Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Fostering innovation. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Drawing on a sample of top science talent — 6,469 people who graduated from MIT between 2006 and 2012 — Shu shows that Wall Street is not attracting the best future scientists and engineers out of college (or at least, not the ones from MIT). “A solid understanding of the field helps produce innovation.”

Engineering 8

Engineering Finance Bottom-up Sample 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

What happened in 2006? Civic Ventures had recently released its first survey of baby boomers and found at least half were interested in “ encore careers ” helping others. Note: This post is adapted from my remarks at Babson College’s 2014 Lewis Institute Social Innovator Awards. And is this kind of rapid growth good news?

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Microfinance NGO Mission Statement 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2014

That view is shared by University of Colorado’s Wayne Cascio, who in 2006 wrote about the high cost of low wages for business. Vivek Wadhwa of Stanford and Duke argues that this issue must go beyond talk of talent shortages and gluts to focus on innovation and a growing economic pie. Climate Change.

Insourcing 8

Insourcing Health Care Proposal Meyer 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Similarly, about one-fourth of all technology and engineering companies started in the U.S. between 2006 and 2012 had at least one immigrant cofounder. Immigrants represent 27.5% of the countries’ entrepreneurs but only around 13% of the population. And this pattern extends beyond the U.S.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A vast ideological gap on macro-economic policy divides Washington and much of the nation, but there is almost universal agreement on one solution: innovation. Innovation is now perceived as a panacea for job creation, income generation, economic growth, dollar strength, and the revival of the U.S. as global hegemon.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

As a result, in recent years, innovative ideas have been stifled and entire industries have fallen into the death spiral of cost/price cutting commoditization. Instead of risk = bad, leaders need to understand that today, calculated risk = innovation, meeting marketplace demands, leapfrogging competition and creating true profit.

Dunning 8

Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Like YouTube in 2006 and Facebook in 2008 , 2012 will go down as the year that online polling joined telephone polling as part of our electoral process. This victory for online technology wasn't a foregone conclusion. Those voters you want to survey? Benchmarking against reality. They're on Facebook and Twitter.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Bottom-up Media Survey 8

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Before I go any further, today’s rant should not be construed as a call for elitism, but rather a call for authenticity, innovation and professionalism. As leadership advisors and coaches we counsel our clients on the need for change and innovation, but have we become the proverbial shoe maker without shoes?

Blog 333

Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 333

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

President Obama gave a stirring speech last night, saying "We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world." He used the word "innovate" more times in his State of the Union than any other U.S. But the obstacles to boosting innovation in the US are far higher than the President acknowledged.

Policies 15

Policies Innovation Fast Follower Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

Here, I’m looking at 854 men interviewed up to three times, as part of the General Social Survey, at two-year intervals between 2006 and 2010. The best way to control for this is to make use of panel data: talking to the same men repeatedly over time to see how their attitudes have shifted.

Politics 9

Politics Video Analysis Finance 9