Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2015

billion from 2010 through 2013), it would probably still be bankrupt but for the booming Chinese market. Going forward, GM will need all the financial resources it can muster to produce automobiles that buyers in diverse global markets want at prices that they are willing to pay. billion worth of buybacks from 1986 through 2002.

Hedge 8

Hedge Company Automotive Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

They pointed out that we were a very young company, but our market value was $45 billion—more than the entire U.S. 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. automobile industry.

Industry 8

Industry CEO Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

This means they're buying drugs that could be similar to others already on or coming soon to the market. No company should confuse the strategy of buying into a big market with buying innovation that will bring tomorrow's growth. Terra Networks agreed to buy internet search-engine leader Lycos in 2000 for $12.5

Innovation 13

Innovation Company Biotechnology CFO 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

In 2002 I worked with a client at a large global electronics company. The result: Market success for the product and the company was purchased by Google for $3.2 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. billion in 2014.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Long-term Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Shareholders in the UK have had advisory votes on pay since 2002 — but the British government has tightened the rules even more. Even though both CEOs received their packages, against investors’ better judgment, they’ve since been forced out for their disappointing performance.

CEO 8

CEO Proposal Policies Report 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating effectively anywhere in the world. has become a Mecca for international scientists, engineers and business students — particularly those undertaking graduate studies.

Competitive Advantage 13

Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2013

Over time, Rob Arnott and Peter Bernstein demonstrated in a great 2002 article in the Financial Analysts Journal , stock market returns should and do trail economic growth. An important engine for economic growth is the creation of new enterprises. So when U.S. It can come from overseas, as U.S.

Bond 8

Bond Finance Hedge Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

These investments included Nordstrom.com and a perpetual inventory system that allowed Nordstrom to offer a consistent multi-channel experience by 2002. Develop a strategy for succeeding in the digital economy—a purpose that leverages your unique capabilities and responds to market opportunities. Insight Center.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

At the time, though, we were just in search of a new approach to building a sustainable business in that critical but often difficult market. In fact, you could say (and many did) that our previous attempts had failed, in that we hadn’t established a sustained market position. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Trouble is, two recessions in 10 years have cut the capital fuel supply to the tech-company-creation engine. Some 85 people attended and pored over the company's financial and operating plans, intellectual-property portfolio, and employment contracts and examined other aspects of the technology, team, business, and market.

Finance 10

Finance Due Diligence Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Not long after Alan Greenspan stepped down as Federal Reserve chairman in 2006, global financial markets began to unravel. Greenspan was never a hardline believer in the rationality of financial markets. It’s true of all commodity markets. Almost everybody is bullish, expects the market to go up, and is fully committed.

Long-term 12

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 12

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Along the way, many defective tires hit the market, subsequently causing SUV rollovers, damage and, in some cases, deaths. K-Mart closed 617 of its under-performing department stores and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2002. Crises can have many liabilities upon companies, including loss of profits and market share.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Likewise, where mechanical engineers once predominated, the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are increasingly looking for software engineers, energy management experts, and data scientists able to build electric and self-driving vehicles.

Industry 8

Industry Technology Engineering Automotive 8

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. The result is that large firms are gaining market share.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8