Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

But over and over again in our three decades of experience as talent development and retention specialists, we’ve seen that companies consistently overlook half of them. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

When networks develop into communities, the results can be powerful. Look at the accomplishments of Wikipedia contributors, open-source software developers who find and fix bugs in Linux, or doctors who help each another with difficult diagnoses as part of the Sermo social network.

Gilbert 8

Gilbert Participative Cooper Network Economy 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Spun out of Carnegie Mellon’s materials science research department in 2008, Aquion now employs 130 workers, manufacturing batteries to store electricity generated by intermittent renewable resources. Despite the recent slack in the job market, signs still point to a stubborn STEM skills gap.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2011

Investors grapple daily in an effort to figure out how to value companies whose accounting assets — things like land, capital, products, and licenses — don't adequately express their true market value.

Intangible Assets 14

Intangible Assets Analysis Pharmaceuticals Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

There was a spike in the 2000s when Venezuela began to provide petroleum at deeply discounted market prices, and that peaked just before the 2008-09 financial crisis. It is probably the best, most well-trained workforce at the cheapest labor-market price that any international investor could find anywhere in the world.

Biotechnology 8

Biotechnology Tourism Human Capital Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

I’ve been watching the global economy for decades, and it seems to me that growth in the United States is about to speed up, while growth in the emerging markets is slowing down. A new wave of it began before the crash in 2008, stopped while the world caught its breath, and is now resuming. As it develops, the U.S.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Pharmaceuticals Energy Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

In 2008, after the global economy took a nosedive, the company that Lauren McAdams was working for went belly up. Lauren, who had several years of professional experience, a background in development, and a degree in business, was out of a job. ” One day he interviewed for a marketing support job at a pharmaceutical company.

How To 9

How To Long-term Marketing Case Study 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

When we surveyed over 300 global executives between 2008 and 2009, one of the primary concerns they expressed was their inability to compete long term without a solid innovation engine that can grow their top line. Develop Creative Discontent. Here are five power skills we discovered to help you find uncontested space.

Skills 8

Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

In a visionary setting, firms win by being the first to create a new market or to disrupt an existing one. Positional advantage is sustainable in a classical environment: the environment is predictable and develops gradually without major disruptions.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Does your organization have the “market power” to implement the scenario? Identify whether your organization has the ability, based on market size and/or influence, to get other parties to participate in a consortium. What transactional data will you have to provide contextual reputational data?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content Power Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

To get a better picture of this trend, Stiebale, along with Kevin Amess from Nottingham University Business School and Mike Wright from Imperial College Business School, analyzed hundreds of PE-backed LBOs of UK companies from 1998 to 2008. For a refresher on how PE works, see The Strategic Secret of Private Equity.)

LBO 8

LBO Innovation Sample Short-term 8