N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

Understanding the Role of a Chief Operating Officer A Chief Operating Officer (COO) holds a distinctive and crucial role in the corporate ecosystem. Equipped with a holistic view of the organization’s objectives and a deep understanding of its operations, a COO is often considered the key driver of operational excellence.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Now the business environment is downright gloomy—the economy is in recession, the country just lost its hard-won Standard & Poor’s investment-grade status ; its currency, the real, has depreciated to 12-year lows ; inflation is nearing 10% ; and talk of presidential impeachment has spread virally across mainstream media.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

Your business is a success, but you feel like a failure. In 2000, with more than $100 million in negative cash flow, the company agreed to be acquired by Star Cruises, a leading cruise operator in Asia. In early 2013, Norwegian went public and became one of the most successful IPOs of the year, closing the year 87% above its IPO price.

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