Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. 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 21, 2016

Hoping to alleviate their concerns, this article also provides concrete examples of how sustainability benefits the bottom line. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. ” Improving risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

On February 4th, 2004, Harvard undergraduate Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.” As Cox explained to Huggy and me in 2011, the company had figured out it needed to add an engineer for every 500,000 new users, so the pressure to make hires was relentless. Today is Facebook’s 10 th anniversary. Now bend it.”

Engineering 11

Engineering Class Software Mentor 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

With limited purchasing power, low credit card usage, and poor delivery networks, it''s clear that the approach for e-commerce in developing markets has to be different than in the U.S. A hybrid approach has to be developed — one that takes good elements from the U.S. also in 2001 ) and India ( Bazee in 2004 ).

Globalization 8

Globalization First-mover Advantage Retail Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

A food company, for example, outfits vehicles with entire kitchens to demonstrate the most effective and creative ways to use its specialty food ingredients in food service operations. The Tyco vans, for example, also feature building management products from other companies to show how the cameras and so forth connect seamlessly with them.

B2B 8

B2B B2C Education Travel 8

Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

I can say this with confidence, because my decision to jump into Social Media headfirst back in 2005 has played an important role in my personal development as a leader -nearly as important as the direct leadership experience itself. A great example is Tom Peters. Here are 9 ways Social Media has helped me, and can help you too: 1.

Media 306

Media Blog Learning-by-Doing Influence 306

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

Shareholder proposals have rightly played an important role in prodding companies both to adopt governance measures and to disclose campaign spending, often following a model developed by the Center for Political Accountability.

Company 12

Company Politics Policies Proposal 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Leaders who succeed at the job usually do so by combing through the company in search of noncore assets to shed, businesses to sell, activities to stop, functions to eliminate, and product lines to simplify, as Steve Jobs did when he took back the reins at Apple in 1997, and as Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, the CEO of Lego, did in 2004.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

For example, I'm sure that most innovation practitioners wouldn't put baseball researcher Bill James on their list, but his mission to find patterns, develop theories, and overturn orthodoxy has greatly influenced my own thinking. I first met Dediu when we did an engagement with Nokia back in 2004. Horace Dediu. Peter Sims.

Innovation 14

Innovation Ries Mauborgne Open-book 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

For example, at The Fat Duck in the UK (which has had three Michelin stars since 2004, except in 2016 when it closed for refurbishment, and where I worked on the innovation side), cooking temperatures are systematically controlled to 0.1°C, Let’s consider an example.

Innovation 8

Innovation Project Creativity Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Platform businesses bring together producers and users in efficient exchanges of value – Uber, for example, connects drivers and passengers just as YouTube connects videographers and viewers. He charged developers for toolkits – inhibiting the very software producers he should have wanted on Apple’s platform.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

The company agreed to be acquired by Expedia/IAC in 2004 for $210 million in cash , a huge win for all, particularly given their amazing capital efficiency: they had only raised $4 million in venture capital. For example, one of the company's divisions, FlipKey, is hiring engineers, just like other divisions within the company.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Snapchat, an idea conceived in 2011, is now valued around $16 billion, with more than 100 million active users who send an average of over 400 million snaps per day. A third example is Airbnb, now valued at $25.5 Unicorns are: Small in size. Until 2014, Uber had fewer than 500 employees; today their headcount is around 3,000 people.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Few business leaders have developed this attention to the front line as effectively as M.S. ” One example, related to us by Vikram Oberoi, a grandson of M.S. Once a government monopoly, the company was privatized, in 2004, and bought by a set of construction entrepreneurs, for $292 million.

Company 8

Company Hotels Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

In 2004 one in 5 practicing physicians used an electronic health record (EHR) in the U.S. In 2011 81 digital health startups received venture funding; with consistent year-over-year increases, 296 startups were venture backed in 2016. Today nearly nine in 10 physicians regularly employ EHRs.

Health Care 9

Health Care Trends Venture Funding Technology 9