Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

While the rules may be shifting, the long-term sustainable advantage gained by building a strong brand – a brand that builds stability, trust, loyalty, and drives a premium price – remains consistent. which resulted in an increase in brand awareness of 72 percent between 2004 and 2010.

Brand 64

Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 64

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. billion in mining projects since 2010. Fostering innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

If you’re one of the many managers out there who must negotiate with companies in China — the world’s largest emerging economy — you probably need to change your approach. Buying Smithfield allowed Shineway to sell pork in the Chinese market at a premium price. Technology. The acquisition was a huge success.

Company 8

Company Maturity Globalization Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2011

All economists recognize that competitive analysis is all about customers; if firms exercise market power, customers suffer through higher prices and foreclosed entry of new competitors. To answer the question of how prices would be affected, it needed only to look at existing markets where one player operated but not the other.

Wireless 13

Wireless Report Price Analysis 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

billion in 2010, predicting it would grow at 20% a year for a decade. Choose the right India country manager: The role of country manager for India can mean many things depending on the scope of operations and the structure of an organization. .’s branded generic-medicine unit in India for $3.7 David Mulford, U.S.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

The solution, we decided, was to acquire a local company that had already gained traction in the market and that could provide us with proven local management as well as help us with web search, which had become a priority after we bought U.S. We were optimistic about Yahoo’s future in China as the deal closed in January 2004.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. In 2010 it was $900 million — seventh place. W]e seek to find undervalued companies in the Graham & Dodd tradition, a methodology for valuing stocks that primarily looks for deeply depressed prices.” He’s been winning a lot of them lately.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8