Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2012

For one, it temporarily healed the deep political divide in Washington, bringing together overwhelming bipartisan majorities of 380 votes in the House of Representatives and 73 in the Senate. Such regulations, if they succeed in increasing the information flow between managements and markets, are also good news for investors in general.

IPO 11

IPO Conflict of Interest Information Marketing 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

And last year, he decided that the answer was to take the company private, to escape the hectoring of the public market. Competitors like IBM and Compaq struggled with the politics of managing their various channel partners and lagged Dell in inventory management. For more background on the potential deal, click here.) So will it work?

Rivkin 15

Rivkin Succession Short-term Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

For instance, Snapchat’s recent IPO filing revealed that the company grew revenues by 600% (to $404 million) in 2016. The explosive growth of ride sharing is a big reason why Hertz reported dismal quarterly results in November 2016, leading to a 23% drop in its market value. Many of them have been growing at a ferocious pace.

Innovation 8

Innovation Bureaucracy IPO Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2016

On August 1 Uber announced that it is selling its Chinese brand and operations to Didi Chuxing for $1 billion, its annual burn rate in that market, in exchange for a 20% stake in the local competitor. The $1 billion burn rate in China was reportedly holding up its IPO, not just its expansion in other parts of the world.

Network Economy 8

Network Economy Globalization Discount Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2011

Economics, politics, and sector shifts are all vital issues on the agenda in the boardroom. It is not just about political uprisings any more. It encounters a multiplicity of queries be it marketing, customer service, legal issues, and more. Board members need to understand the factors that impact their businesses.

Media 14

Media IPO Reputation Follow-up 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

At the time, though, we were just in search of a new approach to building a sustainable business in that critical but often difficult market. In fact, you could say (and many did) that our previous attempts had failed, in that we hadn’t established a sustained market position. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

It's likely to ignite even more political instability and social turmoil — in layman's terms, that's riots, panics, protests, and violence. Another week, another potentially destabilizing global mini-crisis. Should we raise interest rates so there's less hot money sloshing around to fuel the bubble, bringing down food prices?

Globalization 15

Globalization IPO Decentralization Price 15