Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

As companies struggle to develop a new generation of internationally competent leaders, many are turning to localization instead. Giving up on expatriation implies giving up on building the diverse bench of global leaders that CEOs say they require," he writes. The Wireless Industry's Growing Pains (Knowledge@Wharton).

Wireless 11

Wireless How To McKinsey Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The new president thought Cellairis should not only sell accessories, it should sell wireless phone service as well. Skouras, the company’s CEO, thought that sounded like a swell idea. People shopping for cell phone cases were natural customers for a wireless service provider. Nothing more than a tweak, they thought.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

Since 2011, General Electric has publicly stated it would spend more than $1 billion on developing sensors, wireless devices, and related software to install on its aircraft engines, power turbines, locomotive trains and other machinery. This truth could be very different from what the company thought it was or was marketing it as.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Wireless Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Discovering that Mark Bennett, the head of Africonnect, the leading internet provider in Zambia, has 60% women in his staff would put many a German CEO to shame. While Director of the Computer Center at the University of Zambia he developed the country's first ISP, which was then spun off as a campus company.

Market Penetration 15

Market Penetration Wireless GDP Education 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

In 1933, General Motors President and CEO Alfred Sloan established the automobile industry’s first full-time consumer research department under the direction of Henry “Buck” Weaver, a pioneer in market-based decision making. But where and how do you start? As with any new endeavor, we have been learning as we go.

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Media Automotive Globalization Active Listening 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

Yesterday, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, the electric car company, announced that Tesla would make its patents freely available to competitors. In order for Tesla to succeed, a lot of complementary knowledge and infrastructure needs to be developed. Eventually electric vehicles will replace much of the market for gasoline-powered cars.

Technology 9

Technology Wireless PR Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

People will continue to debate Procter & Gamble''s move to replace CEO Bob McDonald with his immediate predecessor A.G. Many wonder why an academy company like P&G, historically known for developing talent, did not, or was not able to, promote a successor from within its ranks. Where was its leadership bench? Succession planning'

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Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Sensors, the cloud, mobile and broadband wireless, and other such technologies are increasing the flow of digitized information exponentially. The result is the reconstitution or destruction of industries, creation of new market spaces, and reshaping of old industry ecosystems. This is not guesswork.

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Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

Accenture surveyed nearly 5,000 men and women in 31 countries, exploring their use of technology, including access to devices like smartphones and wireless wearable devices, and the frequency with which they use them. At the current pace such equality won’t be achieved until 2065 in developed nations and 2100 in developing countries.

Technology 9

Technology Globalization Education Wireless 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

It gives the CEO a breather until the company has to return to exploration to restock its supply of radical ideas. Research & development Financial management' Exploitation allows companies to monetize their exciting new ideas and thereby relieve some of the stakeholder pressure for short-term earnings.

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

Consider the market for smartphones. It is from the app store on which external developers create value. It is no coincidence that JC Penney's CEO, Ron Johnson, was previously at Apple. Apple needed to attract both developers and users. This ability to "plug-and-play" is a defining characteristic of Platform Thinking.

Strategy 8

Strategy Succession Retail Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

While India remains a formidably challenging market, there are at least three reasons why global firms cannot overlook India without consequences. Similarly, when Renault entered India and introduced Kwid in 2015, Maruti and Hyundai had almost 70% of India’s large and fast-growing sub-compact car market.

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Globalization CAGR Class Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In this context, "corporate catalysts" — entrepreneurially-minded people inside corporates — are working with corporations' resources, scale, and growing agility to develop innovative solutions to global challenges. Medtronic used business model innovation to enter markets formerly out of its reach.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

Huawei’s revenue from overseas markets exceeded that from the Chinese market for the first time in 2005. For example, when Huawei expanded their 3G market in Europe, they noticed that European carriers expected base stations to be more compact, easier to install, greener, and more energy efficient, while offering wider coverage.

Succession 8

Succession Golden Handcuff IPO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

When one person with a wireless connection can be an agency, a media company, or even a manufacturer, traditional advertising organizations have to change their culture, processes, structure, talent policies, resources, and even their business and revenue models in order to embrace the power of open systems being fueled by digital connectivity.

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