The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 10, 2019

of Horizon2020 research funding going to the 13 countries that joined the EU in 2004, despite these nations representing 17% of the EU population. Developing business skills. This regional divide is compounded by huge disparity in research support for eastern Europe, with just 4.8% ” Spreading the net.

Entrepreneur 59

Entrepreneur Incubator Human Capital Education 59

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2012

And under Ghosn's leadership , Renault-Nissan has proactively embraced frugal engineering and become one of the world's leading producers of both electric cars as well as low-cost vehicles — two of the fastest growing and most promising market segments in the global automotive sector. Ghosn recounts with humor how Dr. V.

CEO 14

CEO Innovation Constraint Engineering 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

What worked a year or two ago is no longer effective, because the competitive and regulatory environment has transformed so quickly. Buying Smithfield allowed Shineway to sell pork in the Chinese market at a premium price. Access to mature global markets. Technology. So determine what you have to offer in these areas.

Company 8

Company Maturity Globalization Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

Management concepts, by contrast, operate in poorly regulated environments where failures are often brushed under boardroom or faculty carpets. For those not familiar with it, the triple bottom line is a sustainability framework that examines a company’s social, environment, and economic impact. So why recall it now?

TBL 9

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2012

They get stuck making incremental improvements that are rooted in existing competencies, markets, and business models. The answer was to shift the focus from "economy" to "environment.". In the end, Toyota took the emphasis off saving money and put it on saving the environment. But the success of the Prius wasn't a slam dunk.

Core Competence 14

Core Competence Prahalad Hamel Brand 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

Prahalad and Stuart Hart’s seminal book The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid gained a wide audience when it was published in 2004 and has continued to be widely read ever since. Five years further along, there is scant evidence that multinational corporations have expanded any further into the bottom-billions market.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Prahalad Bottom-up Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

Here's a case in point: In 2004, my HBS colleague Gary Pisano and I conducted a project at a leading manufacturer of highly sophisticated production equipment for the electronics industry, which I'll call "Exotech." Like many companies, Exotech struggled with serious time delays in its product-development projects. The results?

Team 11

Team Software Project Tools 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Since the Apollo program, NASA has faced funding cuts, competition from other nations for space leadership, and a radical restructuring of its operating environment due to the emergence of commercial space – all of which have forced the organization to change its ways of thinking and operating. It is currently at less than o.5%

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Technology Innovation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

They’re envisioning well-designed, self-contained environments, tricked-out with the latest high-tech, high-touch technology. The beauty of these vans, and the reason I believe they’ve been dreamt up by managers in very different businesses, is that they perform a wide variety of marketing functions. Customer service Marketing Sales'

B2B 8

B2B B2C Education Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

This environment and the behavior produced by the prevailing set of beliefs to which CEOs subscribe have deepened a widespread public distrust of corporations and capitalism. The stock market is short-term-oriented. The market favorably receives projects with long-term payoffs, particularly those in research and development.

CEO 15

CEO Short-term Long-term Restructuring 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

It is rare to find an American company that is not developing a market strategy to benefit from the rapid growth of emerging markets such as Brazil, India, and China. As more and more firms copy each others' best practices, many of the remaining critical elements of the business environment are determined by governments.

Strategy 9

Strategy Globalization Politics Telecommunications 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Managers in these organizations translate corporate objectives into a few straightforward guidelines that help employees make on-the-spot decisions and adapt to constantly shifting environments, while keeping the big picture in mind. It illustrates how simple rules can help companies shape strategy in an uncertain environment.

Strategy 8

Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

” And Bernie Sanders said TPP is “designed to protect the interests of the largest multinational corporations at the expense of workers, consumers, the environment and the foundations of American democracy.” Regions that have thick markets of suppliers have a big advantage. Nearness to market. Factor costs.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Globalization Cost Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

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. If, on the other hand, you’re older and have financial and personal commitments, you need to develop a process so that others in your life can help you make the decision.”

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence How To Learning-by-Doing Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Political campaigns are marketing campaigns, messages aimed at selling a product. Two developments bear noting. Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. It focused its efforts on earning a majority share of Europe’s digital classified advertising market (a product that connects buyers and sellers).

Media 9

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

"There are many ways to define mentoring," says Jeanne Meister, a Founding Partner of Future Workplace and co-author of The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop & Keep Tomorrow's Employees Today. In January 2000, Soki Choi left Accenture Sweden to start her own company developing applications for mobile phones.

Mentor 15

Mentor Career Long-term Advice 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Your relationships are also the best way to change with your environment and industry, even if your formal role or assignment has not changed. The result was that their ideas were not developed. 2 (2004): 349–399. It’s what you rely on to win over the skeptics. The good news is that you can change that. Adapted from.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8