Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Here's what we believe, surveying the landscape: It would take something like 1,000 hours — and maybe a lot longer — to recover from a forced career change. Obviously, you are going to have to keep doing this for the rest of your career. Especially in this job market. And you may be right.

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Retail Gordon Education Industry 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Huffington grew up in Athens and studied in London before starting her career as a politician and media entrepreneur. between 2006 and 2012 had at least one immigrant cofounder. Apart from their success as entrepreneurs, they all share one distinct characteristic: extensive cross-cultural experience. as young adult.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Four Ways Women Stunt Their Careers Unintentionally. Five Things You Should Stop Doing in 2012. Which of your activities are actually important to your career, and which merely provide the illusion of progress? Penney's new CEO on how to create an irresistible retail experience. by Tony Schwartz. by Tony Schwartz.

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Blog Silverman Govindarajan Letter 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Retailers had a rough Christmas, according to Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Jessica Wohl at the Christian Science Monitor. But for some retailers, especially toy companies, the fear is that slow sales from this past Christmas may be a sign of things to come. “In Don’t make emotional decisions. BONUS BITS: A Visual Extravaganza.

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Innovation Company Retail Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Instead of that approach, Manso looked at workers over a longer time period, capturing the earnings of more than 5,000 American adults between 1979 and 2012. When Manso looked at lifetime earnings, he found that individuals who had been self-employed at one point in their career fared better, when compared to similar workers who hadn’t.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Long-term Sample Retail 8

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. In 2012, according to the State of Women-Owned Businesses Report from American Express Open, there are more than 8.3 In 2012, over 50% of dentists are women, as are 47% of medical students.

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Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

But when I learned that our retail partners had recently started asking about the impact of our sustainability programs, I agreed that Cabot would undergo the rigorous B Corp certification process to provide an objective measure. In 2012, Cabot became a certified B Corp. Attracting and Engaging Employees.

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Cooper Benchmarking Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Career paths are not one-size-fits-all, yet in emerging markets, it's often assumed that microfinance — the use of small loans to foster self-reliant small businesses in a community setting — is the only path for women seeking economic opportunity. Such policies are often illegal but nonetheless remain in practice.

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Microfinance Flextime Globalization Telecommunications 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In retail, Whole Foods has eliminated plastic bags, worked to develop local suppliers, and opened stores with affordable products in low-income communities with limited access to fresh produce. The company committed to goals of being water neutral by 2012, carbon neutral by 2017, and ultimately zero waste.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Moreover, in a stunning display of large-scale, bounded rationality , more than 4600 of JC Penney’s head office staff used nearly 35% of the company’s broadband for streaming Youtube during office hours in 2012. Let’s be realistic: Having a mission statement too often means very little to low-seniority staff in many organizations.

Management 8

Management How To Dunning Mission Statement 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

We audited a range of sites and platforms to see how CEOs are engaging socially and compared these results to its 2010 and 2012 findings. According to the executive recruiter leading the search , the owner of Lyle & Scott wanted “a modern, tech-aware retail CEO who is social media literate.

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Media CEO Video Chief Executive Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. consumer durables & apparel, retailing, education, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., But attaining one is far from easy. food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g.,

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

I see the leader from the big picture perspective and how he-she paints career panoramas by interconnecting the pieces. They are forced by circumstances to change (career obsolescence, down-sizing, marketplace factors). Base-Level Sellers (door-to-door, telephone, clerks and checkers, retail sales). Career Worker.

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Business Development Development Learning-by-Doing Ethics 51

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

Banks buy money wholesale and sell it to borrowers at retail rates. ’ What they’re really selling: Retail merchandise. Retailers are motivated by keeping the cash registers ringing. ’ What they’re really selling: Usually retailers, restaurants, service companies. It’s 1% of the total picture.

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Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Management Craft

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Originally published on Management Craft April 20, 2012. In a world that is focused on big things—big business mergers, box office hits, platinum music CDs, supermodels, best-selling books, Humvees, big-box retailers—it’s nice to contemplate the power of the very small. Not performing because the engine is off. Are you off course?

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How To Course Chaos Theory Hotels 69

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

By now everyone knows the story: Kodak went into a free fall that led to bankruptcy in 2012 because it failed to respond to the disruption of digital technology — even though one of its own engineers invented a technology for capturing a digital image in 1975. By 1993 the company had $1.3 billion in revenue.

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Management Craft

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Originally published on Management Craft April 20, 2012. In a world that is focused on big things—big business mergers, box office hits, platinum music CDs, supermodels, best-selling books, Humvees, big-box retailers—it’s nice to contemplate the power of the very small. Not performing because the engine is off. Are you off course?

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How To Course Chaos Theory Hotels 40

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

In a previous generation, both would have likely followed a lucrative career in the government or perhaps even stayed overseas. That capability could be the backbone of very valuable business intelligence services such as retail “heat mapping,” showing sophisticated analysis of in-store traffic.

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Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

Another global retail giant, The Coca-Cola Company, has been celebrated for its water stewardship initiative. We'll be announcing the grand prize winners of the year-long HBR /McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation at our live event, the MIX Mashup , in San Francisco on June 19, 2012.

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Organization Cooper McKinsey Long-term 14