Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

The CEO of Volkswagen from 1993 to 2002 was famous for his willingness to demote or fire employees who failed to meet expectations. The punishing, pressure-cooker work environment meant that Volkswagen engineers were apparently loath to say no or admit failure to superiors. His successor frequently berated poorly performing employees.

Ethics 8

Ethics Company Incentives Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Learn more about the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard. But there was more to the challenge.

Education 15

Education Technology Engineering Committee 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

has become a Mecca for international scientists, engineers and business students — particularly those undertaking graduate studies. Here at Harvard Business School, Dean Nitin Nohria has revamped HBS's MBA curriculum to emphasize practical leadership and global experiences. to take advantage of America's talented leaders.

Competitive Advantage 13

Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In hindsight, this thinking turned out to be far less important than what we learned about leadership, control, and trust, which ultimately were reflected in how each of the businesses was created, capitalized, and staffed. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. Ma and the Alibaba leadership team would retain management control.

Chief Financial Officer 9

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

K-Mart closed 617 of its under-performing department stores and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2002. When they are compelled to do so, company leadership will provide leadership for change management and re-engineering…two of the many worthwhile concepts that should be advocated every business day.

Crisis 60

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 60

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

Many large planes had to be landed at small airports that were equipped only with a few landing lights, controllers, and fire engines. In November 2002, the Chinese government found that a large number of people had been afflicted with atypical pneumonia in Guangdong Province. Collaboration Leadership'

Guidelines 10

Guidelines Goal Follow-up Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

In 2002, we had an offsite strategy session, and we had some consultants come in. In 2002, the worst-case models showed we’d still have over $1 billion in revenue. At the same time, we hired a lot of engineering talent and invested in the development of the organic talent we already had on board. Leadership'

Industry 8

Industry CEO Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

Akin to an R&D facility for a large restaurant chain or fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) brand, their lab hosted a small team of chefs, and occasionally other professionals, such as food scientists, designers, or engineers, in a mixed kitchen and office space. Let’s look at how the Fat Duck Group (their parent company) does this.

Innovation 8

Innovation Project Creativity Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

As that dramatic disintegration played out in early 2002, I had to present our office’s results and perspectives at the firm’s annual partners’ meeting in Switzerland. They can reverse-engineer your processes. Coaching Hiring Leadership Managing people Organizational culture' They can hire away some of your best people.

Emotional Intelligence 9

Emotional Intelligence GDP McKinsey Airlines 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

In 2002 I worked with a client at a large global electronics company. And the engineers and developers working on the product are too close to it or have a much higher tolerance for complexity than the customer will. Situation One: It’s a Technology in Search of a Need. Fix or kill? Fix or kill?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Long-term Marketing 8