HR Digest

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The startup had been well on its way to initiating an IPO back in 2019 but the pandemic drove the idea completely out of the works. After its first failed IPO attempt, the company struggled to bring its valuation up at all. After the company’s initial launch in 2010, WeWork has faced many uphill battles in its journey.

IPO 40

IPO CEO Report Insurance 40

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

To do so, it had to come up with a brand of management all its own, centered around “people analytics,” a quantitative approach to hiring and operations. Earlier this year, Google’s SVP of People Operations, Laszlo Bock, wrote about its latest “people analytics” experiment.

IPO 15

IPO Management Engineering Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

A star example is Google, which raised a mere $40 million in private funding before its IPO at a $23 billion valuation. While there has not been a defining exit in clean energy akin to the "Netscape moment" for the internet, there have been numerous recent IPOs in the biofuels sector.

Energy 11

Energy Finance IPO Biotechnology 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

The quote comes from author, tech thinker, and now public-TV personality Steven Johnson: “The history of the Internet suggests that there have been cool Web sites that go in and out of fashion and then there have been open standards that become plumbing,” he told David Carr of The New York Times in January 2010. billion in less than a year.

Marketing 10

Marketing IPO Venture Capitalist Fashion 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

In managing the fallout from BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster in 2010, company Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg had to take over from CEO Tony Hayward, whose gaffes and public blaming of partners had only exacerbated the crisis. operations in favor of financial performance.

CFO 8

CFO Crisis Mass Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. Zhou reportedly felt that the original Yahoos were overpaid and lazy, whereas the Yahoo team felt bullied and believed Zhou wasn’t focused on the Yahoo operations. A 2010 Harvard Business School case by Julie M.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

A 2010 meta-analysis detailed many of the different issues that make divestiture so hard to evaluate consistently. But a study from 1999 found that long-run performance of both the former parent company and the divested unit is strongly positive, provided that the spin-off increases the company’s focus.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8