Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. New workplace technology makes possible an unprecedented degree of control over working (and sometimes private) life – the New York Times’s account of tough working conditions in Amazon’s offices is a recent example. To take just three examples: Dehumanization.

Film 8

Film Drucker Technology Kahneman 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

Too much money is spent on attention-grabbing activities that are straightforward to do, like hiring new people, procuring new technologies, and buying more facilities. This includes technology and people, as well as tangible, intangible, and financial assets. Nokia launched the OVI Store globally in May 2009.

Budgeting 9

Budgeting Innovation Business Model Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Connectors in the middle. Essential Experts.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

The idea of creating a fresh new product, the prospect of increasing market share with brand new offerings, or the vision of disrupting some slow-moving incumbent with a radical new technology – these have an inherently strong appeal for companies keen for growth. Should you explore new technologies that will disrupt current products?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Innovation Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Cars are becoming more connected with each new model, driven by infotainment, navigation, safety, diagnostics, and fleet management. Samsung said at its 2014 investors forum it expects the global Smart Home Device market to reach $15 billion in 2015, almost doubling from 2013’s $7.8 Information & technology Internet'

Early Adopters 9

Early Adopters Information Technology Long-term Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

Many are betting on the new generation of technology firms to unsettle the old guard. Fortune counted more than 170 of the mythical creatures , with an average of one unicorn born every week during 2015. Back in 2009, there were just four companies that fit the bill. Similar to Cosmo , Glamour , and GQ.)

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

In my view, however, the structure and processes of the GE board were poorly designed for effectively overseeing Immelt and his management team. billion in 2015 for Alstom’s business of making coal-fired turbines for power plants. There were three problems in particular: The Board Was Too Big. The average size of U.S.

Committee 8

Committee Welch Finance Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2018

Faced with labor shortages, companies will accelerate their investment in automation technologies. An $8 trillion investment boom would result in average annual US growth of about 3% and roughly 60% more economic output in 2030 than in 2015. times higher than today. The coming decade will test leadership teams profoundly.

Analysis 8

Analysis Constraint Industry Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

He told us: “In a Phillips Leadership Conclave in 2009, I listened to the presentation of Dr. Forus brought down the cost of 3nethra by locally sourced mechanical components, PCB, and shell. Competitors used the expensive CCD technology for cameras. His life was set. The episode had a deep impact on Dinesh.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

Organizations that manage digital networks (we call them network orchestrators) are different from traditional product and service providers. For most established players, the technology and skill gaps are intimidating, and it take years of effort to close them. Building in-house is not for the faint of heart.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Persuading consumers to pay more for a product by introducing some kind of “premium” element into it has always been a challenging task—but it was one that big, established brands had managed with a reasonable amount of success until recent years. Smaller brands have been picking up the slack.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Marketing Price Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

By 2030, the BPC predicts , utilities in the United States will need to hire 150,000 additional workers in information-technology intensive roles. A digitally-skilled workforce is vital to help deploy advanced digital technologies that can streamline and automate grid operations.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Engineering Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

but the latter’s volume of exports is so much larger that the bilateral trade deficit has risen by roughly 50% since 2009 and stood at $366 billion in 2015. Low-wage economies like Mexico’s and China’s absorb American technology and build industrial capability more easily today than ever. job killers.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Offshoring Retail Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2015

” But the only real wins are a victory for the hedge funds, and a Pyrrhic victory for GM in that it managed to keep Wilson off its board and reduced the size of the buyback from the $8 billion the investors had been demanding. Wilson, called the deal a ”win-win outcome.”

Hedge 8

Hedge Company Automotive Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

While the middle class has been eroded by currency depreciation and recession, the Russian consumer remains technologically savvy, interested in quality Western brands, and able to spend. The old approach to Russia won’t work.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

The situation stabilized somewhat after the government abandoned the Zimbabwean dollar in favor of a multi-currency system in 2009 and entered a power-sharing deal with the opposition party. South African restaurant chain Ocean Basket also opened in Harare in 2015 to serve the wealthy urban elite.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the use of commercial drones in United States airspace could become official starting in 2015. In a 2009 blog post , you can feel the nascent thinking about just how powerful a drone-based network could be for businesses in the not-too-distant future.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Venture Funding Industry Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C

Efficiency 9

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

In this adaptation from the new book, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy (HBR Press, 2015), BCG strategy experts make sense of the all the different, and competing, approaches to strategy: Which strategy is right for your business? In fact, for many managers, it may be the approach that defines strategy. Applying the Strategy Palette.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Shipment volumes through North American ports, which fell 20% in 2009 from a record peak in 2007, are now higher than they were in 2007, and port-expansion plans from Vancouver to Los Angeles/Long Beach are bogged down by political wrangling. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Insight Center.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

“Everyone who has worked with American management can testify that the need to satisfy the pension fund manager’s quest for higher earnings next quarter, together with the panicky fear of the raider, constantly pushes top managements toward decisions they know to be costly, if not suicidal, mistakes,” he wrote.

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term EPS 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

On September 29, 2015, Techdirt posted “ You Can Now Turn Off Ads On Techdirt ,” explaining all the reasons why they were granting readers the power to not see ads. According to PageFair and Adobe’s 2015 Global Adblocking Report , “there are now 198 million active adblock users around the world.”

Advertising 8

Advertising CRM Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The assumption is that a merger will make it easier to achieve economies of scale, develop a large but narrow network of preferably healthy patients, establish data registries, and integrate expensive technology. Many of them want to share responsibility in how the hospital is managed. Is our multifaceted partnership model sustainable?

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Balanced Scorecard Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Media companies are experiencing an extreme form of competition that comes with digital technologies: Everyone is a media company today. JC Penney spent no money on television advertising during the 2015 Super Bowl, yet its “mittens” campaign was one of the most watched. Bigger marketing budgets may not pay off.

Media 9

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 9