Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

. “To prosper over time,” he argued, “companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.” Through a well-structured operating process, partners expand and align their efforts and draw on comparative strengths.

Company 9

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

China leads the world in population, and probably in sheer numbers of entrepreneurs as well, but does it lead the world in innovative dreams? We live in a time when many of the great entrepreneurs are associated with dramatic dreams. Google’s Larry Page and Eric Schmidt are investors in Planetary Resources, devoted to Asteroid mining.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Proposal Stage-Gate Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2011

Agile minds are our richest resource for sharpening our competitive edge. Effective executives, as Peter Drucker noted, want to get ahead of potential problems. For knowledge-intensive industries, people's talent, expertise and ingenuity are essential ingredients for success. Privacy matters, of course, but it's seldom central.

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist Ethics Human Capital Drucker 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. Peter Drucker wrote that Sloan was “the first to work out how to systematically organize a big company. The guy who replaced him invented the idea of the modern corporation.

Transportation 8

Transportation Automotive Brand Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Already, in his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom Friedman had declared that “there is one and only one social responsibility of business–to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud.”

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

” And yet the lean startup methodology, born in Silicon Valley as a way for startups to tune in to customer needs with limited resources, has been gaining major momentum inside big companies like General Electric, Alaska Airlines, Telefonica, 3M, and W.L. ’ Sometimes you need to be reminded of that.”

Company 8

Company Airlines Ries Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Many business leaders are fond of the spurious Peter Drucker quote that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Metrics tried and proven over years become a guide to what’s important, driving resource allocation. I understood the concern of our store operators, but customers were asking for the service.”

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 31, 2010

The values address the companys product, customers, vendors, and the communities in which it operates. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What resources do you need to get the job done? The values clearly set the companys culture. Make conversation with your team.

Company 55

Company How To Mentor Mission Statement 55

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 4, 2010

Are you absolutely sure every employee in sales, production, operations, marketing, etc., Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What resources do you need to get the job done? MacKay writes, "Common sense, thorough research and sound advice should allay your fears to a reasonable level."

Mentor 55

Mentor Mission Statement Tips Learning-by-Doing 55