Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. We insisted that the local team follow Yahoo reporting, systems, and governance requirements.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

In the high flying days of 2005-2007, banks around the country relied heavily on these scores to make quick decisions on millions of uncollateralized small business loans, with disastrous results. After all, isn’t the customer’s voice relevant if you are going to finance a plumber or restaurant?

Credit Scoring 10

Credit Scoring Banking Dunning Metrics 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2014

Instead of simply providing health insurance, savvy employers are tackling health care costs by supporting the whole employee—everything from their finances to their career development to physical health. This initiative encouraged leaders at all levels to focus on their own well-being and that of their teams. Keep it convenient.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Morale Company 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We have merged in data on the firms backed by VC financing. On the whole, immigrant entrepreneurship is somewhat stronger for VC-backed firms, with 31% of VC-backed founders being immigrants, compared to 25% of all entrepreneurs in 2005. Immigrant founders launch firms that are smaller than native-founded firms. workers, compared to 7.0

Entrepreneur 12

Entrepreneur Long-term Globalization Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Consider the story of the Business Transformation Agency of the Department of Defense, which was founded in 2005 under Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, and "disestablished" in 2011 by Defense Secretary Gates. The Business Transformation Agency was populated by people brought in from the commercial sector.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

In the high flying days of 2005-2007, banks around the country relied heavily on these scores to make quick decisions on millions of uncollateralized small business loans, with disastrous results. After all, isn’t the customer’s voice relevant if you are going to finance a plumber or restaurant?

Credit Scoring 8

Credit Scoring Banking Dunning Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Does the business have a complete, balanced, and cohesive management team? Successful spin-offs tend to have a management team that comprises both insiders and outsiders. The outsiders provide new blood in support functions such as finance, legal, or administration. and the competitive intensity of its industry.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

In their piece, they observe the following: In the short term, however, the current team might actually outperform in the absence of its mercurial and stubborn mentor. Well, Burrows was converted to the stores, at least: in a glowing 2005 piece, he professed that Apple had discovered what surely must be the future of retail.

Competitive Advantage 13

Competitive Advantage Software Health Care Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

In November 2005, Paul Graham wrote an essay titled " The Venture Capital Squeeze." Because of the limited investment that accelerators offer companies (usually less than $40,000), they can evaluate business plans and founding teams more quickly than traditional venture investors with arguably less risk.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

As their personal finances shored up, professionals I surveyed yearned for more control over their lives. In 2005, an investment banker was asked to lead a small team in (now) rapidly growing Latin America. Said one sales executive, "Those years could have been spent working on problems that mattered to me. The logical answer?

Career 10

Career Golden Handcuff Short-term CEO 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

firms gravitate towards digital strategies, firms have less need for elaborate finance, marketing, production, distribution, accounting, and human resource departments. Chief finance officers increasingly question the ability of a day trader to value a digital company. Furthermore, as production shifts to Asia and more and more U.S.

IPO 11

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

I worked with him for three years (2006-2008) during my work with Rick Wagoner and his senior team on the attempt to turnaround the fortunes of GM. I like Bob Lutz. Bob and I tended to be on the same side on most issues. In that context, it was fun to read his new book: Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business.

Company 12

Company Franchising Fixed Costs Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D. tax jurisdiction. Breakthrough innovations in high tech certainly have a powerful impact on performance, but they are quite rare.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Each year INSEAD and WIPO team up to produce the Global Innovation Index , which aims to rank nations according to their innovative capacity and outputs. Similarly, there are evident challenges in terms of market sophistication, with the country ranking 123rd in terms of ease of getting credit and general access to finance.

Succession 82

Succession Entrepreneur Globalization Innovation 82

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

We were founded in 2005, and our cofounders, Aneel Bhusri and Dave Duffield who were both already highly successful entrepreneurs, understood that any successful culture would be built on a core set of values. How do you manage the evolution of your company’s culture, and hold on to what makes you great, even as you change and grow?

Technology 8

Technology Company Tools Information 8