Building Personal Strength

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Is it the clothing retail business? Technology. If you want to be effective in the world, if you want to be capable of adding value, so people will give you money to do what you do, you need to be capable in a few specific areas. The business. Is it the restaurant business? If so, do you understand that business? Can you wait tables?

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Rajesh Setty

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Here you’ll find more than 1500 articles and mini-sagas on entrepreneurship, leadership, creativity and simply how to distinguish yourself. It is a collection of in-depth interviews with movers and shakers in the technology world. She has a particular interest in Media and Retail companies and their transition to a Web-centric world.

Entrepreneur 28

Entrepreneur Licensing Newsletter Books 28

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

In 2009 it was reimagined as an online shopping festival. At the peak, Alibaba’s technology platforms processed 325,000 orders and 256,000 payments every second. Singles Day is a technological marvel. I N CHINA, near the turn of the century, Singles Day (11/11) was celebrated as a time for single people to meet. billion dollars.

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Business Model Technology Retail Short-term 234

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. The sad but simple truth was that Cisco — arguably the world's premier internet network technology company — didn't deliver a Wi-Fi-enabled device. Cisco's leadership is very smart and Wi-Fi is part of the firm's core competence.

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Wireless Management Telecommunications Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

At the height of the global financial crisis in 2009, the Global Pulse initiative (where I serve as director) was set up by the UN Secretary-General as an R&D lab to find out whether Big Data and real-time analytics could help make policymaking more agile and effective. That same spirit should extend to Big Data.

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Analysis Globalization Crisis Price 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2013

To illustrate them, we describe how Coca-Cola Brazil measures its Coletivo initiative, which has the twin goals of increasing the employability of low-income youths and young adults and strengthening the company's retail distribution channels and brand strength. Can Technology End Poverty? Identify the Social Issues to Target.

System 8

System Merchandising Retail Class 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

When we surveyed over 300 global executives between 2008 and 2009, one of the primary concerns they expressed was their inability to compete long term without a solid innovation engine that can grow their top line. Three major factors drive convergence: technology, competition, and the customer. Let’s say you’re in the energy sector.

Skills 8

Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

It's been nearly a year since Nokia CEO Stephen Elop shot off his burning platform memo as a way of shaking up the phone company's leadership. The book retail platform was not yet burning. It's only this year, for the first time, that services revenue surpassed technology revenue. But the flames were about to rise.

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EBITDA How To Crisis Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

At the height of the global financial crisis in 2009, the Global Pulse initiative (where I serve as director) was set up by the UN Secretary-General as an R&D lab to find out whether Big Data and real-time analytics could help make policymaking more agile and effective. That same spirit should extend to Big Data.

Analysis 8

Analysis Globalization Crisis Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The tales of two companies, cell phone accessories retailer Cellairis and skin care products maker Rodan + Fields, illustrate the dangers of top-level strategic tinkering. They had the epiphany that they could use cheap retail space – the carts that sit in the middle of shopping malls – to sell mobile phone accessories, mostly cases.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

British retailer ASOS also maintains a popular Instagram account. For most established players, the technology and skill gaps are intimidating, and it take years of effort to close them. On top of its partnership with Square, Starbucks invested heavily in building digital technology, particularly its payment platform and mobile app.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Zimbabwe’s new leadership faces a challenging task. The situation stabilized somewhat after the government abandoned the Zimbabwean dollar in favor of a multi-currency system in 2009 and entered a power-sharing deal with the opposition party. An influx of capital could also result in a revival in the formal retail sector (e.g.,

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

While the middle class has been eroded by currency depreciation and recession, the Russian consumer remains technologically savvy, interested in quality Western brands, and able to spend. Russia is going through a credit crunch that is causing significant retail sector consolidation and putting distributors under substantial pressure.

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Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Departing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao recently urged his China leadership not to pursue an urbanization policy that neglects the needs and wants of China's significant rural population. And while only 34 percent of the rural population earned more than $882 per year in 2009, this proportion is expected to reach 54 percent in 2015.

Health Care 8

Health Care Policies Information Technology Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2017

All of these issues rushed back to mind recently when the political leadership at the current U.S. According to a 2009 report issued by the United States Government Accountability Office, a significant portion of independent contracting doesn’t pass the smell test and in fact represents misclassification of workers.

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Document Insurance Construction Cooper 13

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

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Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Media companies are experiencing an extreme form of competition that comes with digital technologies: Everyone is a media company today. ” It explains why firms that have anchored their strategies to content have ceded digital leadership to those that have focused on connections. The second is through name recognition.

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Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11