Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Companies that correctly match their strategy-making processes to the competitive circumstances of their industry, business function, or geographic markets perform better than those that don't. How much power do you or others have to change that environment? But it didn't need to.

Strategy 8

Strategy Organization Committee Environment 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

In managing the fallout from BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster in 2010, company Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg had to take over from CEO Tony Hayward, whose gaffes and public blaming of partners had only exacerbated the crisis. Take the case of BP. Hayward’s leadership had contributed to BP underplaying safety its U.S.

CFO 8

CFO Crisis Mass Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

In a 2010 survey, for example, only 25% of French employers said they were "strongly interested in hiring mothers," and 41% feared there would be "less flexibility in the schedules of mothers who worked" (they didn''t have this fear when it came to men).

Committee 8

Committee Content Price Organizational Behavior 8

Women on Business

DECEMBER 1, 2011

With the stock market tumbling in 2008, much of their pension funds have been underfunded for years and the pressure to work more quickly and for no increase in compensation and sometimes lack of benefits is causing her great frustration. In 2010, Mary Kay was elected as the president and vows to “heal” her union. She says. “We

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CIO Hotels Health Care Committee 165

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2012

Over his decade as IBM's leader, he made a number of moves, each instructive, but their power came from their cumulative effect in the transformation of a good company back into a great one. The workforce in India, China, Brazil, and other growth markets exploded in just 36 months. When Sam Palmisano retired as CEO of IBM on Dec.

Software 15

Software Outsourcing Committee Consultative 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

When the Chinese Communist Party’s central committee wraps up the Third Plenum on November 12, 2014, a shift from efficiency to innovation will likely be one of the major planks in its vision for China. Some argue that China is already well on its way to becoming a global innovation power that will rival the US and Europe.

Innovation 8

Innovation Globalization Venture Capitalist GDP 8

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

being pushed into the market is reaching truly overwhelming proportions. It’s been my experience that regardless of the subject, it is precisely when the noise becomes the loudest, that it’s most difficult for the consumer to extract quality and value from the market. And he was considered an expert!

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Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 333

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Not long after Alan Greenspan stepped down as Federal Reserve chairman in 2006, global financial markets began to unravel. Greenspan was never a hardline believer in the rationality of financial markets. It’s true of all commodity markets. Almost everybody is bullish, expects the market to go up, and is fully committed.

Long-term 10

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

MACRA set up a Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee. Perhaps this committee can play an important role in threading the needle to show how both parties can work together to make the incentives work. This is a powerful way to improve care. Public reporting of quality performance data.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Incentives Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

A similar if less-stark dynamic could play out on the monetary-policy Federal Open Market Committee, where inflation hawks with Republican leanings would discover they weren't so hawkish after all. And for whatever it's worth, the stock market usually does better under Democrats than Republicans. What is one to make of all this?

Ryan 8

Ryan Insurance Policies Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

To be clear, I agree with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who recently acknowledged that net neutrality principles have been and will continue to be strictly enforced not by regulation but by powerful market forces. When a court found in 2010 that the FCC lacked authority to enforce them, the agency formalized them as rules.

Objective 8

Objective Engineering Content Open-book 8