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. Four Ways Women Stunt Their Careers Unintentionally. What Venture Capital Can Learn from Emerging Markets.

Blog 16

Blog Silverman Govindarajan Letter 16

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Benevolent Dictator : Empower Your Employees, Build Your Business, and Outwit the Competition by Michael Feuer and Dustin Klein What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? The Benevolent Dictator recognizes that entrepreneurship is a gauntlet. All rights reserved.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

I should know: Many of my former colleagues, friends, and family members mentioned these stereotypes in 2011 when I accepted a job helping launch a new publication covering the business aspects of this emerging sector. Technology, marketing, retail, HVAC, construction, and manufacturing pros. And more are joining every day.

Industry 10

Industry Retail Banking Brand 10

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I had to step back and think about the themes in my own career and what I’ve been hearing this year from women all over the country. Here’s a quick look at what I found: Rohit Bhargava, marketer, professor and author of Likeonomics , recently issued his report: 15 Marketing Trends In 2013 And How Your Business Can Use Them.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation. Big-box retailers, like Best Buy, now have large, fast growing e-commerce businesses. In recent years, incumbents have fought back. Trends need not be domestic.

Technology 14

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

One of the most memorable moments was listening to an executive of a British bank rescued by the government, who told his audience that the economic crisis had been a breakthrough moment in his career. I hope 2011 will be a calmer ride, though I very much doubt this will be the case. What we are learning is priceless," he said.

Leadership 15

Leadership Crisis Banking Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We'd lost half of our market value in just one year. The company had, and still has, extraordinary assets: iconic products, a huge number of skilled employees, many of whom had built careers at Campbell, and a broader community made up of supportive consumers and customers — lots of them. Perhaps you've heard the story.

Company 14

Company Real Estate Retail Commitment 14

Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Max Brown (to learn more about the book and the numerous book retailers where you can buy a copy, click here to check out the book page on my website ). You see, early in my career, I was shy and reserved. I was devastated — I had two small children and one very large mortgage and I felt every bit the victim. I isolated myself.

Learning-by-Doing 276

Learning-by-Doing Books Commitment CEO 276

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The Benevolent Dictator : Empower Your Employees, Build Your Business, and Outwit the Competition by Michael Feuer What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? The Benevolent Dictator recognizes that entrepreneurship is a gauntlet. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Innovation 50

Innovation How To Retail Motivation 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. By 1993 the company had $1.3 billion in revenue.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 25, 2012

After leaving the C-Suite almost twenty years ago, I pursued a career as a strategy consultant. In a consumer and corporate world that values branding, it may seem surprising that fresh fruit and vegetable growers have failed to embrace or leverage this proven marketing concept. There are the three main reasons for this.

Brand 242

Brand Retail Bureaucracy Constraint 242

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple. Today, there’s an investment seemingly every week; venture-capital investment in the tech sector increased from less than $30 million in 2011 to more than $1 billion in 2013. And we counted 10 local exits in 2014.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8