Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

The declines in manufacturing jobs during the downturns of 2001 and 2007, which totaled over 5.8 Now within services we are seeing a shift from physical services (like transportation) to information-intensive services (like financial services and digital-content delivery). million, were the largest in U.S. manufacturing output.

Technology 8

Technology Offshoring Marketing Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2015

For instance, ever since Goldman Sachs coined the term BRIC, China and India have pulled ahead of Brazil and Russia, whose growth fell below the group average between 2001 and 2013. Between 2001 and 2014, for instance, Mexico’s rank slipped from 35 to 53; Bangladesh’s from 65 to 130; and Nigeria’s from 94 to 147.

Marketing 8

Marketing Benchmarking Globalization Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Boston-based SkillWorks , founded in 2001, has placed more than half of the 500 displaced workers it has trained in new jobs. New York and Chicago have recently created "one-stop career centers" in the transportation, construction, services, and manufacturing sectors to meet specialized skills-training needs.

Skills 8

Skills Company Health Care Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

Outsourcing leads to business model risk — you open the door to outsourcing your profits (in fact, a 2001 Boeing paper that is incredibly prescient and worth the time to read identified exactly this problem). And while outsourcing can certainly lead to problems, I'm not convinced it's the cause of these problems. At least not yet.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing P&L Airlines Price 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance. We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

When setting the ground rules for an innovation, you can describe it generally (find a game-changing way for people to clean their teeth) or in minute detail (create an abrasive cleanser that can be added to toothpaste to simulate that dentist-clean feeling after brushing at home). Abstract thinking is useful for early stages of innovation.

Word of Mouth Marketing 13

Word of Mouth Marketing Transportation Market Segmentation Advertising 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. By now, the core functions of IT—data storage, data processing, and data transport—have become available and affordable to all. Vox is a digital publishing company known, in part, for its proprietary content management system.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8