164 Articles found for subject: Industry Specific

Sunil Chopra describes how looking at combinations of product and channel through the lens of return on invested capital (ROIC) allows retailers to design omni-channel portfolios that align their products, service offerings, and pricing. By using each channel to improve invested capital turns or broaden profit margin, these portfolios increase the company’s value. 

Content: Article | Author: Sunil Chopra | Source: Management and Business Review (MBR) | Subjects: Industry Specific, Management, Marketing / Sales, Operations

VC funding. Our perspectives on the topic wax and wane with market cycles. We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor “over funding” until we get huge distribution & ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Mark Suster | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Industry Specific, Venture Capital

Managers make great use of consultants, giving rise to a rapid annual growth rate of 15% in consulting industry revenues where the authors estimate that today there are over one million consultants and $200 billion revenue worldwide. High industry growth has a big negative “Con” attached to it with a large influx of new consultants each year with problematic qualifications. Being a consultant is a … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Ilse Ennsfellner, Larry Greiner | Source: University of Southern California | Subject: Industry Specific | Industry: Consulting

Your shopping habits reveal even the most personal information—like when you’re going to have a baby.

Content: Article | Author: Charles Duhigg | Source: The New York Times | Subjects: Industry Specific, Marketing / Sales

While American venture capital firms are coated with an aura of glamor they are also shrouded by a cloud of mystery. Just how do they operate? How do they raise their money? Why do some VC firms succeed while others do not? The authors of this article, who were given unprecedented access to key executives of prominent VC firms, answer these and other questions that … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Hatim Tyabji, Vijay Sathe | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Industry Specific, Venture Capital

Venture-capital firms have been the engine of the United States’ innovation economy. At Google Ventures, the search giant’s investing arm, Google thinks it can build a better one.

Content: Article | Author: Farhad Manjoo | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Industry Specific, Venture Capital | Company: Google Ventures

In the July/August 2010 issue of IBJ, these co-authors described the “caste system” and other secrets of venture capital (VC) firms in America. In this article, they summarize their interviews with VCs in Europe. While firms in Europe and America share similarities, the authors note that there are important differences that may explain why European VC firms perform poorly in comparison to those in America. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Hatim Tyabji, Vijay Sathe | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Industry Specific, International, Venture Capital

If a client doesn’t control the consulting relationship, a project will fall short of expectations. Only when clients engage consultants based on merit and manage those consultants carefully, and only when company staff are seen as integral as the individual consultants, can companies hope to achieve or even exceed the goals they set. These authors tell readers how they can do that.

Content: Article | Authors: Gordon Perchthold, Jenny Sutton | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Industry Specific, Management | Industry: Consulting

If the podium is calling your name, you should get to know Josh Shipp, a one-man school in the art and business of motivational speaking.

Content: Article | Author: Leigh Buchanan | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subject: Industry Specific

Successful companies inevitably face that prospect. The only real question is how.

Content: Article | Authors: Bin Jiang, Tim Koller | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Industry Specific

The Internet has left its mark on society – from online shopping and banking to YouTube videos and social networking. Beyond these societal trends, how does the economy of the Internet work? How is the industry structured, and which companies are the players? How do companies make money, and what are the prospects for growth?

Content: Article | Authors: Christophe Firth, Laurent Viviez, Mark Page | Source: Kearney | Subject: Industry Specific | Industries: Information Technology, Other

Donors are placing nonprofits on the hot seat to measure social performance. Problem is, there is little agreement on what those metrics should be. Professor Alnoor Ebrahim on how nonprofit managers should respond.

Content: Article | Authors: Alnoor Ebrahim, Julia Hanna | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Industry Specific, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

A story from Keith Yost, an MIT grad, about his relatively short experience working at BCG in Dubai as a management consultant. [Hat tip to Brad Feld]

Content: Article | Author: Keith Yost | Source: The Tech | Subjects: Career, Ethics, Industry Specific | Industry: Consulting

Transparency challenges companies by making information about products and pricing, as well as corporate practices around labor, environment, healthcare and other issues, instantly available to potential customers. Empowered by YouTube and other new media, consumers have the power to reframe, even shatter, the reputations of products, services and companies. As transparency washes the windows of corporate headquarters, leaders of retail and consumer product companies will … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Ajit Kambil, Patrick Conroy, Ryan Alvanos | Source: Deloitte Review | Subject: Industry Specific | Industry: Retail

Private label products, or store brands, can bolster a store’s market share and positively impact retail sales. But what effect do private label products have on the supply chain? Is introducing a store brand always a good idea, or can it have detrimental effects as well? Marc Sachon and Víctor Martínez de Albéniz propose a model that can help retailers determine whether introducing a private … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Marc Sachon, Víctor Martínez de Albéniz | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: Industry Specific, Operations | Industry: Retail

Multichannel retailing has become a market imperative. Consumers who shop in two or more channels are often much more profitable than single-channel shoppers—although they expect a seamless experience across stores, catalogs, Web sites, mobile sites, call centers, TV networks, and direct mail. It’s a daunting challenge, but retailers often overestimate its difficulty. Rather than focus only on big investments in technology integration, retailers should also … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Jean-Manuel Izaret, Mary Egan | Source: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | Subjects: Industry Specific, Marketing / Sales | Industry: Retail

What it really takes to survive a corporate bankruptcy.

Content: Article | Author: Vincent Ryan | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Industry Specific

Here’s Guy Kawasaki’s advice to all the Biffs, Sebastians, Brooks, and Tiffanys who want to be kingmakers: “Venture capital is something to do at the end of your career, not the beginning. It should be your last job, not your first.” He’s also concocted the venture Capital Aptitude Test (VCAT) to help people decide whether they are right for the venture capital business.

Content: Article | Author: Guy Kawasaki | Source: How to Change the World | Subjects: Industry Specific, Venture Capital

Fred Wilson follows up his original venture economic post with this look at venture returns, specifically the impact on returns of management fees and carry.

Content: Article | Author: Fred Wilson | Source: A VC | Subjects: Industry Specific, Venture Capital

Fred Wilson explains the basics of venture fund economics. It appears to be the first of several posts he’s planning to write on this topic. [Hat Tip to Brad Feld]

Content: Article | Author: Fred Wilson | Source: A VC | Subjects: Industry Specific, Venture Capital