Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2011

Dozens of senior executives at large organizations revealed to us in interviews that in most cases they did not feel personally responsible for coming up with innovations. But in the world's most innovative companies, senior executives like Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Marc Benioff (salesforce.com), and A.G. Jobs agreed with Tesler.

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Innovation Company Disruptive Innovation Restructuring 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2011

It took a few years to get things back on track, but from 2005-2010 Apple's innovation premium jumped to 52%. With Jobs unexpected exit in 2011, Cook's key task is to not only keep Apple humming but to deliver something surprising. Can he do it? History suggests Cook's task will be difficult, but not impossible.

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Innovation Disruptive Innovation Restructuring Technology 13

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. It’s that time of year again: time for business owners and senior executives to take stock of the past twelve months. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

Or did they get it and just fail to execute? I looked at quarterly earnings call transcripts for Yahoo and two of its competitors from late 2005 to the first quarter of 2016 and counted mentions of “mobile,” “phone,” or “smartphone.” In 2011 we were playing a bit of catch-up compared to the market.

CEO 8

CEO Content Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

There’s Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford commencement speaker and technology icon. In a darker vein, there are the tobacco industry executives, testifying under oath in front of Congress that they had no idea cigarettes had adverse health effects.

Morale 8

Morale Ethics Case Study CEO 8

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

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. Not surprisingly, this didn’t sit well with the local team.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

For example, In August 2011, consumers in Mexico's fifth largest urban area, Toluca, were offered a new product, PureIt , a home water purifier that enabled them to not have to lug 40-pound garrafones (bottles) of drinking water to their homes from the grocery store.

Marketing 11

Marketing Company Six Sigma Engineering 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Consider the story of the Business Transformation Agency of the Department of Defense, which was founded in 2005 under Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, and "disestablished" in 2011 by Defense Secretary Gates. IT also upgraded old technology and processes, achieving significant improvements in service and compliance.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

How Dell went from dorm room startup in 1984, to the world''s largest PC maker in 2005, and then saw its stock plummet precipitously the next year, is the subject of a lengthy Harvard Business School case study by HBS professor Jan Rivkin. A Short History of Dell. The Case of IBM. Yet the improved financial position came at a cost.

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Rivkin Succession Short-term Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In 2008, Dr Reddy's acquired Chirotech, Dow Chemical's R&D unit, for $32 million, and in April 2011 relocated it to a new 33,000 sq. TMETC, which was established in 2005, got a big talent boost when Tata Motors acquired Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008. Cambridge, U.K. facility in Cambridge Science Park.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Terry Starbucker

APRIL 18, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Square Pegs, Round Holes, and the Peter Principle by Starbucker on April 18, 2010 In 1987, during my first few months as a fledgling executive, my new boss asked (no, ordered) me to read the book “ The Peter Principle ”, by Laurence J.

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Open-book Blog Core Competence Books 222

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

Regulators would now decide how spectrum would be used, what technologies were permissible, and approve — or reject — the wireless services, networks, applications, and business models that might be introduced. That might seem like a good thing — using new technology to engage the public in ideological debate.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

But thanks to social and mobile technologies, consumers are now "hyper-connected and super-empowered," to use Thomas Friedman's memorable phrase. The result is a fundamental change that has put executive teams and board directors on high alert. We don't usually think of consumers as a threat to our business.

Brand 15

Brand PR Strategy Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

Many are betting on the new generation of technology firms to unsettle the old guard. More than 40% of the unicorns that went public since 2011 saw their valuation stay flat or dropped. With the rise of the smartphone and mobile technology, QQ failed to capture new users.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Metrics 8

Great Results Team Building

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Organizations have become stretched through geographic and technological expansion. According to recent estimates from the Telework Research Network, telecommuting grew by over 70 percent between 2005 & 2011 - and based on existing trends, the number of virtual or telecommuting workers will expand to almost five million by 2016.

Tips 133

Tips Team Management Teamwork 133

Great Results Team Building

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Organizations have become stretched through geographic and technological expansion. According to recent estimates from the Telework Research Network, telecommuting grew by over 70 percent between 2005 & 2011 - and based on existing trends, the number of virtual or telecommuting workers will expand to almost five million by 2016.

Tips 145

Tips Team Management Teamwork 145