Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2012

A leading mobile-phone maker falls out of step with its market — and struggles to catch up. The board of an airline hires a CEO — and then cancels his contract after just three years. But when the smartphone became the next big thing within the mobility market, the company lost its competitive edge.

Company 17

Company Airlines Offshoring PR 17

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2015

Economywide ROIC has trended downward since the 1980s, falling from above 6% in the mid-1960s to 5% in 1980, then to 3% in 1990, and to only a bit more than 1% by 2010. Senior executives in even chronically low-performing sectors (such as airlines) can be successful and well-remunerated.

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ROIC McKinsey GDP Company 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

In a survey conducted by IBM in 2010 with more than 1,500 CEOs worldwide, 80% of leaders anticipated greater complexity in the future, but fewer than half of them felt confident to deal with that complexity. John Mackey, co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, discovered his noble purpose early in his life.

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Ethics Morale Airlines CEO 9