Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

The Verizon Wireless side of the telecom giant, which is 45 percent owned by Vodafone, is also deepening ties with Google for the Droid and betting on its faster fourth generation (4G) network based on new LTE (long term evolution) technology to leap forward in the wireless marketplace. They make mistakes. They fumble.

Wireless 15

Wireless Suri Power Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

She's outlined a long-term recovery strategy but the congealing critical consensus is that she's simply not moving fast enough. 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. That's a mug's game.

Consensus 8

Consensus Welch Retail CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

Business strategies are lofty, typically long-term oriented, and often aspirational. Are you competing on the basis of on-going product or technological innovation? What type of leadership and culture are required to achieve the value proposition? Through low-cost sourcing and manufacturing?

Ulrich 8

Ulrich Cost Efficiency Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. And apparently not in the fight over leadership of the World Bank.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2014

What Nike and Coca-Cola leadership get is that the climate issue is a systemic problem, not easily defined in one single way, and it directly and profoundly affects their business. So are a lighting retrofit, a boiler overhaul, innovation to reduce energy use of your products, and much more. That’s exactly right.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Short-term Fast Follower 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

President Obama gave a stirring speech last night, saying "We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world." He used the word "innovate" more times in his State of the Union than any other U.S. But the obstacles to boosting innovation in the US are far higher than the President acknowledged.

Policies 15

Policies Innovation Fast Follower Long-term 15