Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

In a 2003 study of past Fed chairmen Christina Romer and David Romer of the University of California, Berkeley, reckon that a candidate who subscribes to a "sound" framework of basic monetary principles is most likely to do well. But worse, the financial sector no longer serves its proper purpose: to enable productive real-sector investment.

How To 8

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

launched a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription version of its key product line, Creative Suite, causing its net income to plummet by almost 35% percent the following year. Investors preferred new SaaS products over product conversions and valued having a product fallback option. On April 23, 2012, Adobe Inc.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In each iteration, we spent a lot of time thinking about what might make the best use of our existing product. content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2011

And in 1927, when Ford belatedly responded (at tremendous financial cost and internal strife) to changes in the market's tastes and competitive innovation by shutting down production temporarily to re-tool his factories and bring the Model A to the market, that percentage fell to about 15%. It was better cars, with better financing options.

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Innovation Mass Marketing Price Market Segmentation 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

Boards should require that CEO candidates demonstrate not just knowledge of finance and marketing but also a technology aptitude. While technology can''t give you a permanent competitive advantage, timely deployment of new IT products, processes, and systems can enable you to build a strong competitive position. Accountability.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

I had the privilege to be part of a group there in 2003. It made me sit down and think… Just yesterday I attended the opening of the second Columba 1400 Leadership Centre here in Scotland. The bottom line for C1400 is to help young people from “tough realities&# to reflect on their personal leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2016

In an era of high-stakes innovation, there is no clearer illustration of how to develop new products the right way (and the wrong way) than a tale of two car companies. How Porsche got the product right. That was heartening to the company’s executives and product designers. How Fiat Chrysler got the product wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Should we increase production?”. Then, in 2006, came The Theory of Corporate Finance — not a field Tirole had really been known for. Corporate finance? They think Jean Tirole is the IO guy or the corporate finance guy or the game theory guy.”. Should we lower our prices?” That appeared out of nowhere,” says Gans.

Strategy 8

Strategy Rivkin Game Theory Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

A significant part of telecom equipment maker Huawei’s leap from regional player to global leader, for example, was due to its partnerships with Motorola in 2000, 3Com in 2003, and Symantec in 2008. Western brands also want access to China and recent global market turmoil has exposed many targets for astute Chinese brands.

Brand 8

Brand Globalization Company Development 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Air Products, Nokia, and Shell, among others, followed this advice and created top-level process owners. They also built a process governance structure that was an organizational overlay on their functional and product structures. How many times have you heard "I'm a finance person" or "I'm a marketer"?) from 2004 to 2007.

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Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

One issue right now is that the biggest element of the fiscal cliff — the scheduled expiration of the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 — is less the product of conscious pre-commitment than of American legislative complexity. But it would work better if we pre-committed to the right things, at the right time.

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