Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

But as Apple’s profits multiplied from 2004 through 2011, it was clear that, as you now call it, “ return of capital ” to shareholders was not a pressing priority for Mr. Jobs. I agree and ask you to consider what public shareholders and stock buybacks have to do with innovation at Apple. Social innovation. Employee incentives.

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EPS Incentives Innovation Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Paul Volcker famously said the only financial innovation to improve society in recent memory was the ATM. A 2004 study of day traders in Taiwan concluded that, while a small group of traders made money consistently, “more than eight out of ten day traders lose money.” Entrepreneurship Finance Technology'

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Venture Capitalist Finance Hedge Advertising 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

Fundamentally, we have a hard-wired cultural problem in business, finance and markets. To be fair, some companies did move in this direction, among them Denmark’s Novo Nordisk (which rechartered itself around the TBL in 2004), Anglo-Dutch Unilever, and Germany’s Covestro.

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TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Palantir, a B2B company founded in 2004 and offering a suite of software applications for integrating, visualizing, and analysing data, has around 1,500 employees worldwide and is valued around $20 billion today. Financed by VC firms. Unicorns are: Small in size. Airbnb has raised approximately $2.3 Narrowly focused.

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Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

in the United States and Western Europe in 2000 to 2004 to 0.5% Investment, in turn, is critical for productivity growth, as it equips workers with more – and with more recent and innovative – equipment, software, and structures. In fact, about half of the slowdown in productivity growth — from an average of 2.4%

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Crisis Retail Long-term Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

companies don’t pay taxes on debt-financed investments, which amounts to a subsidy. They are also global leaders in tax avoidance, giving rise to concerns in Europe and elsewhere that their tax planning innovations have reduced government tax revenues. Jobs Creation Act of 2004. And in practice, the foreign income of U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. One trend that has contributed to short-termism and lower innovativeness is the increased prevalence of outside CEOs.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

These were all true of Charlie, a champion I met in 2004 just as the tech world was beginning to show signs of life after the dot com implosion. In many cases, it is more closely linked to getting the green light than even financing and business fundamentals. Some champions are visionary types with deep domain focus.

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Motivation CIO Competitive Advantage Software 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Successful platforms engage in platform evangelism, providing developers with resources to innovate, feedback on design and performance, and rewards for participation. In 2004, the residual assets were sold off for a mere $7 million, a tiny fraction of the $500 million auto manufacturers had invested.

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Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2015

” Su had a client who was strong, passionate, and innovative. In 2004, Mike Colwell was promoted to manage a team of five directors, all of whom he’d worked with previously. Their VP of Finance kept warning them not to spend in a few key ways. To make matters worse, he was totally unaware of it. The problem?

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How To Case Study Charan Information 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In 2004, Hickox was a certified public accountant in Texas and at a crossroads in her career. “The culture in the bank’s accounting and finance team has changed totally since I got here,” she said. This was also true for Michelle Hickox. “I didn’t want that,” she told me.

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Banking Conference CEO Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

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.

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Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Once they understood the rules and their underlying rationale, ALL's employees generated a series of innovative proposals based on what they had to work with. The rules helped people avoid the paralysis that often strikes when they're confronted with too many alternatives. Adapting to local circumstances.

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Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 9

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In 2017 the European Commission published a report highlighting the importance of boosting innovation across the European Union, after statistics emerged highlighting the clear east-west divide in entrepreneurship across Europe. They also examine the strength of the innovation ecosystems in various countries. Fertile ground.

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Entrepreneur Incubator Human Capital Education 45

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

from 2004 to 2007. How many times have you heard "I'm a finance person" or "I'm a marketer"?) Brad Power ( bradfordpower@gmail.com ) is a consultant and researcher in process innovation. The executives I know at these companies today believe that having process owners provides them a significant competitive advantage.

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