Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

As the barrier dissolves between political and commercial power structures, the book raises questions about large multinationals whose budgets are bigger than small countries’ and CEOs who have growing roles as statespeople. Like international travel or meditation, it creates space for us to question our assumptions.

Stephenson 14

Stephenson White Paper Real Estate Hedge 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2013

In every start-up, finding initial product-market fit is a magical moment. But once you achieve initial product-market fit and are down the Sales Learning Curve (PDF), suddenly you are faced with a new challenge: how do I scale up the sales efforts? For example if you have a 90% gross margin SaaS software product and assign a $1.1M

Marketing 8

Marketing Productivity Products Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

As Rob Bernard, Microsoft's Chief Environmental Strategist says, "If you run one of our offices, and you choose to use carbon-based power, we'll charge you more for your energy." Let's say NGOs or customers are asking questions about what kind of energy Microsoft uses to power its datacenters. Sales/Becoming the Vendor of Choice.

Price 13

Price P&L White Paper Energy 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2017

A white paper published by the Workforce Institute and produced by Circadian, a workforce solutions company, calls absenteeism a bottom-line killer that costs employers $3,600 per hourly employee and $2,650 per salaried employee per year. Check out this world map on Wikipedia to see where your country stacks up.). Not necessarily.

Company 8

Company Absenteeism Policies Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

GE, perhaps more than any other major company, is dedicated to the use of data visualization as a key part of its marketing and communications efforts. In trying to do that, the marketing communications brand group is always searching for compelling ways to bring these challenges to life. We''ve used it with thought leaders.

Storytelling 8

Storytelling Airlines White Paper Audience 8