Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

They are not interested in hearing about the technological, regulatory, and societal developments that will determine the long-term, strategic positioning of this company.". The board of directors and top management should spend the largest chunk of their time communicating with long-term investors. pension fund consultant told me.

Long-term 12

Long-term CEO Short-term Asset Management 12

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

MARCH 1, 2011

And that's true in many areas: New devices, pharmaceuticals, and surgical techniques regularly get developed and incorporated into practice. Coordinating health care information technology requires government action, which was a decade slow in coming. Will hospital managers search for efficiency, or continue to manage volume?

Health Care 15

Health Care Biotechnology Mayo Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

In 2009, Michael Mandel, former Chief Economist for Businessweek and founder of a key economics blog , presented new research in a cover story called " The Failed Promise of Innovation in the U.S. " The business press puts a tremendous focus on technology and innovation, but what it doesn't do is put it into context. It never happened.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

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. Three major factors drive convergence: technology, competition, and the customer. Let’s say you’re in the energy sector.

Skills 8

Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

You can read about it in recent issues of The Economist , The New York Times , and in the book The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The arguments are familiar. That means each American factory worker produces the same, in dollar terms, as 7.1 Chinese factory workers.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Magazine Pharmaceuticals Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Managers and other business leaders face a dilemma: with increasingly diverse environments to manage and rising stakes to get it right, how do they identify the most effective approach to business strategy and marshal the right thinking and behaviors to conceive and execute it, supported by the appropriate frameworks and tools?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8