Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

In the post below, Unnikrishnan shares his experiences searching for an IT consultant position in the Indian and Saudi Arabian job markets. It was a late evening in 2001 — in the small Indian town of Kozhikode — when my friend's father, Professor Salahudheen shared this advice, "Son, job hunting is a different art.

Enterprise Architecture 12

Enterprise Architecture Information Technology Skills Industry 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

And after that, when China and India’s spectacular growth in the first decade of the new millennium proved Rohwer right in spades, he wasn’t around to say I told you so because he’d died (in a sailing accident) in 2001. Am I utterly confident in that prediction after four days in Shanghai and just 10 total in China? (I

Globalization 9

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. Everything is on the table,” Flannery said on a conference call to discuss quarterly earnings. During Immelt’s tenure, GE’s stock market value fell by about half.

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Marketers like to repeat the quote, “I know I waste half of my ad budget, I just don’t know which half.” So it shouldn’t be surprising that marketers like the idea of “influentials,” seemingly ordinary people who determine what others think, do and buy. Science finds little evidence to support influencer marketing.

Influence 10

Influence Marketing Katz Media 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

“How long does it take for her to interact with a market that isn’t nearly monopolized?” have grown more concentrated in the past 20 years, meaning that the biggest firms in the industry are capturing a greater share of the market than they used to. That’s not how Vox Media does it. IT Does Matter.

Software 8

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