Remove 2011 Remove Engineering Remove Leadership Remove Merchandising
article thumbnail

The Big Picture of Business – The Statistics Tree: Understanding Figures and What They Symbolize, Relating Directly to Your Business Success

Strategy Driven

That 2% includes all the doctors, lawyers, accountants and engineers… those of us who actually advise. Employee theft and shoplifting accounting for 15% of the retail cost of merchandise. In 2011, the Department of Commerce estimated that there were 27.5 35% of employees steal from the company.

article thumbnail

An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In hindsight, this thinking turned out to be far less important than what we learned about leadership, control, and trust, which ultimately were reflected in how each of the businesses was created, capitalized, and staffed. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. Ma and the Alibaba leadership team would retain management control.