Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

But if the purpose of the company is its long-term survival, then one could make the argument that he was a failure as CEO, as he optimized short-term gains by squandering long-term opportunities. Great short-term gains but long-term prospects that are far less compelling. The result?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Over a period of years, every GE senior manager would learn the lean startup methodology, and GE would be the showcase for how modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture and drive long-term growth. Innovation at GE was on a roll. Are lean innovation and the startup way a failure in large companies?

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Development economists over the ages have puzzled about why some emerging economies perform much better than others over the long term. More than half that reached the top quintile in terms of economic profit generation between 2001 and 2005 had been knocked off their perch a decade later, in 2010-15.

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Depreciation Long-term Short-term GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. So, during GE’s long and steep decline, where was the company’s board of directors? HBR Staff/YASUYOSHI CHIBA/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2013

With increasing industry disruption, efficiency is fast becoming of secondary importance to innovation and agility. For example, in 2001, IBM set up a permanent transformation organization designed to anticipate and respond to the increasingly unpredictable changes in its markets. It's not just standardizing and streamlining.

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Agility Process Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

But everyone else was making similar loans and as long as they could be off-loaded through securitization, the company could continue to make money and was under pressure to do what all the other major banks were doing. If the analyst didn't like the fact that this might constrain profits in the short term, he could sell the stock.

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CEO Benchmarking Long-term Banking 13

Ask Atma

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Short-term adaptability and rapid response strengthen long-term planning. Using the concept of controlled chaos it is possible to increase efficiency and innovation. Consider this statement of values from the original authors of the agile manifesto (Beedle, et al; 2001): I.

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Agility Project Software Short-term 71

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

After graduating from Princeton in 2001, Donovan Campbell wanted to give back to his country, engage in the world, and learn to lead. The term “paradigm shift” is a well-worn term. Overlooking this practice results in missed opportunities to foster and encourage motivation, creativity, and innovation. Be proactive.

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Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 132

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

That's almost 14 years as CEO — a long time, considering that the average CEO tenure for large U.S. In all the tributes to Steve Jobs, what people recall is not these numbers, of course, but the innovations, the man himself, and what he stood for. There is a long build-up period, followed by a rapid increase.

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CEO Collins Long-term Analysis 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

” In 2001 Schillinger landed a position in France at the vaccine maker. She moved to Boston in 2015 to focus on quality innovation. Feeling passionate, innovative, and committed are hallmarks of this mindset, as is having an outward-looking focus on serving the broader organization or key stakeholders. Purpose mindset.

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Career Short-term Human Resources Long-term 13

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. Principle 7 — Generate High-Velocity Decisions) in the section titled Invention Machine he explains the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 decisions and why understanding the difference is crucial to business growth through invention and innovation.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

between the ages of 16-30 years old in 2001, it found more than 90 percent of those surveyed rated “connection and community” as their greatest need. Although Millennials long to connect, they are becoming increasingly frustrated in meeting that desire, in part because of addictions to smartphones and other media.

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Stress Mentor Competitive Advantage Long-term 150

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

We’ve long known that new businesses matter to the economy and that it’s a small group of fast-growing firms that matter most, because of the jobs and innovation they bring. Entrepreneurship for the Long Term. economy’s future prospects. The study’s core point is simple. Insight Center.

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GDP IPO Venture Capitalist Gordon 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

I and others believe that the recession may have precipitated or accelerated certain long-term changes in employment patterns that will mean slower job creation, lower total returns to labor, higher skill requirements, and issues with income inequality. million, were the largest in U.S. manufacturing output.

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Technology Offshoring Marketing Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

By the fourth quarter of 2001 — that is, within about 21 months — it was turning a profit. And while it has certainly burned many buyers of Amazon shares through the years — Amazon's stock price took a decade to get back to its 2009 peak — the long-run returns have been spectacular. In Morten T.

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Training Bond Christensen Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

In their piece, they observe the following: In the short term, however, the current team might actually outperform in the absence of its mercurial and stubborn mentor. And perhaps they haven't for a long time. In 2001, BusinessWeek published an article entitled "Sorry, Steve: Here's Why Apple Stores Won't Work."

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Competitive Advantage Software Health Care Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Looking at LVMH’s efforts, I’ll highlight three areas where I see great impact and innovation: managing carbon and energy, building a connection with customers around brand purpose, and working closely with suppliers. The most innovative part of LVMH’s carbon strategy is the use of an internal carbon fund.

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Supply Chain Payback Period Brand Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

When we focus on the puzzle of the man, we overlook important, hidden elements of the company: the paradox of its history, its processes and routines, and its shared, embedded culture of innovation. Sometimes, strategic leadership is about coming up with a great plan and then executing it seamlessly. Leaders, of course, are necessary.

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Succession Humphrey Business Model Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

Everyone is familiar with the primary methods Gillette used to grow: It innovated via technology (with the Sensor, Mach 3, and Fusion razors), and in 2001 it formally expanded into the women''s leg shaving market with a new brand called Venus. For decades, the shaving market was men''s facial hair removal.

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Price Franchising Marketing CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

Barnholt calls it the tyranny of large numbers, explaining that "there's a natural tendency to think in terms of bigger bets as you get to be bigger.". Ironically, a much more creative and experimental approach to innovation had been central to making Hewlett Packard into a market-leading behemoth. Are you currently making small bets?

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Ries Agility Market Segmentation Christensen 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2015

In a vacuum, a particular idea might work for a specific drug, but only if it focuses on isolated factors and ignores the long-term context of treatment, different types of treatment, and multiple (often subjective) aspects of value. It does not take a truly long-term view. I didn’t cherry-pick this example.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance. So, to achieve higher performance, should company boards and investors choose CEOs with the expertise that would better qualify them to lead innovation? This work builds on earlier research into CEO qualifications.). Pharmaceuticals.

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CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. One trend that has contributed to short-termism and lower innovativeness is the increased prevalence of outside CEOs.

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Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2016

Salvanes of the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration reported that the productivity gap between firms had risen in the UK between 1984 and 2001, and that this phenomenon was linked to income inequality. So long as top-performing companies continue to surge ahead, we can expect income inequality to get worse.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

airlines are so far behind Qantas in terms of customer experience? Did I mention that this was for an hour-long flight?). airlines have turned into fortresses against continuing customer complaints and competitive forces have failed to bring about innovation and improvements. Specifically, why is it that major U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

It’s worth noting that the companies and business units in my study were tracked between 2001 and 2007. Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” How to Brand a Next-Generation Product. Q: How long does this process generally take? Bagged salad would not have risen to what is now, a $2.5-billion-a-year

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Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation. But the article aimed higher, arguing that when corporate leaders invest with short-term results in mind, they put long-term performance at risk. That quality made him (arguably) the quintessential HBR author. Sound familiar?

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Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2015

Amid the rubble of the dot-com bust in 2001, Michael Porter weighed in on the question of how to gauge which businesses “active on the internet,” as he put it, were real and which were destined to go the way of Pets.com when their venture funding dried up. It’s still worth a look now.

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Porter Power Competitive Advantage Film 8

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 8, 2016

Not long after, you took aim at the coffee bean itself, ruling out the seeds that didn’t quite fit your strict flavour and aroma standards. Years later, it took on bigger players by introducing new innovative packaging to the market, and subsequently carving out a double-digit share when few thought it could be done.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

In terms of the capability to listen to, watch and keep tabs on what its citizens are doing, the East German government could not possibly have dreamed of achieving what the United States government has managed to put in place today. And yet, here we are. But the technology alone isn''t the problem.

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