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To Create Change, Leadership Is More Important Than Authority

Harvard Business Review

In 2005, John Antioco was the eminently successful CEO of Blockbuster, the 800-pound gorilla of the video rental industry. Yet, despite the firm’s dominance, he saw a mortal threat coming in the form of online streaming video and nimble competitors like Netflix. Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in 2010.

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How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 7 Years

Harvard Business Review

before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. In France and India, for example, homegrown leaders offer local-language video content, thus depriving Netflix of first-mover advantage. In some cases, it has joined with cell phone and cable operators to make its content available as part of their existing video-on-demand offerings.

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How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 8 Years

Harvard Business Review

before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. In France and India, for example, homegrown leaders offer local-language video content, thus depriving Netflix of first-mover advantage. In some cases, it has joined with cell phone and cable operators to make its content available as part of their existing video-on-demand offerings.

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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Rajesh Setty

Through the spring of 2010, we released four volumes of EJ books and continued to experiment with the roundtables, which became increasingly popular. Meanwhile, in January 2010 my New Year’s resolution was published. By April 2010, the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) global initiative had been formally named.