Introduction Goldman Sachs is a public investment bank with a market capitalization of ~$78bn that has ~ 34,000 employees around the world. The company’s core business is focused on providing clients with advice on their capital markets and strategic decisions. […]
Through its flagship brand Zara, Inditex has revolutionized fashion retailing through its promise to design, produce, and deliver cutting-edge apparel in under 3 weeks. Read on to find out how Zara successfully delivers to over 2000 stores in 88 countries every week, and why they continue to grow by 8% after decades of operation.
Can athenahealth’s cloud healthcare products overcome traditional installed solutions from established providers?
L.L.Bean has thrived for over 100 years thanks to two core values that have effectively aligned the company’s business and operating models.
The story behind the acquisition of Booz & Company
After being on the brink of disaster in 2004, LEGO made a number of critical decisions around product innovation and user engagement that saved the company.
Spirit Airlines has accomplished the seemingly impossible in the US airline industry: it has never lost money. It does so by keeping its business model, customer promise, and operating model simple and tightly aligned. It offers the lowest fares by being the lowest cost operator and has captured a segment of the market that is unprofitable for most of its competitors to serve.
Bombardier's aim for the stars foiled by its inability to set up equally ambitious operating standards
Penguin-Random House, the publisher of authors as varied as John Grisham, Mindy Kaling and Gloria Steinem, is failing to adapt to the new digital age
Progressive Insurance is a great example of a company that has truly aligned its business model and operating model to achieve true “operational innovation”. Operational innovation, goes beyond reducing defects or making processes more efficient within a company by completely […]
