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The 5 Ways Chairman Lampert Destroyed Sears’ Value

Adam Hartung

The brand is now so tarnished that Sears Holdings is writing down the value of the Sears name by another $200million – reducing intangible value from the $4B at origination in 2004 to under $2B. Through case analysis the good professor taught us that leadership could make decisions that increased company valuation.

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Why Business Strategy Shouldn’t Be “Scientific”

Innovation Excellence

In 2004, I was leading a major news organization during the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. That can’t help but to color their analysis. It is hard to see how company’s culture could change so drastically in such a short amount of time, with no significant change in leadership. Why Business Case Studies Are Flawed.

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Innovation – Why Bezos Succeeded, While Lampert Failed at Sears

Adam Hartung

By November, 2004 the stock has risen to $90. Heck, leadership had discontinued the famous catalogues in 1993 to stop store cannibalization and push people into locations where the company could promote more products and services. So that was where he had leadership focus. Revenues tumble, but so do costs, and earnings rise.

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Register for Innovators Exchange 2018

Innovators Alliance

As a founder or CEO of a growing company, do you want to guide your business down a well-worn path of traditional leadership? Our time together will include digging into five areas of leadership that often cause endless amounts of frustration in scaling businesses: Recruiting & Onboarding. Performance Management. Accountability.

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Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation (Part 5): Crucial Lessons to Strengthen CVC Success

Corporate Innovation

It is only natural to consider whether the cohort of CVCs established during the last five years will have more staying power than the dot-com CVC group, many of which closed down during the economic downturn of 2001-2004. The CVCs in the sample: Gain and maintain support from senior leadership.

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Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation (Part 5): Crucial Lessons to Strengthen CVC Success

Corporate Innovation

It is only natural to consider whether the cohort of CVCs established during the last five years will have more staying power than the dot-com CVC group, many of which closed down during the economic downturn of 2001-2004. The CVCs in the sample: Gain and maintain support from senior leadership.

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Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation (Part 5): Crucial Lessons to Strengthen CVC Success

Corporate Innovation

It is only natural to consider whether the cohort of CVCs established during the last five years will have more staying power than the dot-com CVC group, many of which closed down during the economic downturn of 2001-2004. The CVCs in the sample: Gain and maintain support from senior leadership.