Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In November 2003, after due diligence, we announced our agreement to purchase 3721 for $120 million. The idea was simple: Combine the best of both companies into the new Yahoo China, which was projected to generate more than $25 million in revenue in 2004. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. But there were bigger problems.

Software Review 14

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

We became involved with the company, which produces inventory software, in 2004 when one of us (David) was sent by the prior majority investor to shut the fledgling company down. By the end of 2006 we had created the #1 most requested inventory software for use with QuickBooks and were solidly profitable. What if we can't agree?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

One of the most significant came in early 2004 when we decided to relocate from San Francisco to Las Vegas. We also lost some good people: Our star software developer loved San Francisco and decided not to leave. Our company culture, which had always been strong, became even more so. Culture That Drives Performance.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2014

The question I ask here is not how and why did this dangerous defect occur, but rather what kind of company culture allows passenger safety to be so badly compromised? Fox Business reported , “Barra found out about a review of the Cobalt in December, when she was still head of GM’s global product development.” Fact 2: A recall.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

How can you evaluate whether that’s the right work culture for you? But in an age when Google and Facebook — founded in 1998 and 2004, respectively — are two of the biggest companies in the world, those days are over. Figure out whether you’re a “cultural and behavioral fit” for the company.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Content is free and supplied by consumers who write reviews voluntarily. Scaling Lesson 2: Maintain a Sense of Urgency.

Software Review 11

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

The methodology is Continuous Development, which, like agile, began as a software development methodology. Rather than improving software in one large batch, updates are made continuously, piece-by-piece, enabling software code to be delivered to customers as soon as it is completed and tested. Fix errors faster.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Thus, today we have a number of process "religions": Statistical Process Control was followed by Total Quality Management, Business Reengineering, Six Sigma, Lean, and Business Process Management (BPM, which emphasizes process management software). Nor have they understood the need to continually improve processes. Eradicate process lingo.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

To this end, if we reverse engineer today’s sustainability agenda, it is clear that a powerful element of its genetic code has been the Triple Bottom Line (variously rendered as TBL or 3PL). Fundamentally, we have a hard-wired cultural problem in business, finance and markets. Hence the need for a “recall.”

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

The self-congratulatory consensus seems to be that things are different now than they were in 2004, the last time O’Reilly faced a major uproar over his conduct with a coworker. That alleged episode will forever be etched in my mind, due to O’Reilly’s unorthodox use of the word “falafel.” Using the U.S.

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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. But to realize this potential, established companies will need to fundamentally revisit their business models and cultures.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Working with an Israeli software development company, AppFront, we invested six months and more capital than we ever thought possible on it. But, because we incorporated features to reflect our family culture, the app has also boosted staff engagement in a way we never even expected. Insight Center. Sponsored by Citrix GoToMeeting.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Manage culture by setting expectations appropriately. Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more. What helped Trolltech ultimately save the relationship was learning how to set expectations appropriately in light of the divergent cultures.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

” As a result, Axelrod has worked to create a culture where everyone can have time for work and life, promoting flexible and remote work and opening an office closer to where people live to cut down on commutes – efforts which have reduced turnover and recruiting and training costs, and increased employee morale and productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2018

When it comes to changing clinician behavior, leaders have to think more broadly about the local organizational culture clinicians work in. up-coding patient complexity to reduce readmission penalties) or harmful unintended consequences. A Stronger Focus on Culture. What the Research Says.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

And at the bedside, nurses now compare a bar code on the patient’s wristband with the label affixed to medication to ensure the right patient receives the right medication. Transparency on delivering recommended care, enabled by the EMR, cuts across the grain of traditional hospital culture.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2018

When a case does manage to reach the legal system, courts will often side with a company due to the mere presence of an official policy, regardless of whether the policy is actually effective in addressing harassment or abuse.

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