Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

The company’s leadership moved proactively to accelerate it and shape it. “If CEO Ginni Rometty took the top job in 2012, and identified Africa as a locus of technological growth early in her tenure. GE did more than take advantage of growth as it came. IBM is doing something similar in data analytics. It’s neither.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

First, as shown by a recent analysis of 32 technology firms, the personality of CEOs shapes the culture of the organization. Second, as a 20-year review from 1993 to 2012 showed, CEOs’ judgment affects key strategic and managerial processes , such as staffing, financing, and marketing decisions. In the U.S.

CEO 8

CEO Drucker Peer Review Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

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. Zhou departed in 2005 and went on to found Qihoo 360 Technology, a $12 billion company that now trades on NASDAQ.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

Back when economists and finance scholars believed that stock market prices were a near-perfect representation of the current value and future prospects of corporations, it seemed conceivable that following the movements of the market would steer executives right. Today some business gurus have a similar message.

Consultative 14

Consultative Porter Management Press Release 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. In light of this history, many observers suspect that the new NIEO-style demands of 2012 are just more of the same, and will meet with the same outcome.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Much the same occurred at Canadian Pacific Railway in 2012, when Pershing Square Capital Management acquired control of its board. In its 2013 proxy statement , GE announced that it is searching for director candidates who will bring technology, marketing, finance — and “leadership” experience to the boardroom.

Airlines 8

Airlines CEO Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Easing into the New Year, one big hope we have for 2013 is that women continue to bridge the gender gap in terms of pay equality and access to leadership positions. Women have fewer leadership role models and they arguably have greater demands outside of work competing for their attention. The Start Up Paradox.

Leadership Pipeline 8

Leadership Pipeline Short-term Venture Funding Career 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Quarterly profits have only increased 5% since 2012 , but investors’ valuations of those profits (as measured by earnings per share) has increased 59% over the same period. A recurring theme in those interviews was bemoaning major changes in R&D strategy that occurred as a consequence of new, often outside, leadership.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Although this can present leadership challenges related to shifting strategy, culture and operations, it certainly isn’t rocket science. Back in 2012, Erasmus’s CEO, Professor Hans Buller, was a huge proponent of VBHC and led the development of the organization’s 5-year VBHC strategy with one of us (Dr.

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Compliance Project 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

These tax rates will remain in effect through 2012. Extends the repeal of phase-outs of personal deductions and limits on itemized deductions for higher income taxpayers through 2012. Extends certain middle class incentives and credits such as the Earned Income Credit and Coverdell Education Savings credit.

Press Release 178

Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

Better Place''s most visible and best-publicized innovation was its switchable battery technology, a novel way to overcome the short-range limits and long recharge times dictated by existing battery technology. EV advocates are quick to note that technology improvements in batteries will one day eliminate the range problem.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Transportation Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

The company, founded in 1996 by an engineer from Xerox’s legendary Palo Alto Research Center , Pradeep Sindhu (who remains its chief technology officer and vice chairman), was one of the highest flyers of the fin de siècle tech stock boom. attempt to change the leadership and strategic direction of the company. Maybe it’s both.

Hedge 8

Hedge Chief Technology Officer Maturity IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. Last year, American campuses produced fewer than 56,000 graduates with the sort of qualifications sought by information technology (IT) firms.”

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9