Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

The rate of business formation in 2011 was almost half of what it was in 1978, with the rate of dissolution somewhat higher than the past couple decades. This paper by the Richmond Fed shows how from 1960 to 2005, the U.S. Much of this is driven by the needs of the financial sector, which itself has consolidated massively.

Pharmaceuticals 11

Pharmaceuticals Banking Chemicals Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2011

During our study we learned that a leader's everyday actions are one of the most powerful signals to their team and organization that innovation truly matters. In stark contrast, the executive team at Xerox lacked the discovery skills necessary to exploit technologies developed in their own company. Jobs agreed with Tesler.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Disruptive Innovation Restructuring 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The announcement late last week of Comcast’s $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable set off a predictable frenzy of hyperventilating by much of the technology media and self-appointed consumer advocacy groups. Cable is just a technology, increasingly one of many, for transmitting information, whether video, voice or data.

Technology 8

Technology Content Information Technology Franchising 8

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Leaders used to have all the power in these hierarchical relationships, but this is no longer the reality facing many organizations. It may well be that some Self-Starters lack the equipment, technology, or funding needed to perform well and have simply given up. Storage Technology Corporation (“StorageTek”) and U S WEST Inc.

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability. She published her first book, Spark: How Creativity Works in 2011 and now hosts her own podcast, Pursuit of Spark! Susan Cain: The power of introverts. Too many business leaders fail to understand the profound power that a culture of design can instill in an organization.

Godin 8

Godin Open-book Mass Marketing Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The Power of Scale. To get a sense of the power of patient-reported outcomes data that’s collected on a large scale, consider the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial ( SPORT ). ” Furthermore, current systems do not compare treatments or providers in a head-to-head fashion.

Health Care 8

Health Care Report Sports Insurance 8

Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 1, 2010

Finally, the top leaders need to apply the most powerful multipliers of them all. I’d multiply your equation by 1/(11-Sy), where Sy equals the effectiveness of your systems (organizational structure, technology, process controls, etc.), “Vi&# is Vision. What’s the overarching goal? ranked on a 1-10 scale.

Blog 246

Blog Metrics Learning-by-Doing Handbook 246

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. By definition, an insurgency consists of a small and less-powerful force seeking to overturn the leadership of a much larger and more powerful institution.

Brand 15

Brand PR Strategy Politics 15

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.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

For a long time, the Silicon Valley funding model has been hailed as a powerful alternative to the stifling way corporate America works. 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.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

It''s a bubble when the price you pay for share of stock cannot conceivably be recouped from the earnings of the company (this was Cisco in 2000 ) or the price you pay for house cannot conceivably be recouped from rental earnings (this was Phoenix in 2005 ). Still, gold has held onto its purchasing power over time.

Price 9

Price Constraint Real Estate GDP 9

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

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

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Today, there’s an investment seemingly every week; venture-capital investment in the tech sector increased from less than $30 million in 2011 to more than $1 billion in 2013. Wide use of soft power to address hidden barriers to entrepreneurialism. And we counted 10 local exits in 2014. A hospitable environment.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

Nike did this successfully for its own target demographic in its 2005 print campaign that empowered women who workout to celebrate their natural curves by reclaiming and redefining phrases like "thunder thighs.". Tide found these voices and their 2013 "The Princess Dress" commercial aired to rave reviews.

Market Segmentation 8

Market Segmentation Advertising Marketing Bond 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

As most of us know by now, we have an increasingly internet-powered economy. A 2011 McKinsey study estimated that the internet accounted for 21% of GDP growth over the previous five years among the developed countries studied, a sharp increase over the 10% contribution over the 15 years prior. since 2005 are due to this phenomenon.

Politics 9

Politics McKinsey Katz Technology 9