Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

Both CEOs initially failed to act — some years ago, during the 2005-2006 period. Both companies today face a wide variety of significant questions about civil legal liability, size of damages/penalties, criminal actions by government, other adverse governmental action (affecting fitness to operate) and governance failures.

CEO 9

CEO Committee Sharpe Report 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Seed investors are mostly operating as growth investors, expecting that the entrepreneur will somehow manage to bridge the gap and bring a concept to realization. AgilOne, a company that provides cloud-based predictive customer analytics, was founded by Omer Artun in 2006. The bar to raise seed funding is getting higher and higher.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Benchmarking 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Barbers, plumbers, real estate agents, and almost all trade personnel are required to meet established levels of trade skills and be licensed; none will have as bad an impact on a customer as a bad manager or supervisor will!

Leadership 419

Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

In the 1980s, I was part of the team that sold Sesame Street around the world — either licensed and broadcast in English or in locally adapted indigenous-language co-productions. I was curious to see how Sesame Workshop had continued to grow its operations over the years while remaining true to its mission to improve the lives of kids.

Globalization 8

Globalization Power Workshop Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Cameras take pictures of your license plate and automatically charge you for the toll. A 2006 pilot of the road charging system revealed that traffic was down by nearly 25% by the end of the trial, resulting in improved traffic flow across the city. Want to drive into Stockholm at rush hour ?

Gilbert 8

Gilbert System Price Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2014

The central battle pits Apple against everyone and everything involved with Android, Google’s open source operating system. While many cases have ended with settlements and elaborate cross-licensing deals, juries in other cases have awarded billions of dollars in damages. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.”.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Software Industry Construction 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

It began moving into adjacencies that were tightly linked to the core — Lego for girls, a new set of mini figure elements, licensing the brand for a Lego movie. Since Knudstorp took over, Lego’s revenues have increased by 400%, and its operating profit margin has increased from -21% to 34%. The results were amazing.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2011

The 2006 ruling of Judge Margaret McVeigh of the New Jersey Superior Court highlights the root of the problem with exclusivity in partnership contracts: Amazon.com did not want a ten year agreement. The courts did not take sides clearly in this dispute. So it has a place in partnership strategy. So it has a place in partnership strategy.

Management 11

Management Airlines How To Pharmaceuticals 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

It’s a membership organization created to serve more than 350 independently owned and operated stations, each with its own board of directors, objectives, agendas and strategies. So when I joined the company in December 2006, I decided to deliver a shock to the system. Also, PBS is the opposite of a top-down company.

Team 13

Team Metrics KPI Rogers 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Walmart is the country’s largest employer and largest company by revenue and it reached that position through an operating model made possible by proprietary logistics software. The business model was to write the software and then sell licenses to publishers. ” It didn’t turn out that way.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2018

This is part of the toolkit of maintaining their “license to operate.” From 2006 to 2016, the copper ore grade dropped 25% , but total production rose 30%. ” But the sustainability agenda in mining is broadening (as it is for all sectors).

Energy 8

Energy Trends Globalization Industry 8