Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Feinstein, Secrets of the Teenage Brain: Research-Based Strategies for Reaching and Teaching Today’s Adolescents, 2nd Ed. A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen (New York: Free Press, 2004) In case you're interested, I've found the last one the most informative and enjoyable. Copyright 2010. Coates, Ph.D.,

Porter 86

Porter Education Influence Development 86

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For a full copy of the 2010 study, click here. Bureau of Labor Statistics, February 2010 Report About Calvert Calvert has long been a leader in advocating for corporate diversity. The 2008 report found that while nine companies within the survey showed no public commitment to diversity, only 3 percent demonstrated diversity excellence.

Diversity 50

Diversity Newsletter Long-term Execution 50

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. My understanding comes not as a result of a carefully crafted social media strategy but as a result sitting back and simply watching what has happened. How did this come to be? Dave Gardner: Thanks, Rajesh.

Media 44

Media PR Company Blog 44

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. My understanding comes not as a result of a carefully crafted social media strategy but as a result sitting back and simply watching what has happened. How did this come to be? Dave Gardner: Thanks, Rajesh.

Media 36

Media PR Company Learning-by-Doing 36

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

I remember my first taste of social networking — a 2004 invitation to join Friendster. One 2010 study showed Americans spend dramatically more time than the Swiss — two extra hours per day — on social media sites). Fast forward to the spring of 2006, when I was teaching a course at Emerson College.

Word of Mouth Marketing 15

Word of Mouth Marketing Media Brand Resistance 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

Incomes are rising quickly in the world's most populous country: The percentage of the Chinese population earning between 10,000 and 24,000 renminbi a year (between US $1,200 and $3,500, in terms of 2010 exchange rates) rose from 11% in 2004 to 58% in 2010. To overcome this hurdle, some companies have adopted a hybrid strategy.

Apparel 13

Apparel Franchising Retail Fashion 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

Yahoo’s forays into China started with a build strategy, which later became a buy strategy and ultimately morphed into a partnership strategy. The idea was simple: Combine the best of both companies into the new Yahoo China, which was projected to generate more than $25 million in revenue in 2004. Build, Buy, Partner.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Fostering innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

We became involved with the company, which produces inventory software, in 2004 when one of us (David) was sent by the prior majority investor to shut the fledgling company down. After several years of solid operations, in January of 2010 we decided to put together pairs of people for all management jobs.

Team 15

Team Leadership COO Software 15

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. By 2010, the EBITDA of the combined company AB InBev had risen to 38%. They ensure that strategy doesn't end at the boardroom, but is embedded in the daily actions of each employee.

EBITDA 10

EBITDA Globalization Depreciation Open-book 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2011

By the time their success was worth noticing, in 2004, HP and Dell decided to dabble in devices. In 2010 the game was over. All failures of strategy are rooted in the assumption that outcomes are predictable. Companies like HTC, Apple and RIM were embryonic in their device businesses vs. Goliaths like Microsoft, HP and Dell.

Software 9

Software Maturity Resistance Business Model 9

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 14

Long-term Short-term Globalization Reputation 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

While former management consultants are not frequently chosen as CEOs — our research noted 28 former management consultants with five-plus years of consulting experience out of a total of 541 CEO transitions between 2004 and 2010 — the evidence we’ve uncovered here would suggest that, as a class, they are fully worthy of consideration.

Consultative 9

Consultative CEO Management Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

This disease is poorly understood and very few people take measures to prevent it, though CKD is preventable and its progression can be slowed by simple strategies and lifestyle changes. In 2010, provision for bundled care was included both in the Patient protection and Affordable Care Act and in the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Incentives Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

In 2010 it was $900 million — seventh place. 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. Those decades also appear to have taught him that it’s okay to follow an investing strategy so simple that it invites mockery.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

billion in 2010, predicting it would grow at 20% a year for a decade. Ambassador to India from 2004 to 2009, was more successful in part because his long tenure enabled him to gain trust, respect and apply his learning effectively. Earlier, GE found that it could not make a go in the appliance business in India. David Mulford, U.S.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2017

Passage of the Affordable Care Act, in 2010, signaled the advent of VBC and an emphasis on population care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Transportation Cost System 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Few growth strategies match the economics of category creation. Our analysis showed the top 20 firms in Fortune 's 2010 list of fastest-growing companies received $3.40 coffee sector revenue grew from $28 billion in the late 1990s to $47 billion in 2010. in incremental market capitalization for every $1.00 of revenue growth.

B2C 13

B2C Strategy B2B Waterman 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

This is one of the findings from a recently completed study based on publicly available information on the world’s 2,393 largest corporations for the time period 2010–2014. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Several companies we studied show the value of programmatic M&A strategies. Insight Center.

CAGR 8

CAGR Due Diligence Industry Bottom-up 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.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Survey Case Study Positioning 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

It’s unreasonable to expect the architects of the strategies and practices that led to your downfall to see the error of their ways, or the right path forward. By 2010 the company had become the best-performing stock in the S&P 500, worth $30 per share and earning investors a return of 29 times. By 1993 the company had $1.3

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2013

In the 2004 sample, roughly 20% of the firms came from emerging markets. By 2010, the typical S&P company was 16 or 17 years old. Competition Economy Strategy' In that same study, there is also striking evidence of the rise of global competition. In 1960, a typical S&P company had been around for 60+ years.

Company 8

Company Sample Competitive Advantage Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

There is a third element that was missing entirely at GM: strategy. When Bob came on board in 2001, he inherited a mainly crummy set of 2001-2004 car launches. A strategy guy would look at the situation a bit differently: no, a lot differently. The success formula is part car guy, part bean counter, and part strategist.

Company 13

Company Franchising Fixed Costs Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2016

The term was coined by the late Harvard Business School marketing professor, Theodore Levitt, in a 1960 article by the same name (republished in 2004). In 2010, Craig Smith at INSEAD, Minette Drumwright at UT Austin, and Mary Gentile at Babson, published a paper called “ The New Marketing Myopia.”

Levitt 8

Levitt Marketing Transportation Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. ” It explains why firms that have anchored their strategies to content have ceded digital leadership to those that have focused on connections. These strategies draw in consumers who are right for your brand. Essential Background. How Focusing on Content Leads the Media Astray.

Media 12

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 12