N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. Some may be engineers, marketers, finance directors, or salespersons. A 2001 study by the Hay Group indicated a 2.5x revenue increase for companies with high engagement levels.

Leadership Development 277

Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 277

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department. Sponsored by Accenture.

Company 13

Company Survey Finance Engineering 13

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. We were optimistic about Yahoo’s future in China as the deal closed in January 2004.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

When I logged into the site for the first time in the spring of 2004, I was prepared to hate the service. While this is a surmountable problem, it puts the media company in a very different position than that of Google in 2004 - the company that Facebook is most often compared against.

IPO 13

IPO Advertising IRR Venture Funding 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

While its competitors were spending lavishly on new equipment, ALL repaired decommissioned engines from its "dead fleet," bought used locomotives from African carriers, and replaced damaged sections of the main line with dismantled tracks from abandoned parking stations.

Strategy 8

Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

After using borrowed money in the 1980s and 1990s, then opening up a hedge fund in 2004, he has since 2011 basically just been managing his own money. Apple Finance Skill vs. luck' Icahn also doesn’t go for short-selling campaigns like those led by Ackman and David Einhorn. As long as he gets the last laugh, of course.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

In founding TripAdvisor, Kaufer wanted to take his hard core engineering skills and apply them to vertical search in travel. That is, build a massive database of travel information that provided a white label search engine for travel sites like Expedia and Travelocity. Big Data meets travel.in

EBITDA 8

EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 8