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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 […] -
6 Tips for Running Offsites That Aren’t a Waste of Time
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleThink twice about who should be invited. -
How to Create a Stakeholder Strategy
Business and society Magazine ArticleA data-driven approach to design, measurement, and implementation -
If Strategy Is So Important, Why Don't We Make Time for It?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleStep away from your desk and give yourself space to think. -
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 Using Battle Metaphors in Your Company Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleFocus on customers more than competitors. -
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 […] -
You Need an Innovation Strategy
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleIt’s the only way to make sound trade-off decisions and choose the right practices. -
6 Strategic Concepts That Set High-Performing Companies Apart
Strategy Digital ArticleLessons from Microsoft, NVIDIA, Netflix, Tesla, and others. -
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 […] -
Starting Up in High Gear
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleEntrepreneurs have always needed imagination and daring. What’s different today, says one of the architects of the new economy, is that they have to move a lot faster than ever before, with a lot less room for error. -
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. -
Why Business Models Matter
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleA good business model begins with an insight into human motivations and ends in a rich stream of profits. -
Purpose Matters for Business Travel, Too
Managing yourself Digital ArticleSo plan accordingly. -
House of Quality
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleManufacturing companies striving to compete on quality must design products that not only are technically elegant and manufacturable but also reflect... -
Planned Opportunism
Strategy Magazine ArticleUsing weak signals to spur innovation -
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. -
Can You Get Better at Research?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIt's pretty widely accepted that people's innate intelligence doesn't change much. Youth, health, and a positive environment can help people make better... -
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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Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2018 the majority ownership of publicly owned Wilderness Safaris, the leading high-end ecotourism company in Africa with safari operations in eight... -
Farm to School of Park County: A Journey from Program to Nonprofit (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case series describes the startup of Farm to School of Park County, an emerging nonprofit organization in the US state of Montana. Case (A) describes... -
General Electric Medical Systems--2002
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Discusses one of General Electric's flagship divisions--the world's leading provider of medical diagnostic imaging equipment. Provides an opportunity... -
Selecting Stocks for a Hedge Fund
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The popularity of hedge funds grew in the volatile markets surrounding the technology bubble. Hedge funds take both long and short investment positions... -
School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In summer 2021, School of Rock was a youth-oriented music education company with 291 franchise- and company-owned schools globally. Before CEO Rob Price's... -
Student Success at Georgia State University (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details This is a supplement to the Student Success at Georgia State University (A) case. The (B) case includes the results of a randomized control trial that... -
Critical-Fractile Method for Inventory Planning
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Explains a method for deciding upon inventory levels when demand is uncertain. -
TiVo 2007: DVRs and Beyond
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo, had placed multiple strategic bets on his company. In September 2007, that strategy was due for a major test. TiVo was a maker... -
Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy
22.00View Details Most companies waste billions of dollars on technology. Don't be one of them. If you need the best practices and ideas for unleashing technology's strategic... -
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... -
Polaroid-Kodak (B3)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (B1) case. -
The New Normal 2009 (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Recent dramatic global events suggest that the future financial landscape will be much different than what we see today. In a world where money, people... -
Salesforce.com: Creating a Blue Ocean in the B2B Space
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case describes a series of blue ocean strategic moves made by Salesforce.com in the CRM application market. In particular, the case addresses the... -
Plans versus Politics: New Orleans after Katrina
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details On Tuesday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans, causing inadequate levees to collapse and flood the city in what came to be widely... -
Sturdivant Electric Corp.
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details A unit manager on a field computer installation job is faced with recurring conflict between a programmer and his immediate supervisor. -
Bay State Milling
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details -
Discount and Hawkins Exercise: Confidential Instructions for Landlord
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This simulation involves a negotiation between a real estate developer and a prospective anchor tenant in a proposed shopping center. Students are assigned... -
Apple Computer, 2006
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Apple has reaped the benefits of its innovative music player, the iPod. However, its PC and server business continue to hold small market share relative... -
WLIM: SCALING UP A WEALTH MANAGEMENT BOUTIQUE
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Jonathan Lachowitz founded a start-up venture in the Financial Planning industry called White Lighthouse Investment Management in 2006. He targeted a... -
Hurricane Katrina (A): Preparing for the 'Big One' In New Orleans (Abridged)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details On Tuesday, August 23, 2005, meteorologists in the US National Weather Service spotted a tropical depression in the southeastern Bahamas. As it strengthened...
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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 […] -
Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2018 the majority ownership of publicly owned Wilderness Safaris, the leading high-end ecotourism company in Africa with safari operations in eight... -
Farm to School of Park County: A Journey from Program to Nonprofit (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case series describes the startup of Farm to School of Park County, an emerging nonprofit organization in the US state of Montana. Case (A) describes... -
6 Tips for Running Offsites That Aren’t a Waste of Time
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleThink twice about who should be invited. -
General Electric Medical Systems--2002
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Discusses one of General Electric's flagship divisions--the world's leading provider of medical diagnostic imaging equipment. Provides an opportunity... -
How to Create a Stakeholder Strategy
Business and society Magazine ArticleA data-driven approach to design, measurement, and implementation -
If Strategy Is So Important, Why Don't We Make Time for It?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleStep away from your desk and give yourself space to think. -
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 Using Battle Metaphors in Your Company Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleFocus on customers more than competitors. -
Selecting Stocks for a Hedge Fund
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The popularity of hedge funds grew in the volatile markets surrounding the technology bubble. Hedge funds take both long and short investment positions...