Share buybacks are widely misunderstood. This is true not only for investors but also for boards of directors. At the highest level, boards approve repurchase authorizations as “capital return,” much like dividends. But today, a growing share of buybacks represent not a payout choice, but an antidote to dilution of shares issued for stock-based compensation […]
Lessons from the Indian e-commerce company Dunzo on the risks of catering to all customers without a sustainable operating model. #Companies #Dont #Compete #Middle #Market
ALISON BEARD: Welcome to HBR On Leadership. I’m HBR Executive Editor Alison Beard. On this show, we share case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, hand-selected to help you unlock the best in those around you. We carefully curate this feed from across the HBR portfolio, aiming to help you unlock […]
With old-fashioned product offerings such as phones with no internet access and black-and-white photographic film, companies are finding new markets by looking backward. This video explores the emerging strategy of “retro-innovation” and how companies can apply it. AI may be today’s hot topic, but there’s a robust market for old-fashioned products. Board games, vinyl records, […]
ADI IGNATIUS: I’m Adi Ignatius. ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. ADI IGNATIUS: Alison, I spend a lot of my job now speaking with C-suite executives and other leaders, and there are things that they’ll talk about in the press, that they’ll talk about publicly. And then there are the […]
And what leaders can do to mitigate its effects in the workplace. #Research #Accent #Penalty #Determines #Heard
New research underscores the risks of relying on the tools without questioning what they may not know. #Competing #LLMs #Asked #Pick #Stocks #Choices #Revealed #AIs #Limitations
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Summary: The majority of the workforce is made up of millennials and Generation Z employees, but executive teams skew dramatically older. Organizations that lack intergenerational diversity among top leadership may turn to past strategies rather than seeing fresh options for handling new challenges. Three age-diverse collaboration strategies can strengthen […]
Leaders and consultants are increasingly turning to large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT as silent partners in the boardroom. These tools promise to summarize complex information, produce clear arguments, and offer polished strategic recommendations in seconds. But as LLMs are integrated into executive workflows, a critical question emerges: How good is their advice? Is […]
Why do some companies outperform others even when they adopt the same operational improvement practices? For instance, in banking, HSBC, Bank of America, American Express, Citi, NatWest, and Westpac have all implemented Lean, Six Sigma, and similar Operational Excellence practices. Yet their outcomes vary widely. Some, such as Bank of America and HSBC, have gained […]
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