Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. One idea we retained from GE was to celebrate diversity. What did we do? Find ways to have fun.

Management 11

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Both associations managed their brands and ran the clearing and settlement systems for banks that issued cards or helped merchants accept cards. Then the banks decided to turn the associations into for-profit companies, IPO them, and cash out. MasterCard IPO’d in 2006, and Visa followed two years later.

IPO 8

IPO Succession Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

That could mean illustrating the effects of a proposed customer management system with testimonials from actual customers, or describing how the data-sharing project you want to expand helped keep employees connected during a major outage. And in short order, the company achieved consistent double-digit sales growth — and a successful IPO.

IPO 9

IPO Audience Chief Information Officer Case Study 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

These people are the information economy's mom and pop business owners , just more technologically leveraged and profitable than their brick & mortar predecessors. Combine a lone technical genius with a mesmerizing sales guy and you had the DNA for a billion dollar technology company. No 20,000 tech jobs. The formula worked.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

These people are the information economy's mom and pop business owners , just more technologically leveraged and profitable than their brick & mortar predecessors. Combine a lone technical genius with a mesmerizing sales guy and you had the DNA for a billion dollar technology company. No 20,000 tech jobs. The formula worked.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

The innovation alone is a herculean task, but imagine being that upstart pioneer trying to develop the technology, while at the same time going up against entrenched, powerful competitors with deep industry knowledge, assets, and channels who’ve been around for a hundred years or more. Sponsored by DXC Technology. Insight Center.

Innovation 13

Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

Alibaba, the Chinese internet titan that filed for an IPO in the U.S. last week, could be the largest tech IPO in history. Conglomerates resist this approach, combining more diverse businesses and allowing them separate decision-making structures. Alibaba’s businesses are not completely diverse, of course.

IPO 12

IPO Welch Strategy Long-term 12