N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Validating proof of concept around social media ROI is a discussion that may have had a bit of relevance 24 months ago, but unless you’ve been stranded on a desert island for the last couple of years you know that numerous case studies abound which validate social media beyond any reasonable doubt.

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Media Influence Blog Real Estate 368

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

practical-support/management-community/blogs/why-are-ceos-rarely-fired Kerri Nowak I greatly appreciated this post! Any manager or supervisor that showed any leadership or aggressiveness was immediately dismissed. https://www.managers.org.uk/practical-support/management-community/blogs/why-are-ceos-rarely-fired

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Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% of revenues).

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Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

We’ve come to these conclusions after completing case study analyses of a range of companies, including Nokia, Kodak, Borders, Amazon, Apple, and Xerox. Yet Nokia hung on to the Symbian operating system despite knowing its weaknesses in the eyes of the consumer. Nokia launched the OVI Store globally in May 2009.

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Budgeting Innovation Business Model Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

To help shine some light on this topic, I've decided to do a series of blog posts of case studies of companies founded in the last 10-15 years that have made the transition from finding initial product-market fit to building a large, scalable, platform company. After all, scaling is hard. Really hard. How did Akamai do it?

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P&L Lewin EBITDA Ries 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

How well they''re built and operated is crucial to economic growth and is a key arbiter of an economy''s competitiveness — and yet, virtually every economy faces an array of infrastructure challenges. In Jakarta, from 2005-2009, the number of cars rose by 22% annually, while the distance of usable roads actually declined (PDF).

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Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

What could be easier than chatting with managers you already know? Too many candidates, and hiring managers, shortchange the internal interview process; they view it as a formality and think that all of the evidence is already there. Lees suggests you ask for your manager''s advice on how to best pitch yourself for the position. "If

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How To Reputation Case Study Career 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Managers who want to recognize employees for good work have many tools at their disposal. However, managers in most companies have a good deal of input into the decision, and in some cases they are the ultimate decision makers. It's critical that managers make these decisions about promotions and raises carefully. "I

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Learning-by-Doing Motivation Case Study Budgeting 15

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

Ford’s success with social media is well documentd in numerous case studies, and can largely be attributed to Scott’s efforts. Not that Scott needs me to come to his defense, but he is a professional in the truest sense of the word.

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Brand Blog Reputation Media 302

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

A Harvard Business School case study that Robert Huckman, Sam Travers, and I wrote earlier this year documents what came next. ” In this case, McDonald set out to transform the design of VA to help the organization better achieve its mission for veterans. The stakes, in other words, were high.

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Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

When I ran the Talent Management division of a large global consulting firm after I left GE, I realized that these consultants were working from concepts that were academic vs. real life. Unless you've actually been in the shoes of your clients, I don't think you have a right to advise them. D from Columbia.

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Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 293

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2016

For those who believe in the promise of open innovation, the 2009 startup Quirky was an exceptionally exciting company. The ideas that floated to the top then entered a second step: an evaluation at which a combination of Quirky’s management and community made the final selection decision. Marrion Barraud for HBR.

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