Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2015

China’s Communist Party recently approved the 13th Five-Year Plan , designed to guide the country’s social, political, and economic development through the second half of this decade. China’s Five-Year Plan is a national strategy set by the country’s top leaders. What is the significance of the plan?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

This was just one round in a developing fight over the rules and norms that govern the international political economy. Writing in 1979, Roger Hansen (in Beyond the North-South Stalemate ) succinctly characterized the choices faced by developed and developing countries in the face of these demands.

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Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Since 2000, the Chinese economy has been growing at an increasing rate — from 6% per year in 2000 to 12% per year in 2010. This is exactly what happened during 2010 and 2011 as the global economy was bouncing back.) Strategies to Implement Now. All of this causes significant swings in inventory and orders.

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Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2012

When Johnson & Johnson named vice chairman Alex Gorsky as its next CEO, the company concluded a very public succession race that began in 2010 between Gorsky and fellow vice chairman Sheri McCoy. However, one thing is certain: if she leaves, many governance experts will blame the loss on the company's "horse race" succession strategy.

CEO 11

CEO Succession Objective Restructuring 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

And according to a 2010 report by BoardSource , such individuals are typically brought on for their professional expertise and ability to represent constituents — not for their talent in managing people. Consider the organization’s potential growth, restructuring, new programs, and strategies. “I They’re busy.

Survey 8

Survey CEO Restructuring Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

As it happens, the "Nokia Bridge Program" is a socially-minded strategy for both easing the pain of layoffs, and intentionally supporting the more talented. I make this observation fully cognizant of, and sympathetic with, the pain of being tossed out into the street, as so many people are when corporations fail, downsize, or restructure.

Company 8

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2010

This idea draws on the research of some impressively-credentialed scientists, and on a theory that is so well-accepted that it's no longer usually presented as a theory, but as a simple fact of human development. There's only one problem: the theory isn't supported by the evidence.

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Restructuring Fashion Career Leadership Styles 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

A 2010 meta-analysis detailed many of the different issues that make divestiture so hard to evaluate consistently. In parallel, it reduced its fixed costs by restructuring its industrial footprint and overhead structure; increasing sales, marketing, and R&D expenditures in targeted areas; and dramatically reducing working capital.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

But as Netflix and online media channels developed, Blockbuster was no longer unique in fulfilling that purpose, and the way it fulfilled it became anachronistic. After a few unsuccessful efforts to restructure, the company leaders decided to kill the brand and close their stores.

Brand 8

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

To answer these questions, we surveyed several dozen senior search consultants at a top global executive-placement firm in 2010. Candidates also appraise a firm’s future prospects, market competitiveness, and business strategy. As one consultant put it, candidates look at the “strategy of the company—is it viable?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 The ready access to low-cost capital should change the way business leaders think about strategy, and in particular the relative value of improving profit margins versus accelerating growth. times global GDP). Related Video.

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ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Google’s restructuring as Alphabet is one sign of its entry into several new vertical markets, including driverless cars, smart homes, smart cities, and health. From 2010 to 2017, the market cap of GAFAM companies increased by $2.6 The role and strategy of the U.S. Insight Center.

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