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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. Management Advice from Jeff Bezos. The biggest surprise after studying the Amazon letters to shareholders written by Jeff Bezos is how much management advice he provides. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter).

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Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

Harvard Business Review

GM’s bankruptcy and bailout four years ago earned it the nickname “Government Motors,” a reference to both the $80 billion lent by the US government (repaid in full in December, 2013) and to the bureaucratic, top-down management GM executives had used to try to reverse the company’s tailspin. Innovation is always the product of teaming.

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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

The innovation portfolio. The innovation portfolio also contained a new business unit called MedStar Ambulatory Services, a network of small, storefront clinics, diagnostic labs, and primary care offices located in dozens of neighborhoods. Partnerships like these are also part of the innovation portfolio. billion in 2010 to $4.9

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

and China take the lead in tech innovation. While 44% of EU residents shopped online in 2014, a paltry 15% bought from another member state; barely up by six and a half percentage points since 2010, according to the European Commission’s (EC) “Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015.” Investing in innovation capacity.

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