Harvard Business Review
APRIL 9, 2018
” Jeff Immelt, former CEO of General Electric. It was the initial encroachment from the low-end of the market that made Netflix disruptive. A focus on a larger market segment initially might have induced a fighting response by Blockbuster. Netflix was founded in 1997; Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
Smartphone sales in 2011 are estimated to reach 468 million units, a 57% increase over 2010. Once again, too many CEOs are hesitating. Many companies forget to align customer service with the brand proposition for the targeted market segment. They're failing to take control and develop a plan.
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Harvard Business Review
MARCH 22, 2011
Ned Barnholt is the former CEO of Agilent Technologies, the measurement company, and these days he's one of the more respected executives in Silicon Valley. They then researched and analyzed the markets, segmented them, and developed products. in 2010, and HP has been criticized for a decade-long R&D slide.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 22, 2011
Google's founders knew before they launched that they were entering a highly competitive market segment. That's all stuff CEOs are expected to do. That won't happen if Larry Page reverts back to being the CEO as Chief of Answers, just because it's the default way big companies are run. This impulse is instinctive.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
Even Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, announced his support in a Human Rights Campaign public service announcement: "America's corporations learned long ago that equality is just good business and it's the right thing to do.". It boosts employee recruitment and retention.
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