Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

GE's Jack Welch was inordinately fond of emphasizing that his biggest leadership regret was that he didn't move fast enough to make fundamental changes. By stark contrast, IBM's Lou Gerstner practiced a cultivated deliberateness in his successful turnaround: Slow and steady won his leadership race. That's a mug's game.

Consensus 8

Consensus Welch Retail CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. I wrote a couple of months ago about Chinas leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level. This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention. Thats what Chinas Hi-Tech Fair is doing.

NGO 15

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Of these 5 articles, some were self-explanatory: " Nation spurs development of new, green technologies ". " The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. I wrote a couple of months ago about China's leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level.

NGO 15

NGO Chemicals Energy Hotels 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

Are you competing on the basis of on-going product or technological innovation? For example, new product development may be the lifeblood of a consumer products company—and thus need to be cultivated and resourced carefully—while in a low-cost producer, or fast follower company, product development may be only a nice-to-have activity.

Ulrich 8

Ulrich Cost Efficiency Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

This was just one round in a developing fight over the rules and norms that govern the international political economy. Writing in 1979, Roger Hansen (in Beyond the North-South Stalemate ) succinctly characterized the choices faced by developed and developing countries in the face of these demands. In retrospect, not very much.

Globalization 12

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 12