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

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 11

Engineering Class Software Mentor 11

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.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

As someone who helps businesses conduct “war games” to inform their strategy-making, I suppose I see these moments more than most people; the whole point of these exercises is to devise new marketplace forays and anticipate competitive responses. I see it as a quietly effective strategy that has been rolling along, largely under the radar.

B2B 8

B2B B2C Education Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

But first mover advantage is a simplistic tenet of global strategy. 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. also in 2001 ) and India ( Bazee in 2004 ). In some cases this is true.

Globalization 8

Globalization First-mover Advantage Retail Business Model 8

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. Founded in the 1930s, Lego developed a repeatable model that allowed it to grow for decades. Instead, you need to find leaders and employees with a rebellious spirit.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

He charged developers for toolkits – inhibiting the very software producers he should have wanted on Apple’s platform. Apple has since figured out this balance, of course, by opening the iOS platforms to app developers. Failure to engage developers. The Platform Economy. Sponsored by Accenture.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 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. Lafley and not Steve Jobs on my list.

Innovation 14

Innovation Ries Mauborgne Open-book 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Collins worked primarily on IT related work, such as systems integration and software development. Collins’ new capability, matured and developed by a dominant major customer, is now a competitive and profitable business area for the company.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

In 2004 one in 5 practicing physicians used an electronic health record (EHR) in the U.S. Indeed, the profusion of new treatments may present a serious challenge to the current payer strategy of negotiating favorable pricing with drug and device companies. Today nearly nine in 10 physicians regularly employ EHRs.

Health Care 9

Health Care Trends Venture Funding Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Seize control of your strategy and budget processes, which too often are designed to ensure every bureaucrat holds on to last year’s resources, and demand a real discussion of where you must redeploy resources. Few business leaders have developed this attention to the front line as effectively as M.S.

Company 8

Company Hotels Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

I interviewed more than 50 executives and mid-level managers who had worked for HP in the 2004-2007 timeframe, many of whom reported to Fiorina and subsequently worked with her successor, Mark Hurd. She never took the time to develop rapport with individual employees, and therefore never got buy-in or support for her initiatives.

CEO 8

CEO Charisma COO Execution 8