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How Chinese Companies Can Develop Global Brands

Harvard Business Review

Yet it does not have a single representative on Interbrand’s list of the top 100 global brands. To many skeptical consumers in developed markets, Brand China still means lower quality. To many skeptical consumers in developed markets, Brand China still means lower quality. Seek partnerships with Western brands.

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A Quiet Revolution in Clean-Energy Finance

Harvard Business Review

A star example is Google, which raised a mere $40 million in private funding before its IPO at a $23 billion valuation. Despite these gloomy headlines, three developments in the sector give us hope that the revolution in clean energy production is far from dead: 1.

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Many CEOs Aren’t Breakthrough Innovators (and That’s OK)

Harvard Business Review

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. This would mean, for example, working in R&D to lead pharma innovation, new product development for high tech, and product design or merchandising for fashion retail.

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What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business Review

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. We separated, went public, and created a name and a brand.

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Barack Obama's Rebranding Plan: Attack, Orate, Repeat

Harvard Business Review

So far, Obama's team has thrived here, successfully beating the daylights out of Mitt Romney's record, including his work at Bain Capital and his personal finances. The President's branding predicament echoes that of another fast-moving American icon: Facebook. isn't the most compelling rallying cry.)

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Enabling the Natural Act of Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business Review

Real entrepreneurs don''t mind paying taxes, so develop a clear, right-sized and strictly enforced tax system. So Puerto Rican entrepreneurs hire consultants to badger government procurement to pay up, and in parallel they jack up their prices to finance the long receivables cycle. Taxes per se do not hinder entrepreneurship.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

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. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.