Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Take Jim, a front-runner CFO candidate for a leading medical device manufacturer on the verge of an IPO. Furthermore, structural conflicts across functions are common in large complex organizations, leaving peers to fight for finite resources or at odds over projects and issues.

Career 15

Career CFO Sample Execution 15

Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

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Blue Ocean Strategy 30

Blue Ocean Strategy CPM Licensing Open-book 30

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Talented founders know that corporations simply cannot replicate the deep experience private VCs have in starting companies, nor their expertise in assisting startups with complex challenges such as deal making, business modeling, resolving disputes among founders, executing a successful IPO, and so on.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In hindsight, this thinking turned out to be far less important than what we learned about leadership, control, and trust, which ultimately were reflected in how each of the businesses was created, capitalized, and staffed. Ma and the Alibaba leadership team would retain management control. Although he didn’t have a U.S.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Between now and the IPO, every bit of information about the company’s finances and other metrics will be closely scrutinized. Research shows that firms’ management teams influence the success of their IPOs. Is Wall Street a Good Judge of Leadership? But one key variable is missing from that list: people.

IPO 8

IPO Execution Incentives Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

For many consumer tech companies, this post-IPO pressure on financial returns is too high. What compels these companies to IPO prematurely is that they need to provide a liquidity event for their institutional investors, and sometimes for their founders or early employees. They need to maintain their leadership in the mobile space.

IPO 8

IPO Company Maturity Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

Since then, there have been other projects where Huawei experienced severe climate challenges, such as building the highest wireless communication base station in the world (6,500 meters high on Mount Everest) and building the first GSM network within the Arctic circle.

Succession 8

Succession Golden Handcuff IPO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

Its IPO in 1999 was a sensation ; by autumn 2000 its market capitalization topped $65 billion and the ratio of its stock price to the next year’s projected earnings was a staggering 483. attempt to change the leadership and strategic direction of the company. There’s no rocket science here, no Ackmanesque (Ackmaniacal?)

Hedge 8

Hedge Chief Technology Officer Maturity IPO 8