Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

That choice cuts to the heart of Alibaba, according to Porter Erisman, who served as a vice president at the company from 2000 to 2008, and whose documentary on his time there debuted in 2012. Though Ma’s apartment no longer serves as a rite of passage for Alibaba’s innovators, the culture it created lives on.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Apple’s stated intention was to carry out this $130 billion distribution of corporate cash to Apple shareholders between August 2012 and December 2015. Since August 2012, Apple has been on a buyback binge, expending a total of $53 billion on stock repurchases through the third quarter of 2014, the last figures it has disclosed.

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Chart Your Course

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

How Employee Engagement Hits the Bottom Line Harvard Business Review, November 2012. NEWS, January 2012. The Power of Empowerment TED Magazine, December, 2012. Two Kansas City Star Reporters Told to Choose Who Gets Sacked NBCNews.com, December 2012. Your Company Needs a Purpose ERE.net, November 2012.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

By innovating, operating efficiently, and exploiting market niches, Zhang has confronted well-established manufacturers of the North on their own territory and used his success there as leverage to win in the global game. He went on a tear of expansion in Latin America, then in 2004 undertook a merger with Belgium-based Interbrew.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

I’ve been involved with turnarounds for years, including observing and writing about the Red Sox 2004 World Series win that reversed many decades of being almost-rans. With renewed solidarity and determination, the beard-wearing Sox went on to win the division, the playoffs, and the big prize. Their game is baseball, my game is change.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004. Fostering innovation. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation. Since its launch in 2012, Flyknit has reduced 3.5 billion in mining projects since 2010.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2017

How the most innovative providers are creating value. One example illustrates this well. Insight Center. The Leading Edge of Health Care. Sponsored by Optum. A significant body of evidence shows that at least 80% of what affects health outcomes is typically outside of the clinical realm.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

By innovating, operating efficiently, and exploiting market niches, Zhang has confronted well-established manufacturers of the North on their own territory and used his success there as leverage to win in the global game. He went on a tear of expansion in Latin America, then in 2004 undertook a merger with Belgium-based Interbrew.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The Xbox 360 had the advantage of beating the other two consoles to market by a year, while the Wii introduced a novel motion-sensing wireless controller that allowed for significant innovation in gameplay. Despite its impressive specs, the PS3 was widely viewed, according to the case, as too expensive.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

But just as the cell phone, originally designed as a mobile communication device, has been adapted to an unimagined array of additional functions, the EMR is serving as a platform for innovation and creativity. In 2004, large Seattle employers came to our medical center seeking more affordable health care. medical practices.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

What's the biggest impediment to innovation within an organization? As early as 2004, research from Elizabeth Wolf Morrison and Frances J. A recent survey by the Robert Half Group confirms that in 2012, the problem remains. A recent survey by the Robert Half Group confirms that in 2012, the problem remains.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

And they face an even greater challenge: maintaining flawless consistency, while simultaneously being innovative and cutting-edge. But while a dedicated lab expands a restaurant’s capacity for R&D, innovation more importantly has to be embedded in the DNA of the organization.

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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. In contrast, companies with a long-term orientation are rewarded with a lower cost of capital, which allows them to afford more innovation—a virtuous cycle.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

Our data shows that from 2004 to 2014, WPP made a staggering 271 acquisitions — which averages to more than one every two weeks — 60% more than the next busiest acquirer during that decade, Google (now Alphabet). In 2004 PCC was in a poor position. Axel Springer followed a similar path. Strength of productivity program.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Things finally got so bad that in 2004, Lego almost went bust. Lego’s customers were 91% male by 2012 , when the company released girl-targeting Lego Friends after “four years of research.” Invite some of these innovative female Lego-lovers onto your board or into your top team. Think outside last century’s box.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Though many would call that decade NASA’s golden age, we’d argue that NASA’s innovation and influence is even greater today. NASA has moved from being a hierarchical, closed system that develops its technologies internally, to an open network organization that embraces open innovation, agility, and collaboration.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

billion, which has experienced incredible growth, with the total number of users having practically doubled each year since 2012. HelloFresh has also had impressive growth rates, with revenues reaching about $300 million in 2015, a huge increase from its $3 million in 2012. A third example is Airbnb, now valued at $25.5

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Successful platforms engage in platform evangelism, providing developers with resources to innovate, feedback on design and performance, and rewards for participation. In 2004, the residual assets were sold off for a mere $7 million, a tiny fraction of the $500 million auto manufacturers had invested.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama developed and led a campaign for the presidency that not only achieved its main goal — sending Obama to the White House — but also set a new standard for innovation and execution. He did so, we believe, by mounting a campaign that fully leveraged the principles of conversation-based leadership.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 12, 2017

At the same time, a second wave of innovation for job sites was cropping up, marked by two major developments: the appearance of listings aggregators (Indeed and SimplyHired, both founded in 2004), and the founding of LinkedIn (in 2003). That brings us to the most recent years.

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