Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Bharti's innovative business model converted fixed costs in capital expenditure to a variable cost based on usage of capacity. Through the outsourcing arrangements, Bharti dramatically lowered its costs while ensuring high quality for customers, since vendors had world-class competencies in their domains. The trend is spreading.

Outsourcing 10

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Also, while China’s outward-bound foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown from an annual average of below $3 billion before 2005 to more than $60 billion in 2010 and 2011, only one third of Chinese companies have seen international revenue meet expectations, according to Accenture. Redesign the organization. Rebrand from the inside out.

Brand 8

Brand Globalization Company Development 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

At the peak of the North Texas housing market in 2003, my company Grand Homes sold more than a thousand homes. Finally, most painfully, we had to find ways to cut our costs. Material, labor, utility cost, downtime, and our supplies all came under hard scrutiny. Everyone in the industry felt the impact. Now we have 215.

Airlines 13

Airlines Chief Executive Officer Attrition Incentives 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

It has been a pioneer in applying lean methodology in health care in order to tackle quality and cost issues. It began its lean journey in 2003 and has made considerable progress. For the first three units, costs and length of stay declined, and quality and patient and nursing satisfaction improved. Health Operations'

Health Care 8

Health Care Quality Decentralization Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

By 2010 the company had become the best-performing stock in the S&P 500, worth $30 per share and earning investors a return of 29 times. From 1993 to 2003, according to the company’s current CEO, Knudstorp, the Lego Group lost value at an average rate of 300,000 euros per day. Since then its stock has more than doubled.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

Even the term “net neutrality” was coined not by an engineer but by a legal academic, in 2003. When a court found in 2010 that the FCC lacked authority to enforce them, the agency formalized them as rules. That’s because utility treatment comes at a high cost. The sad state of most U.S.

Objective 8

Objective Engineering Content Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

“The main thing is to be independent and give your own orders and not have to take them from anybody else,” a machine operator told Lamont. Means-tested programs that help the poor but exclude the middle may keep costs and tax rates lower, but they are a recipe for class conflict. Example: 28.3%

Class 15

Class Open-book Policies Politics 15