Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2011

As 2011 comes to a close, the editors of HBR.org are taking a look back at the most popular blog posts of the year to find out what most preoccupied you, our readers. HBR's 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011. Five Things You Should Stop Doing in 2012. What Venture Capital Can Learn from Emerging Markets. by Jeff Stibel.

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Blog Silverman Govindarajan Letter 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Writing in the Sloan Management Review, Boston College professor Gerald Kane noted that 87% of executives surveyed indicated that digital technologies will disrupt their industries to a great or moderate extent. Starting in 2011, Mercedes chose to develop direct distribution capabilities for electric bicycle sales under its Smart brand.

Strategy 10

Strategy B2B Insurance Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2011

As you take some time to reflect, relax, and renew before the year to come, we offer you our most popular multimedia content from the year that was: podcasts, videos, slideshows, and infographics that we hope help you chart a successful course in 2012. Our most-read slideshow in 2011 was " Difficult Conversations: Nine Common Mistakes."

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Video Porter Charisma Customer Loyalty 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

To get a better glimpse into where these decision makers stand at this perilous moment in history, we launched the Harvard Business Review Economic Survey (link PDF) earlier this month and contacted 1389 executives — the majority director level and above — from the US, UK/Europe, and Asia. and "Should I start hiring or hold off?".

Survey 11

Survey Planning Globalization Maturity 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

In 2012 the rise in consumer activism and mobility, the Occupy movement, 24-hour accountability (thanks to social media), and global resource depletion will force every enterprise, large and small, to make CSR a focal point. Cause-Marketing: Cause-marketing programs will multiply. Marketing experts agree.

Supply Chain 16

Supply Chain Company Strategic Planning Bottom-up 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

They might make a targeted acquisition here or there, form an alliance now and again, or license in some specialized technology, but by and large they made their own drugs, supporting big, fully staffed research labs, which they would then market themselves.

Licensing 12

Licensing Depreciation Pharmaceuticals Budgeting 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2018

The paltry market for organic wine around the world belies the fact that over the past half century, countless organic winegrowers and vintners have dedicated great effort to creating a larger market for the category, without much success. Early organic wine was not well received in the marketplace, for a number of reasons.

Organization 10

Organization Chemicals Retail Reputation 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

trillion US$ in 2012 with respect to 2011 and still remains below 2005-2007 precrisis figures. As illustrated in a recent article , in the aftermath of the crisis, MNCs are adjusting their global strategies by narrowing their focus relative to international markets. to a plant in Kentucky. to a plant in Kentucky.

Globalization 8

Globalization Operations Report Document 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

. “Yahoo’s mobile business barely existed” when Marissa Mayer took over as CEO in 2012, wrote Vauhini Vara at The New Yorker. Perhaps by 2012 it was already too late. Mentions of mobile were more than three times higher in 2012, the year she started, than in 2011, and the uptick happened when she was hired.

CEO 8

CEO Content Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

Recall that Nokia dominated the mobile and smartphone markets in 2007-2008 when Apple launched the iPhone and Google the Android operating system. However, Nokia held on to Symbian until 2011, when it eventually switched to Windows operating system, which also underperformed. Not until there’s an option.

Strategy 8

Strategy Analysis Operations CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

It's the first work week of 2012, and from what I see on Twitter, lots of folks are jumping into the New Year with a resolution or two. You're going to end up with a very asymmetric list: one row might be "Annual report on sustainability" and the next might be "Fill out Nov 2011 expense report."

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Goal Process Delegation Project 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

From 2007-2011, forced turnovers due to ethical lapses were 3.9% From 2012-2016, that figure rose to 5.3% — while that might sound small, it’s a 36% increase. in 2012–16), in Western Europe (from 4.2% in 2012–16), in Western Europe (from 4.2% and Canada (from 1.6% to 8.8%). and Canada (from 1.6%

Ethics 8

Ethics CEO Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

Despite entering the world’s largest personal care products market in 1996, Revlon was able to generate just 2% of sales from China 17 years later. One option is for multinational companies to go flat out for market leadership in China; that is, try to be either No. 2 in the market. Go for Broke. Accept that Less is More.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Retail Chemicals Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2013

In the US alone, sales grew 40 percent in 2012. But marketing plays a broader role in shaping a brand. Good marketing helps ensure that brands are meaningful, different, and salient. The company came along in 2005, after years of focus on low-fat products had left the US yogurt market vulnerable. billion in eight years.

Apparel 8

Apparel Brand Sports Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2012

We recently released the DHL Global Connectedness Index 2012 , which tracks the depth and breadth of trade, capital, information, and people flows across 140 countries that account for 99% of the world's GDP and 95% of its population. Countries' levels of global connectedness are impacted both by their domestic and their foreign policies.

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Report Merchandising GDP Globalization 15

leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Harvard Business Review Analytics Services. MIT Sloan Management Review 2012 Social Business Global. IBM 2012 CEO study. IBM 2012 CEO study. McKinsey 2012, Digital and Executive challenges. 52% of executives say that social business is important to their companies today. Let’s be honest.

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Wilde Media White Paper McKinsey 165

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The 2014 DHL Global Connectedness Index that one of us (Ghemawat) prepares with Steven Altman, and that was released on November 3, indicates that global connectedness started to deepen again in 2013 after its recovery stalled in 2012.

Globalization 9

Globalization Altman Sample Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2012

market growing. According to the most recent Congressional Budget Office projections , the current proposed fiscal measures, if implemented, would automatically slash the federal budget deficit by $503 billion between FY 2012 and FY 2013. But they can also invest heavily in China's domestic markets. They want to see the U.S.

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GDP Class Budgeting Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Increasingly, the largest retailers in markets across the country are employing sophisticated personalized marketing and thereby becoming the primary shopping destination for a growing number of consumers. The biggest retailers are investing accordingly. But it is fast becoming cannon fodder.

Retail 15

Retail Brand Marketing Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

Despite recent signs of recovery in the labor market , there are still more than 12 million unemployed job seekers. Census Bureau announced that the percentage of Americans who changed residences between 2010 and 2011 — 11.6 Of workers who were laid off in 2011 and found new jobs, 20 percent relocated to a new city or state.

Health Care 13

Health Care Engineering Skills Finance 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The 2014 DHL Global Connectedness Index that one of us (Ghemawat) prepares with Steven Altman, and that was released on November 3, indicates that global connectedness started to deepen again in 2013 after its recovery stalled in 2012.

Globalization 8

Globalization Altman Sample Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

Our research points to one possible reason: employers increased skill requirements during the recession, when high-skill workers were more plentiful, making it more difficult to fill those positions as the job market began to recover. ” Of course, this theory predicts that skill requirements should fall when the labor market tightens.

Education 10

Education Skills Marketing Industry 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The protocol was implemented between November 2011 and May 2012. Further stakeholder deployment of social marketing, which combines marketing concepts with research and best practices to influence behavior for greater social good, is a good path to improving communication among providers. The Implementation.

Health Care 8

Health Care Mayo Constraint Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2018

counties in 2012 in relation to the number of reported religious adherents (per 1,000 population) in each county. Additionally, we examined individual-level grocery spending data from Point of Purchase Advertising International, which surveyed 2,400 grocery shoppers in 2011 and 2012 at 35 stores across 10 states. counties.

Retail 8

Retail Participative Armstrong Video 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2012

It has doubled its market cap in the five years and sales reached almost $1.5 billion in the year ended March 2012, up close to ten times since 2000. What's more, these are markets that traditional developed market firms are increasingly targeting for their own growth goals. and other traditionally developed markets.

Company 11

Company Pharmaceuticals Business Model Fixed Costs 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Consider Zynga, which lost $209 million in 2012 — but is still valued at about $2 billion because of the cash it raised and because its revenue is still growing. Its stock price peaked weeks after the company went public in 2011 and is down about 80% since.

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Quality Metrics Diversity Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2018

In 2011, GE embarked upon an ambitious attempt to digitally transform its product and service offerings. Procter & Gamble wanted to become “the most digital company on the planet” in 2012, but ran into growth challenges in a difficult economy. Yagi Studios/Getty Images.

Technology 8

Technology Business Model CEO Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Marcy Shinder, chief marketing officer at Work Market, the New York City–based firm that helps businesses manage their freelancers and consultants, was working on establishing herself as an influential member of the team before she even started the job. . The new Work Market website will go live this spring.

Influence 19

Influence How To Case Study Learning-by-Doing 19

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. But she also realized that the company needed to develop greater marketing muscle to drive a commercial transformation. As she put it, “Our markets are going through dynamic change.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

million for 2012, a 74 percent increase. Similarly, commentators have been divided about whether the raise was deserved or not, citing both economic performance (2013 was about the same as 2012) and Dimon’s handling of diverse legal and regulatory issues for support.

Banking 8

Banking Fashion CEO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

The center of gravity for jobs, wealth, and market opportunities is moving, disrupting the world economic order as we have known it. In 2011, for the third year in a row, the Euromonitor International market research firm ranked Haier as the top appliance brand in the world, calculated its retail volume share as 7.8

Globalization 15

Globalization Chief Financial Officer Class Licensing 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2014

Look out across today’s ultra-competitive smartphone market and you’ll see something resembling the religious wars of the Middle Ages. Motorola (owned by Google since 2011) is suing and being sued by everyone. Last month, the court reversed an eminently sensible 2012 ruling by federal appeals judge Richard A.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Software Industry Construction 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

Companies spend an enormous amount of time and dollars on market research, and all too often it disappoints. Even when there is a clear winner, that top-rated concept often bombs when it actually hits the market. Prediction markets work similarly to the stock market. Their results have been impressive.

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Survey Marketing Banking Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

The Indian government sponsored the introduction of 3G services in 2011 with a $30 billion spectrum auction. Further, we'll see a roll-out of 4G wireless services across the country in 2012. As unit economics enable ever cheaper smart phones (the lowest price in the market is now $65), their penetration will rise.

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Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Conference Wireless 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

The market exit will stop Target’s continued losses in Canada and help the company focus on its strategic initiatives in the U.S. In Target’s annual 2012 report , then-CEO Gregg Steinhafel mentioned Target’s “two years of exceptional dedicated and hard work” to prepare for the international expansion.

Retail 8

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The Middle East is in the throes of the same force winds as other emerging markets: some empowering, some challenging. Recent access to technology has offered an irreversible level of transparency, connectivity, and inexpensive access to capital and markets unprecedented only five years ago.

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Long-term GDP Uncertainty Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

But the real tragedy happened later: a timid recovery during 2010-11 was followed by a second recession starting in the third quarter of 2011, from which Europe did not start recovering until 2015. Yet the place where the crisis had originated, the U.S., avoided the second recession and continued its recovery. What went wrong? Fiscal policy.

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Crisis Policies GDP Politics 8