Mike Cardus

APRIL 14, 2011

Unfortunately when this question is asked to executives and managers they are operating off false theories of folklore that are leading them to treat employees as less than capable. The notion that some types of roles (sales, research, finance, etc.) List is from Elliot Jaques “Social Power & the CEO” 2002. Why do you work?

System 157

System Commitment Motivation Incentives 157

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Seed-stage financing for technology start-ups fell from 16% of total annual private equity investment in 1995 to just 1% in 2002 and recovered to only 4% in 2011, according to data compiled by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association.

Finance 10

Finance Due Diligence Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 10

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. If you find all the noise around social media to be confusing, rest assured that you’re not alone.

Media 365

Media Blog Tools Influence 365

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. But there is a pattern among these critics, which is that they rarely ask how well the systems they analyze would operate without algorithms.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Policies Finance Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style.

Chief Financial Officer 9

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

This news followed the bankruptcy in March of Wuxi Suntech , the main operating subsidiary of the world''s largest maker of solar panels, after it defaulted on a $541 million bond payment. Similarly, $33 billion in subsidies from 2002 to 2009 helped China triple paper production and overtake the U.S. and European steel.

Bond 8

Bond Price Industry Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

That''s the finding of a big new study by Harvard''s Lucian Bebchuk, Duke''s Alon Brav, and Columbia''s Wei Jiang , which shows that companies targeted by activist hedge funds as undervalued markedly improve their operating performance in the subsequent five years. Boards Competition Finance'

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term Finance 8