First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 12, 2011

The Best Business Books Ever: The Most Influential Management Books You’ll Never Have Time to Read Basic Books (2011) Note: This review is of a book published earlier this year. It is a sequel to one published in 2003. What we have here is a series of brief discussions “the most influential management books you’ll [.].

Books 85

Books Review Management Ansoff 85

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

In 2004, the Calvert Women’s Principles ® became the first global code of corporate conduct focused exclusively on empowering, advancing and investing in women. For a full copy of the 2010 study, click here. Source U.S.

Diversity 50

Diversity Newsletter Long-term Execution 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Between 2004 and 2011, only 1.4% Despite growing personal wealth and a taste among the rich for expensive cars, jewelery and art, the penetration of property insurance in China remains very low. of property losses due to natural catastrophe were insured, according to Lloyds.

Strategy 8

Strategy Insurance Transportation GDP 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In 2004, there was a severe earthquake and subsequent tsunami that resulted in profound effects to several Asian countries, including India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand and Indonesia. as well as the Tohoku earthquake in Japan in 2011. These were followed by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the U.S.

Supply Chain 114

Supply Chain Compliance Fashion Efficiency 114

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

When I logged into the site for the first time in the spring of 2004, I was prepared to hate the service. According to ComScore, at the end of 2011 Facebook accounted for a shocking 28% of U.S. When Google IPO'd in 2004, the company's advertising business had tailwinds; internet penetration was only at around 68% in the U.S.

IPO 12

IPO Advertising IRR Venture Funding 12

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

APRIL 19, 2016

That’s nearly double the rate from 2004 to 2007. That’s because the CEO Success study found that female chief executives are hired from outside the company more often than male CEOs are — 32% of outgoing and incoming CEOs from 2004 to 2015 were women, versus 23% were men. one of the authors of the study.

CEO 8

CEO Company Telecommunications Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

While the Troika has refused to budge on the austerity agenda, Greece’s GDP has shrunk every year since 2008, with the biggest contraction being 9% in 2011. Local companies would be able to focus on globalization strategies and exports in order to capitalize on cheaper currencies. Worse could happen in Greece.

GDP 8

GDP Tourism Real Estate Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

This simple strategy proved wildly successful. In 2004, Michael Dell left the company, replaced by Kevin Rollins, a former Bain consultant who joined the company in 1996. In a 2011 paper , researchers from HBS, Columbia, and the University of Chicago looked at the success of 472 tech buyouts based on a novel measure: patents.

Rivkin 15

Rivkin Succession Short-term Case Study 15

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. Between 2005 and 2011, there were three CEOs who were fired (including Fiorina and Hurd) before Meg Whitman became CEO in 2011.

CEO 8

CEO Charisma COO Execution 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. When Knudstorp took over as CEO in 2004, he quickly settled on a course of action: return the company to its core. By 1993 the company had $1.3 billion in revenue.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

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 9

Chief Financial Officer Learning-by-Doing Operations IPO 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

She has learned to perform amid chaos through past postings: the former Soviet republic of Georgia during the 2008 Russian invasion, Cairo during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, and Indonesia at the time of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. These UN agencies are hotbeds of activity, with dozens of initiatives in various stages of progress.

Stress 13

Stress Learning-by-Doing Report Project 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

Michael Mauboussin doesn't write about innovation, but his clear writing that blends finance, strategy, and psychology puts him on my list. I first met Dediu when we did an engagement with Nokia back in 2004. His 2011 book, The Lean Startup , is a must read. Some readers have asked why I put A.G. Horace Dediu. Peter Sims.

Innovation 15

Innovation Ries Mauborgne Open-book 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

In 2011, for the third year in a row, the Euromonitor International market research firm ranked Haier as the top appliance brand in the world, calculated its retail volume share as 7.8 He went on a tear of expansion in Latin America, then in 2004 undertook a merger with Belgium-based Interbrew.

Globalization 15

Globalization Chief Financial Officer Class Operations 15

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 12

Company Franchising Fixed Costs Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Of course, a track record of recent success, including two World Series titles (the one in 2004 ending a famous 86-year drought) and six trips to the playoffs in nine years hasn't hurt. In dozens of little ways the owners have found ways to squeeze more growth out of the stadium. The ownership has introduced other business model innovations.

Business Model 11

Business Model Innovation Maturity Franchising 11

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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

We’ve seen powerful social epidemics erupt in the Arab Spring , the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine and the 2004 Orange Revolution that preceded it. Peretti went on to co-found Huffington Post, which was sold to AOL for $315 million in 2011. But there is another reason to doubt the idea of influentials: recent events and common sense.

Influence 9

Influence Marketing Katz Media 9

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

MARCH 31, 2016

In 2004, the residual assets were sold off for a mere $7 million, a tiny fraction of the $500 million auto manufacturers had invested. Google tried its preferred strategy of focusing first on the consumer side of the market, an approach that worked beautifully for search, email, and maps.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 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 8

Health Care Trends Venture Funding Technology 8

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 27, 2014

In 2011 it was $2 billion , good for third 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

MARCH 22, 2013

In 2011, for the third year in a row, the Euromonitor International market research firm ranked Haier as the top appliance brand in the world, calculated its retail volume share as 7.8 He went on a tear of expansion in Latin America, then in 2004 undertook a merger with Belgium-based Interbrew.

Globalization 8

Globalization Chief Financial Officer Class Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

These were all tangible goals that they could build a strategy around. In Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution, the incoming team was unable to create a unified, effective government, and soon the country devolved into chaos once again. Gandhi wanted independence from the British. The color revolutions wanted a change in leadership.

Succession 8

Succession Tactics Power Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

But first mover advantage is a simplistic tenet of global strategy. Ozon raised $100 million in 2011 from a consortium of investors, including the Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten , to continue to build out infrastructure and expand into new categories. 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

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. In 2011, TPG sold it to Diageo, for about $2.1 Two years later, they sold it to TPG, for about $810 million.

Company 8

Company Hotels Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

In 2011, Havens’ collaboration with IBM procurement paid off, winning Havens four significant projects. In 2004, when ZeroChaos , a provider of contingent workforce solutions, began courting IBM as a customer, IBM was concerned with losing the war for engineering talent to new startups such as Yahoo and Google.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 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. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Survey Case Study Positioning 50