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. The Chinese are also becoming more aware of fashion.

Apparel 13

Apparel Franchising Retail Fashion 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2012

And under Ghosn's leadership , Renault-Nissan has proactively embraced frugal engineering and become one of the world's leading producers of both electric cars as well as low-cost vehicles — two of the fastest growing and most promising market segments in the global automotive sector. Ghosn recounts with humor how Dr. V. lakhs ($6,600).

CEO 15

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.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

If that were the case, you could pick and choose from the various reasons a tax-efficient locality that was an attractive place for senior executives to move their families to. HBR Press, April 2011), very few firms are truly global in the sense that their business isn't concentrated in any one spot.

Banking 12

Banking Hedge Globalization Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

And last year, he decided that the answer was to take the company private, to escape the hectoring of the public market. In 2004, Michael Dell left the company, replaced by Kevin Rollins, a former Bain consultant who joined the company in 1996. For more background on the potential deal, click here.) Dell returned as CEO in 2007.

Rivkin 15

Rivkin Succession Short-term Case Study 15

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 27, 2014

He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways. In 2011 it was $2 billion , good for third place. stock markets over Icahn’s career, it’s a simple factual assertion — the total return on the S&P 500 has substantially outstripped economic growth.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

On February 4th, 2004, Harvard undergraduate Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.” Some 650 people had already joined, and thus began the company’s wild ride toward becoming a social networking site with over a billion users, thousands of employees, and a market capitalization well north of $100 billion.

Engineering 12

Engineering Class Software Mentor 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

He is poised to become the leader in this segment of a multi-billion dollar market. 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.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. Rather, they trade in outstanding shares in the hope that their market price will increase.

Innovation 11

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 11

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

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 And I want my marketing guys fighting for new variants, new products.

Company 8

Company Hotels Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2015

corporations responded by bringing back $299 billion in profits in 2005, compared with an average of $62 billion from 2000 to 2004 and a subsequent decline to $102 billion in 2006. corporate executives have become addicted to buybacks. Since 2011, Read’s first full year as CEO, Pfizer has expended $44.2

Hedge 8

Hedge Proposal Pharmaceuticals Price 8