Rajesh Setty

JANUARY 17, 2012

I have been a Dell customer since 2004. Back in 2009 and 2010, I experienced a few Dell business execution issues. So, here we go: Rajesh Setty: I understand that you are a member of Dell’s Customer Advisory Panel. How did this come to be? Dave Gardner: This is a very interesting story, Rajesh.

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Media PR Company Blog 44

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

Few law students even get the chance to buy the losing lottery ticket: the government estimates that 215,417 jobs for attorneys will open between 2008 and 2018 and in the same decade , there will be over 430,000 new legal graduates so only half will get to practice in their chosen field (at substantial opportunity and tuition costs).

Venture Capitalist 16

Venture Capitalist IPO Banking Comparison 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

No wonder that a 2008 McKinsey survey found that only 20% of senior executives believe that their corporate philanthropy is effective in achieving social goals. Back pet charities, not those with a strong track record. Talk about "results" without measuring them. Sadly, this low-impact approach to corporate philanthropy is too common.

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Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

Volatile stock: In 2008, under Jobs, the stock price dropped by more than 50%. Also, Consumer Reports issued a "does not recommend" on the iPhone 4 (in 2010). Executive exodus: In 2008, Tony Fadell, senior vice president of the iPod division, stepped down. In 2004, Apple's CFO, Fred Anderson, left the company.

Marketing 11

Marketing Stage-Gate Advertising Price 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

Since 2008, through government subsidies, the manufacturing capacity of China''s solar-panel industry grew tenfold, leading to a vast global oversupply. In 2000, labor-intensive products constituted 37% of all Chinese exports; by 2010, this fell to 14%. In parallel, from 2004 to 2011, U.S. billion in 2010.

Bond 8

Bond Price Industry Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

For example, Bunge, an agribusiness firm, reported a $56 million quarterly loss in its sugar and bioenergy segments due to drought in 2010. Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004. billion in mining projects since 2010. Fostering innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Chart Your Course

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

North America Sees Lowest Levels of Employee Engagement since 2008 Canadian HR Reporter, May 2013. Keep On Engaging Incentive Magazine, December 2010. Turbocharging Employee Engagement (the Power of Recognition) Towers Watson, June 2010. Focus on Workers The Huffington Post, March 2010. Want Economic Recovery?

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Article CFO Magazine Library 100

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

Then in December of 2010, I received an email that changed my perspective, and my life. Governor Mitch Daniels (elected to Indiana's top office in 2004 and 2008, and former CEO of Eli Lilly in North America) told me, "This job has been a positive surprise for me. You might be thinking. I would never work in government.

Leadership 12

Leadership CIO Politics Career 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

In 2004, the European beer company Interbrew, itself a product of several mergers, acquired a majority stake in AmBev, creating InBev. In 2008, InBev bought Anheuser-Busch, the leading US brewer. By 2010, the EBITDA of the combined company AB InBev had risen to 38%. The result was AB InBev.

EBITDA 10

EBITDA Globalization Depreciation Open-book 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2012

"A general who fears to unsheathe his sword is not a good general," says Mr. Li Jiaxiang , Chairman of Air China from 2004 to 2008 and the #1 performing corporate leader in China according to our new ranking (just published in the Harvard Business Review China and the centerpiece for the magazine's launch events in Beijing and Shanghai).

Long-term 13

Long-term Short-term Globalization Reputation 13

Women on Business

DECEMBER 1, 2011

With the stock market tumbling in 2008, much of their pension funds have been underfunded for years and the pressure to work more quickly and for no increase in compensation and sometimes lack of benefits is causing her great frustration. In 2010, Mary Kay was elected as the president and vows to “heal” her union. She says. “We

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CIO Hotels Health Care Committee 165

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2011

In 2010, the Horizontal Merger Guidelines were revised to reflect this new thinking in competition analysis.). Part IV of the report, titled "Mobile Wireless Services: Provider Conduct," documents at least eight effective price cuts by wireless carriers in 2009 and 2010. federal antitrust agencies. (In

Wireless 13

Wireless Report Price Analysis 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

India love first peaked in July 2008 when India’s government of the time risked its very survival in support of a nuclear energy deal led by Washington. billion in 2010, predicting it would grow at 20% a year for a decade. In the hyperbole of online media, one headline reads, India is the last BRIC Standing. David Mulford, U.S.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

In 2010 it was $900 million — seventh place. He did have a horrific 2008. After using borrowed money in the 1980s and 1990s, then opening up a hedge fund in 2004, he has since 2011 basically just been managing his own money. He reportedly took home compensation of $1.7 In 2012 it was $1.9 billion , putting him in second place.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2011

In 2004, for instance, a Harvard Crimson poll found that as many as 4 in 5 Harvard students suffer from depression at least once during the school year, and nearly half of all students suffer from depression so debilitating they can’t function. This unhappiness epidemic is not unique to Harvard. In 2007, Shawn founded Good Think Inc.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Survey Case Study Positioning 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

I worked with him for three years (2006-2008) during my work with Rick Wagoner and his senior team on the attempt to turnaround the fortunes of GM. When Bob came on board in 2001, he inherited a mainly crummy set of 2001-2004 car launches. I like Bob Lutz. Bob and I tended to be on the same side on most issues. And in the U.S.

Company 12

Company Franchising Fixed Costs Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

One of the most significant came in early 2004 when we decided to relocate from San Francisco to Las Vegas. By 2008 we had hit $1 billion in gross merchandise sales. This is an excerpt from How I Did It: Zappo’s CEO on Going to Extremes for Customers from the July 2010 issue of Harvard Business Review.

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CEO Call Center Real Estate Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

But in the last two contests in which Hillary Clinton has participated, the 2008 primary and the 2016 election, she won on most of these metrics — and lost the elections. Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. Two developments bear noting. Apple learned this the hard way.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Ever since the 1996 President election, the amount spent in Presidential campaigns has roughly doubled in each subsequent election — $239M in 1996, $343M in 2000, $717M in 2004, and last Presidential Election in 2008, it topped $1.3 The chart looks exponential. But it's not just that the amount of money that's required.

Politics 15

Politics Trends Bottom-up Crisis 15