Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change by Clayton M. Christensen and Michael Overdorf HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW March-April 2000 T HESE ARE SCARY TIMES FOR MANAGERS in big companies. Even before the Internet and globalization‚ their track record for dealing with major‚ disruptive change was not good. Out of hundreds of department stores‚ for example‚ only oneDayton Hudson-became a leader in discount retailing. Not one of the minicomputer companies succeeded in the personal computer business
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Yang Jianguo was recently promoted from country manager for China to global head of product development at a staid French perfume maker. He was chosen for his technical smarts and his knowledge of emerging markets - a critical avenue for growth‚ given that sales in the company’s core markets have stalled. Eager to succeed in his new role in Paris‚ Jianguo has lots of fresh ideas‚ but they seem to be falling on deaf ears. Members of the executive team‚ for their part‚ find Jianguo to be largely indifferent
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www.hbr.org The Threat of Global Gridlock by George Stalk‚ Jr. Reprint R0907T This article is made available to you with compliments of BCG. Further posting‚ copying or distributing is copyright infringement. The Threat of Global Gridlock COPYRIGHT © 2009 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. by George Stalk‚ Jr. As our worldwide transportation network becomes less and less able to support the demands of a global economy‚ we’re heading straight into a crisis
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WORK-LIFE BALANCE Your Late-Night Emails Are Hurting Your Team by Maura Thomas MARCH 16‚ 2015 Around 11 p.m. one night‚ you realize there’s a key step your team needs to take on a current project. So‚ you dash off an email to the team members while you’re thinking about it. No time like the present‚ right? Wrong. As a productivity trainer specializing in attention management‚ I’ve seen over the past decade how after-hours emails speed up corporate cultures — and that‚ in turn‚ chips away at creativity
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Introduction Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) was founded in 1971 by Warren Eisenberg and Leonard Feinstein. BBBY held its initial public offering in June 1992‚ on the NASDAQ exchange. The company utilizes the “big box” retail concept and focuses its product offerings around domestics merchandise and home furnishings. Since its IPO BBBY has been favored by equity investors and long considered one of the best performing retail companies. They have never missed an earnings estimate and have experienced
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evidence of Charlie’s failure as a leader is when he calls the group together to communicate the news about losing their major customer. The mood is somber as Charlie calls the group together to “mourn” (Sloane‚ The Chattanooga Ice Cream Division‚ HBR‚ p.1) and to figure out what needs to be done about it. As a leader he must exude a sense of “positive energy” (Jack Welch‚ Winning‚ p.84) to prepare his people to act and energize their best thinking to deal with this challenge. His style of (S) may
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Using the platform approach‚ Ducati divided the motorcycle into moderately small numbers of components which were in turn made of sub-components. The platform approach minimizes detailed‚ multi-step assembly processes; therefore‚ resulted in less man-power needed to assemble the products. At the same time‚ outsourcing component manufacturing to suppliers resulted in a concentration of expertise and higher levels of quality. Ducati also concentrated on minimize component variety through standardization
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Assignment 1 Ducati: The Making of a Grand Prix Motorcycle For the course Innovation Management 2012 In total you can earn 100 points for this assignment. 10 points are given for grammar and spelling. 30 are given per sub-question (for a detailed specification see the answers below). Dividing your points by 10 gives you the grade for your assignment. Regards‚ The IM team Assignment Question 1: In the article “Toward a General Modular Systems Theory and its Application
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-3: Case Discussion: Ducati & Texas Pacific Group‚ HBS 9-801-359 Course Outline It will be helpful if you think about these questions before our Ducati discussion: 1. On a scale from 0 to 10‚ with 0 representing the prototypical financial buyer transaction‚ and 10 representing the prototypical strategic buyer transaction‚ where would you place this deal? Why? 2. To value the 51% of Ducati that TPG is contemplating acquiring‚ outline the steps you would take. It is optional to actually complete
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SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Graduate Programs in Finance Fall Quarter‚ 2011 FIN MF 820 Financial Policy Thursdays: 7:15-9:55 Instructor: Dr. Shahriar Khaksari‚ CFA Office: S432 Phone: 573-8366 Email: skhaksari@suffolk.edu The New Corporate Finance: Where Theory Meets Practice Mcgraw-Hill Series in Advanced Topics in Finance and Accounting Course Objective This course is designed to allow students to develop a deep understanding
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