BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Strategic Inflection Point
- the time at which an organization takes a decision to change its corporate strategy to pursue a different direction and avoid the risk of decline. The term was coined by Andy Grove of Intel to describe the period of change that affects an organization's competitive position. It also concerns the ability of organizations to recognize and adapt to change factors of major significance.
Additional Resources
- Your Future: Embracing The Strategic Inflection Point
- From the executive summary: 'A Strategic Inflection Point SIP is defined as a changing of the rules of the game resulting in a massive shift in the way business is conducted. As an example, consider the impact the PC and the Internet had on changing the way business is done...
- White papers 2004-06-11
- Isn't It Time For HR To Become A Strategic Partner? Here's How!
- A Strategic Inflection Point SIP is defined as a changing of the rules of the game resulting in a massive shift in the way business is conducted. In recent times, the Human Resource HR and recruiting functions in organizations are going through a SIP. These functions are witnessing lateral shifts...
- White papers 2004-01-23
- McNulty's mission; Merc's CEO exploring passage to the future.(Chicago Mercantile Exchange CEO James McNulty)
- The unpredictable career of James J. McNulty, to use a favorite phrase of his, hit a "strategic inflection point" one Sunday morning last summer in the parking lot of Skokie Country Club. In a chance encounter, fellow golfer Roger Hickey The unpredictable career...
- Research articles 2000-07-03
- Why Cypress Acquired Silicon Light Machines - Company Business and Marketing
- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. last week announced the acquisition of Silicon Light Machines SLM, a company specializing in optical components. Despite Silicon Light Machine's strategic value to Cypress see story, I cannot honestly tell an orderly story about how Cypress made this move at some "strategic inflection point" in its history....
- Research articles 2000-07-31
- a21 Announces Key Strategic Initiatives
- Company Implements Consolidation and Restructuring to Improve Profitability and Prepare for Growth Initiatives JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB:ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace, today announced an organizational consolidation and restructuring as part of its strategy to move closer to profitability and to better address emerging growth...
- Research articles 2007-09-12
- SOKO Retains The Piacente Group as Strategic Investor Relations Consulting Firm
- HARBIN, China, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SOKO Fitness & Spa Group, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SOKF) ("SOKO" or the "Company"), a leading operator of fitness center and beauty salons and spas in Northeast China, today announced that it has retained The Piacente Group, Inc. ("TPG"), a full...
- Research articles 2009-11-17
- Internet Delivery Services Promise Huge Rewards
- ARLINGTON, Va. - The players in the Internet world have arrived at a strategic inflection point, said Gerry Parker, executive vice president at Intel Corp. [INTC]. "We have only scratched the surface on where this is going," said Parker during the opening session here at the Satellites and the...
- Research articles 1999-07-23
- DivX, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions We'll go first this afternoon to Paul Coster with JP Morgan. Paul Coster - JPMorgan With the understanding of the comments around the inflation usually the third quarter is a strongly positive quarter from a sequential perspective, but it looks like you...
- Earnings calls 2009-08-04
- Polycom Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Yes, thank you. [Operator Instruction]. Our first question comes from the line of John Anthony from Cowen & Company. Please proceed with your question. John Anthony - Cowen & Company Good afternoon, guys. Couple of question, but before we get started did...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-18
- Strategy Execution : The Next Major "Point of Inflection"
- "During the 1980s and 1990s, performance improvements succeeded the strategic era. It, too, has followed the S-curve trajectory. Now, as it trails off, an uneasiness is stirring, a feeling that ‘something more' is required. In particular, disquiet has arisen over the rapidly rising fatality rates of major corporations. Organizations cannot...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Strategy Execution: The Next Major "Point Of Inflection"
- During the 1980s and 1990s, performance improvements (e.g., total quality management, kaizen, just-in-time, reengineering) succeeded the strategic era. It, too, has followed the S-curve trajectory. Organizations cannot win by cost reduction alone and cannot invent appropriate strategic responses fast enough to stay abreast of nimble rivals. The next point of...
- White papers 2002-12-09
- Columbia Sportswear Company Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you sir. [Operator Instructions] Your first question come from the line of Bob Drbul. Robert Drbul - Lehman Brothers Hi, good afternoon, Tim. Timothy P. Boyle - President and Chief Executive Officer Hi, Bob. Robert Drbul - Lehman Brothers ...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-25
- Precision Castparts Corp. F2Q08 (Qtr End 9/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator The phone lines will now be open for questions. [Operator Instructions]. We'll take our first question from Robert Stallard with Banc of America. Rob Stallard - Banc of America Securities Hi guys. Mark Donegan - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Hey Rob....
- Earnings calls 2007-10-24
- Equinix, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator instructions]. Our first question comes from Jonathan Schildkraut with Jefferies. Jonathan Schildkraut - Jefferies & Company Wow. Stephen M. Smith - President and Chief Executive Officer Hey Jonathan, how are you? Jonathan Schildkraut - Jefferies & Company Hi guys,...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-30
- Why Ad Industry Won't Recover in Second Half
- NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- It's not getting a lot better, but at least it's not getting any worse. And it probably won't ever get back to where it once was. That's the marketing forecast for the second half of the year based on a temperature check of players in the...
- News items 2009-08-10
- An "integrative" retail risk management conference
- RMA's 2006 conference brought an enterprise risk management spirit to retail. A tougher economic environment calls for strategic alliances between sales and risk. Among the terms and concerns overheard at this conference: profit zones; higher credit expense; horizontal accounting; inflection point; razor-thin equity; cross-channel fraud; social engineering; and prudent-growth sweet...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- GM: going electric
- In reviewing the 10 years that he's been pursuing the future for General Motors, Larry Burns, GM vp of Research and Development and Strategic Planning, says that one of the interesting developments that has occurred, and which seems to be on its way to some sort of inflection point, is...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Kirkland's, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the question-and-answer session. Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from the line of Neely Tamminga from Piper Jaffray. Please go ahead. Neely Tamminga Hey, good morning to you guys and congratulations on much better performance. Robert Alderson...
- Earnings calls 2008-08-28
- EMC automates data tiering across all primary array lines
- Computerworld - EMC Corp. today announced delivery of its fully automated storage tiering FAST technology across its Symmetrix, Clariion and Celerra line of storage arrays. The technology will allow data volumes to be dynamically moved between tiers of storage, depending on business performance requirements. The first phase of EMC FAST...
- News items 2009-12-08
- Marc Andreessen, Act II
- The first stage of the Internet revolution has come and gone. It was certainly one helluva run. But with the NASDAQ flat on its back, with one high-profile dotcom after another dead and buried, and with more and more executives in big companies wondering what it means to have an...
- Research articles 2001-02-01
