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Pfizer’s Straight Talk on Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Pfizer, the multinational pharmaceutical giant, has become increasingly intentional about shaping its culture. You can see evidence of Pfizer’s commitment in Ian Read’s letter to stakeholders the year after he became CEO: In 2011, we thoroughly explored what our culture is and how it needs to evolve.

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3 Ways to Confront Economic Adversity in 2011

Coaching Tip

In a capitalist democracy, government should not be involved with what we in the private sector do, which is managing time to manage money. Al Weatherhead is the author of The Power Of Adversity and chairman and CEO of Weatherchem, a private manufacturer of plastic closures for food, spice, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products.

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Examines ways to maintain and grow value through mergers, acquisitions, and portfolio management.

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Developing Global Leaders Is America's Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business Review

As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating effectively anywhere in the world. American companies and academic institutions possess unique competitive advantages in developing these global leaders.

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India Remakes Global Innovation

Harvard Business Review

We recently visited the brand-new R&D lab of Dr Reddy's , one of India's leading pharmaceutical firms. In 2008, Dr Reddy's acquired Chirotech, Dow Chemical's R&D unit, for $32 million, and in April 2011 relocated it to a new 33,000 sq. Tata Motors appointed Tim Leverthon, who previously led R&D at BMW, as head of its global R&D.

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The State of Strategy Consulting, 2011

Harvard Business Review

Marakon , which put value-based management at the core of its strategy concentration, is essentially defunct. Meanwhile behemoths such as McKinsey and BCG, to maintain their above-industry-average growth rates and keep their global office networks humming, have broadened what they do and moved down the food chain. Monitor & Co.,

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Lipitor and iPhone 4s: Setting the Stage for Industry Disruption

Harvard Business Review

The two biggest product stories of 2011 were arguably Lipitor and the iPhone 4S. The Lipitor story seems to be about a managed end: the highly anticipated demise (due to the expiration of its patent last Nov. Apple use life-cycle management to explore a new way to drive the business and business model forward. Both Pfizer and.