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. Yet engineers and scientists love challenges.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In hindsight, this thinking turned out to be far less important than what we learned about leadership, control, and trust, which ultimately were reflected in how each of the businesses was created, capitalized, and staffed. We were optimistic about Yahoo’s future in China as the deal closed in January 2004.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. Clearly, something else, beyond the disruptive technology itself, is behind the demise of companies like Kodak.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

But in an age when Google and Facebook — founded in 1998 and 2004, respectively — are two of the biggest companies in the world, those days are over. To help bring cool new technology to the world? You also need to get to know the leadership, adds Gulati. “Startups are cauldrons of energy, stress, and joy.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

In their book, The 2020 Workplace , Meister and Willyerd talk about reverse mentoring in which a more junior person advises a senior person on things like new technology. Even the promise of future help, if and when it's needed, can be enough to convince a mentor to give up his time and energy. This does not have to be a direct barter.

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