While not groundbreaking today, Danaher’s operating model in the 1980’s sought to ensure maximum effectiveness and efficiency. By aligning its operating model and business model since its early days, Danaher today has become a $19B industry superstar.
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Mercadona: An Undisputed Winner
Satisfying ‘The Boss’, or how to become the leading supermarket chain in Spain by focusing on your clients’ needs
Disney: Commercializing Creativity
For a long time, movie-making has been viewed as a very risky, unpredictable enterprise: you can have a blockbuster one day and a flop the next, with very little visibility to distinguish the two a priori. A number of companies […]
AmenZone – Training for Life
Why doing more with less is hurting AmenZone and its growth through franchise strategy.
VisionSpring: Providing eyeglasses to millions
703 million people need, but don't own, eyeglasses. How does a company solve a social mission at scale? By having strong business and operating models associated with it.
Costco Wholesale
The most fun you've ever had shopping in a warehouse.
Vipshop: Bringing discounted retail e-commerce to China
Vipshop brings the discount retail model to china through an e-commerce platform.
Aldi: delivering what and only what the customer values
Aldi’s business model is formulated with a very specific customer in mind: someone who evaluates groceries from a utilitarian perspective. Aldi’s customer wants low prices in a quick shopping environment and is willing to make sacrifices on choice and service. To […]
CVS Health: Fully Adherent to Its Prescribed Strategy and Winning
Through compliance with its mission of “helping people on their path to better health”, CVS has created a winning alignment between its business and operating models to grow into a success story.
First Solar: sustainability through innovation and vertical integration
How First Solar, a global leader in the solar photovoltaics industry, is sustaining its competitive position with emphasis on process integration and expansion into countries with sustainable solar energy markets.