Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2018

M&A deals that are made for the purpose of acquiring new technology can make or break a company. But there was a little known fact complicating the situation: The purchase didn’t include full ownership of Skype’s underlying technology. Eugene Mymrin/Getty Images. In 2005, eBay spent $2.6

Due Diligence 9

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

Widespread use of antivirus, intrusion detection technologies, improved cryptography algorithms, and methods for blacklisting infected web sites are just a few examples of how technical advances have improved cyber defense. This effect is similar to the overuse of antibiotics promoting antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

Game Theory 8

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

There is a big difference between “knowing that you can” and “deciding that you want to” and at Bettcher we use a toll gate product development process fashioned after Robert Cooper’s StageGate process. So into the “Scoping” stage we go and the learning begins.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

It made a massive investment (more than $1 billion) to build a software “ Center of Excellence ” in San Ramon, California to manage the data explosion created by the increasing intelligence of its industrial machines. Melody Ivory , a User Experience Product Manager, told me, “I was about employee number 30 in February 2012.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? The #1 characteristic that I believe hiring managers seek in a candidate is flexibility. Initiative.

Career 74

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2016

If you are in charge, there are obvious steps you need to take, most of which are covered in the countless books and training courses about meeting management. In a large technology firm, for example, the CEO led a bi-weekly meeting of her top 20 people to review the business and make key decisions. Roger Schwarz.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2016

Their number one answer: employee resistance. Figuring that their earnings would decline, the cutters were trying to block adoption, in part by misinforming owners about the benefits of the technology. Silver Star’s management says that the new policies are key to gaining workers’ cooperation.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2014

However, rather than rolling out the red carpet, city governments have resisted many of these new entrants issuing subpoenas and cease-and-desist orders. But companies in this space can benefit from being more cooperative with regulators. Government Technology'

Business Model 9

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

Instead of focusing on the work you have to do together, you may end up wasting time and energy trying to keep your emotions in check and attempting to manage the person's behavior. Manage your reaction. Goleman says the first step is to manage it. Do: Manage your own reaction to the behavior first. What the Experts Say.

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Goleman How To Emotional Intelligence Self-aware 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

Recently, a new technology has emerged that could change this imbalance. How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. But the most revolutionary aspect of blockchain technology is that it can run software in a secure and decentralized manner. How technology is transforming transactions.

Decentralization 11

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

In other words, they’re a terrific medium and mechanism for transitioning traditional managements to platform perspectives. Sponsored by DXC Technology. In my experience, legacy managements too frequently misunderstand recommenders’ role in driving innovation and cultural change. Insight Center. ” So they did.

Engineering 8

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. Short for decentralized autonomous organization , a DAO is software designed to manage the fiduciary obligations of holding and disbursing blockchain assets without any human involvement. As it turns out, not very. Distributed Database.

Decentralization 9

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Deliver a Strategy That Works by Managing Culture and Communication. Practices can change, business models are disrupted, and technology evolves, but principles do not change. You need to know where in your organization change happens and who manages the programs that drive that change. Beware of the “frozen middle.”

Strategy 8

Strategy Content Cooper Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

Competition trumps cooperation, and distributed decision-making by individual business units trumps universal strategy. Conglomerates resist this approach, combining more diverse businesses and allowing them separate decision-making structures. The article, by J. Ramachandran, K.S. Investors are wary of this approach.

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