Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

For example, the now ubiquitous and much beloved Fiat 500 was first unveiled by Sergio Marchionne, no stranger to showmanship, at the Geneva Motorshow in 2004 following the buzz generated by the 2001 re-launch of the Mini-Cooper by BMW. We developed this map after observing a small set of novice users try to complete the process.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2012

Organizational leadership, we tend to assume, is akin to spatial navigation: Either leaders know where to take their company, and how to take it there — or they don't. At Microsoft, Eichenwald argues, leaders established "a corporate culture that by 2001 was heading down the path of self-immolating chaos."

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

There is no doubt that Kamprad’s personal tenacity, business savvy, and leadership skills account for IKEA’s success. Sometimes, strategic leadership is about coming up with a great plan and then executing it seamlessly. But how did it hit on this winning strategy? Quite the contrary.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Speaking out primes the market, builds anticipation, helps a radical idea sound familiar, and for those whose name becomes associated with the idea, thought leadership offers entree to circles of potential future backers and supporters. Together, it's easier to get attention, bargain for better prices, and find information.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Investors favorably receive projects with long-term payoffs, particularly those in research and development. We had done a restructuring in 2001 with a significant number of layoffs. On the other hand, analysts were skeptical of the pipeline, and some were calling for new leadership of the company.

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Restructuring Long-term Short-term Leadership 8

Coaching Tip

JULY 10, 2012

In The Price of Inequality , Noble Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz points out that, at $90 billion, the combined wealth of the six Walton family heirs to the Wal-Mart fortune is equivalent to that of the entire bottom 30 percent of Americans. a year between 2001 and 2007 and plunged by 26.2% The American Dream is dying. .

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2013

If economic forces were left to themselves, economic forces would victimize the peripheral nations, while the developed nations at the "center" would gain all the benefits of trade and development. However, for many the costs of government intervention seemed to be worth the price. Latin America should be for Latin Americans.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

In the decade since September 11, 2001, Americans have learned how to get along in a new world. As they grow and achieve success, businesses, non-profit organizations, and governmental bureaus all develop the processes by which they solve the problems that they face on a daily basis. Leadership From the War Room to the Board Room.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2011

Ask a buy-side analyst why Amazon or Apple fetches the price-earnings multiple they do, and inevitably the conversation turns to things like their ability to innovate, their capacity to capture and grow the best talent, their skill at managing brand and vendor relationships or ecosystems.

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Intangible Assets Analysis Pharmaceuticals Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Southwest’s decision in 2007 to hedge against increases in the price of jet fuel proved remarkably prescient. In 2007 AOL and Time Warner finally pulled the plug on the $350 billion 2001 merger that Time Warner chiefs Jeff Bewkes and Gerald Levin later called “ the biggest mistake in corporate history.”.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

It consumes 20% less fuel than an equivalent 767; which, given today's increasing fuel prices and airlines' diminishing profit margins, should make it an extremely desirable aircraft. The thing about these Government contracts is that they are paid as development proceeds. Unfortunately, things haven't quite worked out as planned.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Leadership then specifies a plan that it believes will position the company to win in this predicted future. This mindset focuses leadership on making near-term decisions with the longer-term destination in mind, but it doesn’t presume that there is only one path from here to there. Webvan was forced to cease operations by 2001.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

To learn more about how Harvard Business School can help you prepare for the challenges of global leadership, visit the program website. Gulati, whose research explores leadership and strategic challenges for building high growth organizations in turbulent markets, is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor at Harvard Business School.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. This would mean, for example, working in R&D to lead pharma innovation, new product development for high tech, and product design or merchandising for fashion retail.

CEO 8

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 12, 2017

Dice was actually launched in 1990, initially as a bulletin board service for recruiters – and by the late 1990’s had ascended to prominence as the go-to site for finding software developers in Silicon Valley. It worked: venture capital poured in and the growth propelled the company to a $436 million sale to Yahoo in 2001.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Business development. So were professional development programs, rewards for random acts of kindness and other empowerment initiatives. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. No executive development program was held at Enron. Running the business. Executives.

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