Management for Competitive Advantage
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleHow some large companies infuse their planning process with new entrepreneurial vigor, maintaining market leadership over the long haul. -
Strategic Planning Should Be a Strategic Exercise
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleDon't create a plan. Create a system. -
A Test for the Fainthearted
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleStarting a business is rarely a dignified affair. Do you have the guts—and the mind-set—to take on the challenge? -
Fall and Rise of Strategic Planning
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleStrategic planning has fallen from the pedestal it occupied when it came on the scene in the mid-1960s. Strategic planning failed because it is not the... -
Negotiating Your Next Job
Career planning Magazine ArticleFocus on your role, responsibilities, and career trajectory, not your salary. -
Planning as Learning
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleAuthor’s note: I use the collective expression “Shell” for convenience when referring to the companies of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group in general, or when no purpose is served by identifying the particular Shell company or companies. Some years ago, the planning group at Shell surveyed 30 companies that had been in business for more than […] -
Does Your Strategy Match Your Competitive Environment?
Strategic planning Digital ArticleDifferent strategic environments require different styles of strategy execution. -
How to Do Strategic Planning Like a Futurist
Strategic planning Digital ArticleYou don’t need a time line; you need a time cone.
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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... -
Brannigan Foods: Strategic Marketing Planning
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The soup division at Brannigan Foods contributes over 40% of the firm's revenue. The general manager is concerned that the soup industry is declining... -
Colberts Inc. (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details The senior director of supply chain management for Colberts Inc. (Colberts) had made tremendous strides. She had been among a select few senior directors... -
Laurentian Bakeries (Abridged)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The vice-president of operations must submit a valuation and recommendation to expand his plant to handle a doubling of sales over the next three years.... -
New Holland Tractors India: Community Management and Employee Relations
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details As a leading name in the Indian tractor industry, New Holland Tractors India (CNH) is known for its participative employee culture and holds the distinction... -
Nike Football: World Cup 2010 South Africa
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Nike's Football division needs to devise a strategy to excel at the 2010 World Cup games in South Africa. Nike has gone from a niche player in the market... -
Kyocera Corp.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Examines the three factors critical to this company's remarkable success in the high tech field. The first factor is the founder, Dr. Inamori's powerful... -
Polaroid-Kodak (B4)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (B1) case. -
Options-Led Approach to Making Strategic Choices
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Summarizes some of the pitfalls of conventional strategic planning processes and proposes an alternative approach to making strategic choices. -
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... -
Clean Energy for the Future
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This is an industry note on renewable energy-wind, solar, governmental incentives and storage. It covers the recent history of both the wind and solar... -
Sunshine Builders, Inc.
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Production setup of a successful home builder. -
BlueOrchard Finance: Connecting Microfinance to Capital Markets
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Microfinance is a field that has received increasing attention over the years in the development community. It consists of the delivery of financial services... -
Bridge International Academies: A School in a Box
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Bridge International was founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise to address the educational needs of poor children in Africa. Ten schools were... -
Deloitte & Touche (A): A Hole in the Pipeline
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Deloitte & Touche was losing talented women, and CEO Mike Cook wanted to stop the loss, especially as the accounting and consulting fields became more... -
Blessed are the Peacemakers: Senator Danforth as Special Envoy to the Sudan
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details After the attack on the World Trade Towers on September 11th, Senator John (Jack) C. Danforth's appointment as the president's special envoy to the Sudan... -
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. -
LCA Action Planning: Responsibility and Accountability
Management Case Study8.95View Details LCA action plans integrate responsibility and accountability into decision-making and planning. This module note was designed for the LCA course and reviews... -
Momin Islamic Banking: Launching an Islamic Credit Card
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details S Bank is a scheduled commercial bank with its head office based in Karachi. It is listed on all the stock exchanges in Pakistan and is engaged in providing... -
Entrepreneurship Essentials Ebook Collection
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Special Offer85.99View Details In a world where you can no longer plan or predict your way to success, how can you achieve your most important goals? This specially priced 4-volume...
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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 […] -
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... -
Brannigan Foods: Strategic Marketing Planning
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The soup division at Brannigan Foods contributes over 40% of the firm's revenue. The general manager is concerned that the soup industry is declining... -
Mastering the Management System
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleCompanies have always found it hard to balance pressing operational concerns with long-term strategic priorities. The tension is critical: World-class... -
Colberts Inc. (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details The senior director of supply chain management for Colberts Inc. (Colberts) had made tremendous strides. She had been among a select few senior directors... -
Laurentian Bakeries (Abridged)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The vice-president of operations must submit a valuation and recommendation to expand his plant to handle a doubling of sales over the next three years.... -
Just in Time for the Holidays (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIt's the busiest time of year for North Pole Workshops. Production is in high gear, and the elves are on overtime in the sprint toward Christmas. But... -
Planned Opportunism
Strategy Magazine ArticleUsing weak signals to spur innovation -
6 Tips for Running Offsites That Aren’t a Waste of Time
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleThink twice about who should be invited. -
New Holland Tractors India: Community Management and Employee Relations
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details As a leading name in the Indian tractor industry, New Holland Tractors India (CNH) is known for its participative employee culture and holds the distinction...