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What They Didn’t Teach You at Business School about Negotiation

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2014

Those relationships allow for application of tools of invention – using a facilitator, leveraging diversity, getting the team, place, space and pace just right, changing roles, and improvisation. The creative teams he developed laid the foundations for today’s music, movie, and telecommunications industries.

P&L

P&L Telecommunications Chemicals Film

How AI Is Streamlining Marketing and Sales

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

CenturyLink is one of the largest telecommunications providers in the United States, serving both small and large businesses nationwide. According to Scott Berns, CenturyLink’s Director of Marketing Operations, the company has approximately 1,600 sales people, and the Angie pilot started with four of them.

Marketing

Marketing Tools Follow-up Telecommunications

Why Germany Dominates the U.S. in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. in the most radical technologies. As a consequence, Germany doesn’t only seek to form new industries, it also infuses its existing industries with new ideas and technologies.

Innovation

Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry

Multicultural Leadership Starts from Within

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world. The world is getting smaller.

Competitive Advantage

Competitive Advantage Leadership Telecommunications Talent Management

Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Both paths are problematic — neither is particularly transparent or relies on objective measures and given that many boards are stubborn bastions of white masculinity, pursuing the "right" network can be fraught, especially for women and other diverse candidates. We also looked at results by industry and region.

Telecommunications

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate

The Rise of the Not-So-Experienced CEO

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The phenomenon of fast-track CEO succession appears to be most prominent in the retail, technology, media, and telecommunications sectors—all of which are particularly affected by disruptive business models and new competitors. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

CEO

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning

The $2,000 Car

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

For example, GE developed an ultra-low-cost ultrasound for rural China which is now marketed in over 100 countries. Logitech developed an affordable mouse for the China market which sells for (the Chinese equivalent of) $19.99 and which they now sell in Europe and the U.S. You need to innovate for India, not simply export to India.

Glocalization

Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization

On a Consumer Watershed

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Over the past several years a major shift in customer behavior has reshaped the nature of many markets and is leading to profound changes in how companies attempt to serve those markets. Many technologies, such as computers, copiers, fax machines, and other office equipment are rapidly converging.

Telecommunications

Telecommunications Franchising Consultative Diversity

Women in Asia Are More Financially Savvy than Women in the U.S.

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

While it’s easy to think of the female market as homogenous, our research shows that cultural, geographical, and generational differences, as well as disparate sources of wealth, all affect how women view and allocate their wealth. The gender gap disappears though when you look at the sub-segments of the market in the U.S.

Survey

Survey Diversity Telecommunications Focus Group

Priorities for Jumpstarting the U.S. Industrial Economy

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support. They employ 12.3

Industry

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation

Corporations Need a Better Approach to Public Policy

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

Policies

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization

The 3 Things CEOs Worry About the Most

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Enrique Santacana of ABB North America, a power and automation-technology firm, voiced his concern this way: “An overarching issue was the exposure we had as a company,” Santacana explained, “For example, how information was being used or may be used in a way that was not conducive to good business practices.

CEO

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization

Generations Around the Globe

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

We focused on the generations in eight countries, including the four BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), some of the most important markets for talent over the next decade, as well as one country from the Middle East. We also examined two European countries, the U.K.

Education

Education Compliance White Paper Politics

There’s a Gender Gap in Internet Usage. Closing It Would Open Up Opportunities for Everyone

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Facebook, Google, and Apple have 17%, 19% and 23% women in their technology staffs, respectively. The International Telecommunications Union reports that the proportion of women using the internet is 12% lower than the proportion of men; this gender gap widens to 32.9% michael suriano/unsplash. in the least developed countries.

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Globalization Participative Telecommunications Technology

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