Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2018

I’ve worked from home since 2006, when I launched my consulting and speaking business. And, at times, the solitude may lead to isolation or the feeling that you’re left out at work. How can you combat loneliness and create positive relationships with colleagues when you work from home full-time?

How To 132

How To Meeting Video Sports 132

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

In 2006 Google acquired YouTube for an eye-popping (for the time) figure of $1.6 Let’s look at a couple of well-known examples of strategic value. YouTube’s business was wildly unprofitable, and the liability issues it faced for illegally posted videos seemed virtually limitless.

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Financial Examples Company Productivity 134

MishTalk

JUNE 21, 2014

When I left my position as defense secretary in 2006, Iraqis — with a love for democracy just like our founding fathers — were refreshing the tree of liberty with the blood of practically everyone, not just tyrants. Donald Rumsfeld is an American politician and businessman.

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Operations Course Strategy Strategy 64

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

As shown in the exhibit below, for each of the years 2006 through 2015 the average total compensation of the 500 highest-paid U.S. executives using ARG numbers was greater than the average total compensation of the 500 highest paid using EFV measures, and markedly so in 2006-2007 and 2012-2015, when the stock markets were booming.

Exercises 70

Exercises Report Pharmaceuticals Financial 70

Women in Consulting

MARCH 1, 2018

In all that success, Deborah joined WIC twice: to support her consulting business from 2000 to 2006 and then again in 2014 when she went back to consulting after 8 years at Cisco. She also served as WIC president in 2004-2006. She was quick to share these tried and true lessons from her early WIC years.

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Meeting Consulting Management Marketing 33

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 30, 2016

When Steve Clapp and Carl Gerlach took over the Ball Park hot dog brand in 2006, the brand had not grown in three years and was a good decade beyond its successful Michael Jordan ad campaign , with the tagline “Plump when you cook ‘em.”

Advertising 124

Advertising Fashion Productivity Company 124

Harvard Business

APRIL 25, 2017

When Alan Mulally came to Ford in 2006 to help turn around the business, he took bold actions to change the way they company operated. In this highly symbolic move, he left no doubt about his intentions—and about what he thought it would take to make Starbucks great again.

How To 134

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

In 2006 alone, Nokia introduced 39 new mobile-device models. Seeking to extend its technological edge (particularly in miniaturization), it acquired more than 100 startup companies while pursuing a vast portfolio of research and product development projects.

Strategy 134

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Company 134

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

By 2006, the company received 150 T-shirt designs per day and had over 400,000 users voting on shirts. Founded in 2000, the online firm allows users to submit t-shirt designs and vote on the best ones. Threadless prints and sells the winners. This model has been extremely successful.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

As Xerox’s CEO Anne Mulcahy said in the Dean’s Innovative Leader Series at MIT in 2006: “In trying to rebound, we spent the vast majority of our time talking to customers.” ” By 2011, two-thirds of Xerox’s revenues came from products or services it had introduced within the last two years.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Since 2006, hundreds of companies — including global brands like Novartis , Hewlett-Packard , and Rolls Royce — have reached settlements with U.S. Yet, according to the World Bank , roughly one-third of firms around the world use kickbacks, paying an estimated total of $400 billion a year.

Management 129

Management Ethics Government Sales 129

Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

When Warren Buffett retired from Coca-Cola’s board in 2006, he said he no longer had the time necessary. Board service has always been very demanding. When you consider all of the retreats, travel, reading, meeting prep time, transactions, and committee meetings involved, it is a wonder anyone serves at all.

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Government Development Journal Study 118

Consultants' Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

This article was published in Leadership Excellence in 2006. BPR your life takes the principles of business process re-engineering and applies them to the way you manage your time (and therefore your life). Other authors in that issue include Warren Bennis and Dave Ulrich. Five principles of re-engineering your […].

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Engineering Management Consulting Leadership 51

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

The crazy solution: Brandeau asked Disney Animation (Disney bought Pixar in 2006) if the studio could borrow 250 computers, an idea someone initially called “insane.” ” The team trucked the computers 360 miles from Burbank, California, to Emeryville, near San Francisco, setting the systems up over a weekend.

Education 97

Education Leadership System Engineering 97

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The company last entered China in 2006 with a censored search engine, but pulled the plug on the operation four years later after it discovered that human-rights activists’ Gmail accounts had been hacked. Reportedly, Facebook has also attempted to enter China, though it has faced tremendous public outcry and difficulty in doing so.

Ethics 70

Ethics Intellectual Property Government Data 70

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

In 2006, they acquired The Real Learning Company, which specializes in providing models, tools and programs for mapping, developing and managing performance for individuals and teams. In 2006 BTS also acquired Advantage Performance Group, Inc which focuses on business development.

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Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

That company, Pixar , was sold to Disney in 2006 for $7.4 Later they joined George Lucas, who saw the potential for computer graphics to create a new paradigm for special effects. Eventually, the operation was spun out and bought by Steve Jobs. Create diversity.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Our findings are similar to those of a 2006 survey of HR leaders on training of virtual teams, suggesting that while technology and virtual work itself has advanced dramatically in recent years, our preparation to work virtually has not.

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Survey Research Meeting Productivity 132

MishTalk

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Auto lending, like housing in 2006, appears to be a no-lose proposition. No doubt the loans are sliced, diced, tranched, and securitized to make them appear as AAA. Pension funds are probably dumping gold to load up on them. After all, the Fed is in complete control.

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Finance Sales Banking Data 74

MishTalk

JUNE 3, 2014

That was on a par with the levels only seen in 2000 and 2006/2007. At the time, the ratio of assets invested in equity mutual funds and ETFs had eclipsed the assets stashed in safe money market funds by a factor of 3. The reason it was notable is because it had been bounded during the past 15 years, as stocks traded within a broad range.

Marketing 67

Marketing Data Management Strategy& 67

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2016

By 2006, GMCR owned 100% of Keurig and officially renamed Keurig Green Mountain (KGM) in 2014. The partnership provided Keurig with the funding it needed, plus the value-added education in roasting and brewing coffee, and gave GMCR a stake in a promising innovation at relatively low risk.

Company 119

Company Engineering Operations Development 119

MishTalk

APRIL 22, 2014

Though that''s a 33% jump from 2006, the pace is half that of the 50 to 64 age group. Many more young adults live with their parents than those in their 50s and early 60s live with theirs. Among 18- to 29-year-olds, 1.6 million Californians have taken up residence in their childhood bedrooms, according to the data.

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Financial Data Groups Policies 74

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 19, 2016

A decade ago, the Mach 3 razor was Gillette’s premium offering for men, until the Fusion line was launched in 2006 at a 40% price increase, followed by the Fusion ProGlide in 2010 and the Fusion Proshield Flexball in 2016—to name a few of the brand’s major releases.

Marketing 70

Marketing Retail Productivity Sales 70

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

Disney’s existing contract to distribute Pixar films was slated to end in 2006 and Pixar had announced two years earlier it would not renew the arrangement.). Iger could have continued trying to infuse Disney animation from within but he realized the best opportunities can sometimes be created through alliances with other businesses.

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Film Industry Examples Strategy& 70

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

billion in January, the lowest since 2006, from $20.4 The IMF in 2010 agreed to lend $15.6 billion to Ukraine, only to freeze disbursements the following year after the government refused to raise domestic natural-gas prices to trim the budget deficit. Reserves Shrivel Foreign reserves probably shrank to $18.7 Reserves fell to $17.8

Banking 69

Banking Travel Financial Report 69

MishTalk

JANUARY 7, 2014

Global equity mutual funds and exchange-traded funds received $195 billion, edging past the previous record inflow of $183 billion in 2006. In a note to clients, TrimTabs explained that U.S. Retail investors are particularly enthusiastic about non-U.S. stocks, which should make contrarians wary,” said Santschi. equity mutual funds.

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Retail Report Research Marketing 67

Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2017

The company also aspired to raise the overseas portion of its revenue in response to the projected shrinking of the Japanese GDP as a portion of global GDP ( from 12% in 2006 to 3% in 2050 ) and wanted to expand its global talent pool. Above all, company aspired to become the number one internet services company in the world.

Culture 134

Culture How To Report Case Interview 134

MishTalk

OCTOBER 24, 2013

As Fed chairman until 2006, practically the eve of the financial crisis, Greenspan couldn’t see the storm on the horizon. Flashback May 21, 2006. Thus I mockingly talked about his call on May 27, 2006 in Greenspan Predicts Housing Bust. Let’s review. No National Housing Bubble. Confronting Bubbles. Today Greenspan Says. “In

Banking 68

Banking Case Interview Marketing Policies 68

Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2017

The better analog for Tesla may be the Sony Librie and other early electronic book readers, introduced at great expense and fanfare between 1998 and 2006. Even if they were, it would not be realistic to expect customers to replace vehicle hardware as quickly as they change their media-consumption habits. None of them succeeded.

Automotive 132

Automotive Transportation Productivity Retail 132

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2018

When Disney bought Pixar in 2006, Disney CEO Robert Iger agreed to a set of ground rules for safeguarding Pixar’s looser culture. Mutual input about how each company will change — and a formal contract documenting those changes — can help ensure long-term success.

Culture 132

Culture Operations Efficiency Company 132

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Fred’s first book, The Ultimate Question , published in 2006, talked about a business environment that has become more social. Even as recently as 2006, the concept of measurement, management and their impact on philanthropy was not considered a key tool to business development – that’s why The Ultimate Question 2.0

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Bain Survey Banking Metrics 100

Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

You may have had stellar experience in marketing, for instance, but if you left your job in 2006, you’ve missed the entirety of the social media era, and an employer might be justified in wondering if you’ve kept up. Depending how long you were out of the workforce, potential employers might worry that you’re out of touch.

Cover Letters 132

Cover Letters Talent Resumes Interviews 132

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 19, 2016

We focused on the years 2006 to 2009, as it was a period of intense climate lobbying — the American Clean Energy and Security Act passed in the House of Representatives in June 2009, but was not taken up in the Senate. We analyzed lobbying expenditure data and greenhouse gases emission data on 1,141 U.S.-based based firms. million).

Research 70

Research Data Analysis Industry 70

Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2018

banks between 1994 and 2006. For instance, U.S. immigrants’ family living arrangements and beliefs of the role of women in society have been found to parallel those found in the home countries of their ancestors. The CEOs in our sample led 441 publicly-listed U.S.

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Study Banking Culture Groups 121

MishTalk

MARCH 3, 2014

Loan originations declined to the lowest point since Nov. 2008 (down 60% Y/Y) Property sales remained relatively strong (total year 2013 was up 8.4% 709K vs. 2.3M

Sales 72

Sales Financial Course Data 72

Harvard Business

MARCH 20, 2017

We draw largely upon the Gallup World Poll , which has been surveying people in over 150 countries around the world since 2006. These efforts allow us to analyze data from hundreds of thousands of individuals across the globe and investigate the ways in which elements of people’s working lives drive their wellbeing.

Report 134

Report Transportation Construction Video 134

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2018

In 2006, CEO Kenny sold the company to Publicis for $1.3 million shares in 2005 , and had another 7 million left in 2006, securing another $20 million on the day of the sale. Digitas took years to recover to its pre-crisis levels, but it did survive and thrive. billion, $100 million shy of its IPO valuation.

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Financial Case Interview Company Advertising 102