N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. A 2012 Custom Insight survey revealed that 49% of workers cited problems with their direct supervisor as their reason for disengagement. A 2001 study by the Hay Group indicated a 2.5x

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 322

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. 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.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

This news followed the bankruptcy in March of Wuxi Suntech , the main operating subsidiary of the world''s largest maker of solar panels, after it defaulted on a $541 million bond payment. In 2012, China''s top six solar companies had debt ratios of over 80%. In parallel, from 2004 to 2011, U.S. exports increased by only 11%.

Bond 8

Bond Price Industry Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

In 2012 it was $1.9 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. Apple Finance Skill vs. luck' Icahn won that playground tussle. He’s been winning a lot of them lately. He reportedly took home compensation of $1.7

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Quarterly profits have only increased 5% since 2012 , but investors’ valuations of those profits (as measured by earnings per share) has increased 59% over the same period. From 1970 to 2004, the percentage of CEOs hired from outside the firm increased from 12% to 39%. What’s behind the disconnect?

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Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Studying these successes and failures, we’ve identified half a dozen key reasons platforms fail, all of which boil down to managers’ misunderstanding of how platforms operate and compete. In 2004, the residual assets were sold off for a mere $7 million, a tiny fraction of the $500 million auto manufacturers had invested.

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. The chart below shows their financial performance over the last few years, with forecasted 2012 revenue of $767M and EBITDA of $339M.

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EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 8