Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives.

Business Model 12

Business Model Technology Advertising Cost 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee. As I have explained elsewhere , a finance committee is critical for a board in complex public companies like GE, which are involved in a broad range of retirement plans, stock buybacks, and large acquisitions.

Committee 8

Committee Welch Finance Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

Pure Internet-plays Betterment and FutureAdvisor launched in 2010 and Wealthfront in 2011. But Vanguard’s robo-advisor platform hit the ground running in its May 2015 debut and by the end of the year had $31.1 billion in discretionary assets under management — more than the above competitors combined.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Transportation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For example, in 2015, Maersk and MSC, the world’s two largest liner shipping companies, established 2M, a 10-year vessel sharing agreement covering 193 vessels. For example, in 2010, Corelio and Concentra, two European media companies, established Coldset Printing Partners, a joint venture (JV) for their newspaper printing assets.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

A central plank of the plan is to “return $8 [billion] to $9 billion to shareholders in 2015 and to reach the top end of its three-year target of returning $18 billion to $20 billion to them by the end of 2016.” billion in buybacks in 2015 under its current board-authorized repurchase program. .”

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Drawing on a powerful tool from the finance world, they conceived of those collections operating as portfolios — each with a specific business objective and time horizon. billion in 2010 to $4.9 billion projected for FY 2015 (which ends in June), thanks largely to the building of a $1 billion new-growth business this year.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Given its ideological leanings, China presents itself as a unique experiment in the power of the state to help the economy become more innovative. in 2015 and is on track to reach a targeted 2.5% From 2010-2015, the share of China-origin patents among all patents granted by the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) was only 2.2%.

Innovation 8

Innovation Drucker Policies Technology 8