Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2012

Rather, Western firms need to make simplicity a key tenet of their innovation process by developing "good enough" offerings that deliver significant value for money to cost-conscious consumers. For example, in 2004, Renault launched Logan, a small, no-frills family car. lakhs ($6,600).

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CEO Innovation Constraint Engineering 15

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.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

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.

Engineering 12

Engineering Class Software Mentor 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. 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.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

But the Strava case is prescient as we continue to develop digital technologies that influence the emotions and impulses that make us so darned human. Andy O''Connell 38 Slides’ Worth What I Wish I Knew Before Pitching LinkedIn to VCs Reid Hoffman The year is 2004. So Sorry Want People to Trust You? Just asking.) Technology'

Film 8

Film Technology Entrepreneur Wilde 8

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 13

Company Politics Policies Proposal 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Compliance is crucial for pharmaceutical makers such as Abbott and Amgen – a “ Form 483 ” warning from an FDA inspector can shut down a drug facility in an instant and even land top executives in jail. Collins worked primarily on IT related work, such as systems integration and software development.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

After a few weeks of watching no click throughs, Kaufer executed his second pivot: a cost per click model (now known as CPC). 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.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Few business leaders have developed this attention to the front line as effectively as M.S. Check your last executive committee meeting agenda. Once a government monopoly, the company was privatized, in 2004, and bought by a set of construction entrepreneurs, for $292 million. In 2011, TPG sold it to Diageo, for about $2.1

Company 8

Company Hotels Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

It’s difficult to know what’s fact and what’s fiction — and what the most important takeaways are from her time as a senior business executive. She was weak in execution and implementation, a problem that would dog her tenure at HP. Hurd also connected with executives and managers in ways she did not.

CEO 8

CEO Charisma COO Execution 8