Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2020

Jack Trout on the simple approach to success: “Trying harder, believing in yourself, walking on fire, and saying, ‘yes I can’ are not steps up the ladder of success. The surprising truth is that success does not spring from anything inside yourself at all. Success is something given to you by others.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

How Dell went from dorm room startup in 1984, to the world''s largest PC maker in 2005, and then saw its stock plummet precipitously the next year, is the subject of a lengthy Harvard Business School case study by HBS professor Jan Rivkin. Dell''s success can be attributed in large part to its "direct model."

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Here are some recent posts that may be of interest to you: REVIEWS How Women Lead: The 8 Essential Strategies Successful Women Know Sharon Hadary and Laura Henderson INTERVIEWS Maria K. Mitchell (Amdec) in “The Corner Office” Interview conducted by Adam Bryant New York Times Thomas M. Sterner, Part 2: An interview by [.].

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

These businesses are often focused on growth, domestically or through exports, and operate with a higher level of management sophistication than Main Street firms. And the success of large companies and growth start-ups often depend on a strong cluster of suppliers. from offshore.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

The United States cannot rest on past success and take its multinationals for granted. These concerns can be heard in many places: the sobering survey by Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin in HBR's special March issue on U.S. Yes, but success is not guaranteed. challenges that discourage hiring and investing in America.

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Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 24, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results Gary Keller with Jay Papasan The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Third Edition Warren Buffett; Edited by Lawrence A. Cunningham Judgment On the [.].

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

But these trends also had more negative consequences, as Jan Rivkin and Michael Porter have argued in their work as co-chairs of Harvard Business School’s U.S. If companies want to invest in the common resources that ensure their success — and they should — they need to learn to effectively collaborate across sectors.

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