Leading Blog
APRIL 16, 2020
Source: The Power of Simplicity by Jack Trout with Steve Rivkin. Insecure managers create complexity. Frightened, nervous managers use thick, convoluted planning books and busy slides filled with everything they’ve known since childhood.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2013
How Dell went from dorm room startup in 1984, to the world''s largest PC maker in 2005, and then saw its stock plummet precipitously the next year, is the subject of a lengthy Harvard Business School case study by HBS professor Jan Rivkin. There are two basic patterns to a successful turnaround, Rivkin told me in a recent interview.
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First Friday Book Synopsis
OCTOBER 21, 2012
Here are some recent posts that may be of interest to you: REVIEWS How Women Lead: The 8 Essential Strategies Successful Women Know Sharon Hadary and Laura Henderson INTERVIEWS Maria K. Mitchell (Amdec) in “The Corner Office” Interview conducted by Adam Bryant New York Times Thomas M. Sterner, Part 2: An interview by [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
MARCH 24, 2013
I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results Gary Keller with Jay Papasan The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Third Edition Warren Buffett; Edited by Lawrence A. Cunningham Judgment On the [.].
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 7, 2012
These concerns can be heard in many places: the sobering survey by Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin in HBR's special March issue on U.S. Foreign expansion can fuel employment growth at home in areas like manufacturing, logistics, R&D, design, marketing, finance, and management. competitiveness, for example, and the 2010 study of U.S.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 15, 2014
“Many of us who have wound up teaching strategy and doing research in strategy grew up learning game theory from Tirole’s textbook,” says Jan Rivkin, the chair of the strategy unit at HBS. As an example, Rivkin cites the notion of commitment, which Ghemawat wrote a book on.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 30, 2015
These businesses are often focused on growth, domestically or through exports, and operate with a higher level of management sophistication than Main Street firms. These are companies like Hooven-Dayton in Miamisburg, Ohio which provides labels for Tide and Mr. Clean products. from offshore.
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