Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

Indeed, when the news broke that Volkswagen had been accused of cheating emissions standards tests last year, its share price fell by almost 35% in the next two days of trading. The most successful and innovative example of this during my time at BP was on the island of Papua, in Indonesia. Apply world-class management.

Company 8

Company McKinsey Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

This paper by the Richmond Fed shows how from 1960 to 2005, the U.S. New, small entrants into the market will be at pains to form relationships with such firms, and the power imbalance is effectively a monopsony — sell to us at our price, on our invoice terms, or get lost. As of 2013, the top ten banks had 70% of the market.

Pharmaceuticals 10

Pharmaceuticals Banking Chemicals Entrepreneur 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

The largest, glaring gap in the speech was any mention of a price on carbon, by far the most effective action we can take to tackle climate change. We''re operating in a "what can we get done" mentality, which is what passes for vision in Washington these days. Talk about the need to price carbon so our markets can function correctly.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period Energy Politics Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2016

Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble. Creative retailers are using the new technologies to innovate just about everything stores do from managing inventory, to marketing, to getting paid. Of course, the shuttered stores, depressed execs, and tanking stocks suggest otherwise. What’s the real story?

Retail 8

Retail Real Estate B2B CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

This is a true golden age for consumers, who are demanding innovation in both the packaging and pricing of content. The average cable subscriber’s monthly bill, for example, includes $5 the operators must pay Disney just for ESPN, whether they want it or not. Since 2005, cable companies have lost ten million subscribers.

Technology 8

Technology Content Information Technology Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

Well, Burrows was converted to the stores, at least: in a glowing 2005 piece, he professed that Apple had discovered what surely must be the future of retail. But this strategy comes at a price. Advantage instead went to the horizontal layers of chips and operating systems (cue Wintel).

Competitive Advantage 14

Competitive Advantage Software Health Care Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

Organizations have always depended on data — to manage operations, to communicate with customers, to pay employees and suppliers, to plan their futures, and so forth. My friends in the industry tell me that bogey was met by 2005. But how, and at what price? Think Google. Everything is just a little better as result.

Business Model 8

Business Model Price Competitive Advantage Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

It seems that every week, one or another announces a new “Center for Health Care Value” or “Center for Health Care Innovation.” In 2005, when Prof. Comparison of outcomes is essential to disseminate innovations from one individual or team to another. The final result? For more, see this HBS case.).

Health Care 8

Health Care Fraser Price Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

What has escaped attention is that the device burst into a sector long insulated from the slightest threat of disruptive innovation. By 2005 smartphones were already popular, but the Cupertino visionary saw something much cooler than a “Crackberry.” “Natural monopoly” was jettisoned as the operative assumption.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

VCs provide the funds that fuel every significant innovation in the region and beyond. Private investors, unlike government funders, operate at lightning speed. or even Silicon Valley, has figured out every legal hack that would make innovation flourish. And quickly. consumers take for granted.

Policies 8

Policies Offshoring Engineering Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Walmart has improved the fuel efficiency of its distribution fleet by 69% since 2005. A large consumer products company — which tells me it will be going public with this story very soon — has already cut carbon in its own operations by 80%. We will need strong global policies and a price on carbon.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey GDP Cost-Benefit Analysis Constraint 8