Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

Way back in the first decade of the new millennium, when Craigslist seemed like the biggest threat facing newspapers, founder Craig Newmark paid visits to lots of media companies and media conferences. But The Washington Post , which billionaire Jeff Bezos agreed to buy yesterday , had been losing money since 2008. Scripps 6.9%

Advertising 8

Advertising Media Christensen Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

Larry Lessig’s excellent 2008 book explains how this cultural remix creates new art. Other major industries, like computers, media, autos, chemicals, oil, and financial services are not far behind. It is not surprising, then, that Google searches for business news using the term “mergers” peaked in 2008.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Trends Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

We stand today on July 27, one year away from the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Even the notoriously cynical British media remain supportive. For the 2008 Games, China built a spectacle of unmatchable scale , with a budget of some $80 billion. Britain is well ahead of schedule. Contingency budgets are $1.4

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Tourism Banking Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

In the aftermath of the US financial crisis in 2008, companies from North America and Europe rushed into China, seeking to grow both sales and profits. China is changing more rapidly than ever, but has your China strategy adapted yet?

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Retail Chemicals Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

In fact, since we began our outreach and monitoring, we have seen a fourfold increase in employer-to-employee political communications, from 5% of the private workforce hearing from their employer about politics in 2000 to over 20% in 2008. In the 2011-2012 Market Research Report for BIPAC , performed by Moore Information, Inc.,

Politics 8

Politics Policies Information Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2015

Since the financial crisis of 2008, a major question has been how banks can restore the trust of their clients. For example, JP Morgan has hired an additional 13,000 people in the area of compliance since 2012. To address this concern, banks have been hiring an increasing number of compliance officers.

Banking 8

Banking Compliance Officer Compliance Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

trillion over the 2012-22 period. These are all leading members of a rising digital media elite, closely connected via social media, who are pretty sure their peers and readers would never let them get away with nonsense like that. Which is where my thought leader idea comes in.

Insurance 12

Insurance Health Care Ryan Storytelling 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

But the pervasive influence of social media on the work world demands change in the way employers motivate and communicate with talent. One measure of the program's success: In the 2012 employee survey, 58% of Lincoln employees said they were "highly engaged" — a score well above the financial services benchmark of 35%.

Marketing 8

Marketing Brand Benchmarking Marketing Strategy 8

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 26, 2012

(First published in Forbes.com, April 20, 2012) Two years have now passed since the explosion at BP ’s deep-water rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The available avenues are advertising, the press, and social media. The ”Health safety environment” theme contains zero releases since 2008.

Press Release 131

Press Release Reputation Tourism Advertising 131

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2012

"A general who fears to unsheathe his sword is not a good general," says Mr. Li Jiaxiang , Chairman of Air China from 2004 to 2008 and the #1 performing corporate leader in China according to our new ranking (just published in the Harvard Business Review China and the centerpiece for the magazine's launch events in Beijing and Shanghai).

Long-term 13

Long-term Short-term Globalization Reputation 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

Indeed, a 2012 Royal Society report emphasized that these “enhancements,” along with other technologies for self-enhancement, are likely to have far-reaching implications for the business world. ” Back in 2008 the narcolepsy medication Modafinil was labeled the “entrepreneur’s drug of choice” by TechCrunch.

Ethics 14

Ethics Stress Policies Morale 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

For example, the Chinese do not trust local milk brands due to the notorious milk contamination incident in 2008. In 2012, Chinese took 83M foreign trips, up by 18.4% These experiences, along with technology development and social media channels, have helped Chinese consumers become more informed and sophisticated.

Price 8

Price Brand Globalization Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

While articles in the media have focused on the impossibility of getting by on such low wages, little attention has been paid to the company’s enormous appetite for stock buybacks. million in 2012, with the proportion of these totals derived from gains from stock-based compensation ranging from 37% in 2006 to 77% in 2010.

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

The recent disclosure of a multi-billion dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase reminds us again of the challenge and complexity of risk management, the subject of our June 2012 HBR article, "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Many people, including quite a few U.S. Can we continue to rely on firms to manage such risks by themselves?

Risk Management 9

Risk Management CIO Management Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Then Josep “Pep” Guardiola-i-Sala, the former Spanish footballer who is currently the manager of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, further evolved the idea when he was the coach at Barcelona FC between 2008 and 2012.

Cooper 15

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Then Josep “Pep” Guardiola-i-Sala, the former Spanish footballer who is currently the manager of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, further evolved the idea when he was the coach at Barcelona FC between 2008 and 2012.

Cooper 8

Cooper Objective Incentives Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2012

Everyone and everything is connected or soon will be by social media, on mobile platforms, and in the cloud. But no less planned or executed than another viral blockbuster — the OMGPOP team's March 2012 breakout of Draw Something , a Pictionary-like game. Achieving those effects is no accident. The Invisible Children, Inc.

Team 12

Team Self-aware Media Download 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Like YouTube in 2006 and Facebook in 2008 , 2012 will go down as the year that online polling joined telephone polling as part of our electoral process. That's what we've seen from companies who have built stronger brands and customer relationships through social media, and it's what we saw in the adoption of online polling.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Bottom-up Media Survey 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

These tax rates will remain in effect through 2012. Extends the repeal of phase-outs of personal deductions and limits on itemized deductions for higher income taxpayers through 2012. Extends certain middle class incentives and credits such as the Earned Income Credit and Coverdell Education Savings credit.

Press Release 178

Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

Paul and Michael started GiveDirectly in 2008 while pursuing advanced degrees in economics at Harvard. In December 2012, we provided GiveDirectly with $2.4 Creating Social Change With Social Media. We were looking for scalable, disruptive ideas but weren't convinced this particular leap would be successful.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Technology Globalization Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

We had an initial public summit to which we invited industry heads and the media. This is an excerpt from How I Did It: The CEO of Anglo American on Getting Serious About Safety from the June 2012 issue of Harvard Business Review. Our initiative became known as the Tripartite Alliance. Our work has made a huge difference.

Operations 8

Operations Industry CEO Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2013

Men saw a decline in median years on the job in the 1980s and 1990s, in keeping with media narratives of declining job security and rising entrepreneurialism. job market has taken since 2008, this is understandable. in 2012 ) than for workers in general. Given the beating the U.S. So what''s up? I''ve got two hypotheses.

Organization 8

Organization Trends Long-term Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

by 80% between 2005 and 2012. Researchers at a social media company recently tracked the habits of their most productive employees. After 10 years in the corporate world, she was laid off from a six-figure sales job in 2008, but “I had a baby at home, so I just sort of shifted my focus,” Heather says. How often is best?

Case Study 13

Case Study Motivation Productivity Products 13

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Of course, there are those who argue that thanks to social media and mobile technology, the Millennial generation is more at ease with transparency and open sharing than their previous generations. The values that drove why they did what they did, or which informed them of what mattered to them, though, remained the same. Badger J.M.,

P&L 264

P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 264

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The carnage of that decision was strewn across the media. Drew merged Checkdate Solutions with payroll industry leader Paycor, stepping away from the company in 2008 and serving on its board for eight years. Dan Cooper co-founded ej4, a video-based online training company, in 2003, and was its CEO until selling in 2012.

Groupthink 50

Groupthink Cooper Leadership Styles Servant Leader 50

Coaching Tip

JUNE 29, 2013

A 2008 Goldman Sachs GS -1.47% report defined this group as those with incomes between $6,000 and $30,000 a year and predicted that it would grow by some two billion people by 2030. They are technology-savvy and use social media like Facebook FB +0.89% and Twitter to broadcast information and organize demonstrations. billion).

Class 85

Class Leadership Politics eBook 85

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama developed and led a campaign for the presidency that not only achieved its main goal — sending Obama to the White House — but also set a new standard for innovation and execution. It's a task, in other words, that resembles the one that a successful presidential candidate must undertake.

Operations 15

Operations Media Long-term Open-book 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2017

And though the idea of VCs abandoning cleantech has been around since at least early 2012 , I was initially skeptical. VC funding for cleantech went down during the recession, but as a share of total VC funding it held steady at 15-17% from 2008 to 2011. Perhaps it’s because the U.S. never put a price on carbon.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Kleiner Energy Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Finally there is India, where in 2012 there were 150 million Internet users. The CNN show Rick Sanchez Direct was the first to air live tweets on TV in early 2008. With free 24/7 advertising on key broadcast media, it is no wonder that Twitter grew so quickly. is not going to be much help either.

Advertising 8

Advertising Strategy Marketing Globalization 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

Nike entered the wearable fitness tracker market in 2012 with its FuelBand, supported by a world-class brand, significant advertising, and functional advantages. Unfortunately, it didn’t have the market share head start enjoyed by Fitbit (launched Tracker in 2008) and Jawbone (launched UP in 2011). Do something hopeful and meaningful.

How To 76

How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 76

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Bush—and with the 2012 Presidential Election now looming -- the inspired election of President Obama certainly feels like ancient history. As his own approval ratings have fallen toward the abysmal ratings of former President George W.

Politics 282

Politics Follow-up Long-term Career 282

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Directors in a range of industries have been stung by media reports that political intermediaries used corporate money to help fund causes or candidates adverse to a firm’s business interests or its espoused values and positions. million in the 2006 off-year cycle to more than $300 million in the 2012 presidential cycle.

Politics 8

Politics Committee CPA Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The 2012 election cycle is remarkable for how much information the campaigns have about voters. What are some of the key differences are between Obama's 2008 campaign and what you're seeing in this one? In 2008, microtargeting was a key part of everything we did, from the Iowa caucuses to the general election.

Survey 8

Survey Politics Information Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

Brendan Eich had been CEO of Mozilla only two weeks when he resigned under pressure last Thursday because he’d financially supported California’s Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriage, in 2008. Politics Social media Talent management' In a sense, it was like a recall election. But what brought us to this point?

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Politics Proposal CEO Media 8