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How a Turkish Bank Became the Employer of Choice

Harvard Business Review

August 2011 HBR. In the next few years, in the wake of a restructuring of Turkish monetary policy, the sector revived. By 2005, Garanti began to open branches and grow rapidly. This is a commentary on " The Paradox of Samsung's Rise ," an article by Tarun Khanna, Jaeyong Song, and Kyungmook Lee in the July?August

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Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, and Apple's Innovation Premium

Harvard Business Review

When Jobs returned in 1998 he restructured his team with senior managers who possessed a rich mix of strong discovery- and delivery-driven skills, and as a result the company churned out hit after hit, from the iMac and iTunes to the iPad, iPhone, and iPad. Can he do it? History suggests Cook's task will be difficult, but not impossible.

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Innovative Companies Demand Innovative Leaders

Harvard Business Review

When Jobs returned and restructured his senior management team with more discovery-driven capacity, Apple's innovation engine ignited again. It took a few years to get things back on track, but from 2005–2009 Apple's innovation premium jumped to 52%.

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Innovating Around a Bureaucracy

Harvard Business Review

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. The Business Transformation Agency was populated by people brought in from the commercial sector.

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Private Equity Can Make Firms More Innovative

Harvard Business Review

Their sample included 35,081 firms and 407 buyouts that took place between 1998 and 2005. This is consistent with a 2011 article in the Journal of Finance, which also found that “patents of private equity-backed firms applied for in the years after the investment are more frequently cited.”

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How to Know If a Spin-Off Will Succeed

Harvard Business Review

In parallel, it reduced its fixed costs by restructuring its industrial footprint and overhead structure; increasing sales, marketing, and R&D expenditures in targeted areas; and dramatically reducing working capital. Does the business have an adequate financial structure?

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Before joining MassMutual in 2005, Mark served as general counsel and secretary to the following three public companies prior to their sale/mergers: Fisher Scientific International Inc., Other Self-Starters became Criticizers when their leaders acted inconsistently with their articulated vision, values, and goals.