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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

And just to make things interesting, do it in a decentralized organizational construct where laws, standards, and procedures aren’t as tightly controllable as within a single company. Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. And do that with over 99.999999 percent reliability. Recall how the U.S.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

search engine company Inktomi in 2002. Only legal, finance, and human resources still reported back to headquarters. Wulf noted that Ma studied Jack Welch’s approach and was inspired by GE’s decentralized decision-making. In November 2003, after due diligence, we announced our agreement to purchase 3721 for $120 million.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.