Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

Yet even as we connect people and the world’s population rises 7 percent between 2010 and 2020, the number of working-age employees will actually decline in many industrialized nations. By April 2014, Nike was waving the white flag by laying off most of the FuelBand’s development team. No wonder we have skills shortages!

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

A 2014 McKinsey & Co. In a knowledge economy, top-down direction is particularly detrimental because employees are bound to know more than their supervisors do about the specialized fields in which they operate. In his HBR piece, Drucker suggested that our great transformation would be completed by 2010 or 2020.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

In 2014, according to the latest United Nations estimate, direct foreign investment (FDI) in emerging markets reached more than $700 billion — accounting for over half (56%) of all global FDI flows for the first time. Our survey found that the vast majority (83%) of these companies have suffered significant losses since 2010.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Of the respondents, 72% said that climate change presents risks that could significantly impact their operations, revenue, or expenditures. billion in mining projects since 2010. ” Improving risk management. Fostering innovation.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2015

A 2010 meta-analysis detailed many of the different issues that make divestiture so hard to evaluate consistently. But a study from 1999 found that long-run performance of both the former parent company and the divested unit is strongly positive, provided that the spin-off increases the company’s focus.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Parkland has operated like an ACO since establishing its community-based primary care clinic in 1989 — out of necessity. We still operate that way today. In 2010, while overseeing Louisiana State University’s 10 public safety-net institutions, I faced an interesting dilemma. A mission-driven payer mix.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2018

firms in 2017 were launched through the IT systems of suppliers or other third parties such as contractors, up from less than one-quarter of attacks in 2010. Consider the 2014 attack on Target, which caused an estimated $162 million in damages. According to our research , over 60% of reported attacks on publicly traded U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

More than half that reached the top quintile in terms of economic profit generation between 2001 and 2005 had been knocked off their perch a decade later, in 2010-15. Indeed, it is much harder for this plethora of emerging-market firms in the outperforming countries to get to the top and then stay there.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Today, as chairman of APCO Worldwide’s China operations , I have a deep view into the China operations of dozens of multinationals, and through that I can see that management in China is going through yet another phase. Determining who runs your China operations is the most important decision a CEO can make.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The 2014 DHL Global Connectedness Index that one of us (Ghemawat) prepares with Steven Altman, and that was released on November 3, indicates that global connectedness started to deepen again in 2013 after its recovery stalled in 2012. Specifically, are companies from advanced economies failing to keep up with the big shift?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The 2014 DHL Global Connectedness Index that one of us (Ghemawat) prepares with Steven Altman, and that was released on November 3, indicates that global connectedness started to deepen again in 2013 after its recovery stalled in 2012. Specifically, are companies from advanced economies failing to keep up with the big shift?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

The transition to a global digital economy in 2014 was sporadic – brisk in some countries, choppy in others. This is happening in a country where online vendors largely operate on a cash-on-delivery (COD) basis. By year’s end, the seven biggest emerging markets were larger than the G7 , in purchasing power parity terms.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The shutdown will be completed by early 2014, bringing to a close a dramatic story of rise and fall at the hands of disruptive technological innovation, or what we have called “ big bang disruption.” At its peak, the company operated 10,000 stores. In 2010, the once-unbeatable company declared bankruptcy.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

It makes much more economic and operational sense to create and leverage a central cadre of professionals than to ask each clinical unit, on its own, to acquire such expertise. ICCI also led the negotiations with one of MD Anderson’s largest private insurers to adopt the first cancer-care bundle in the United States.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

They control $20 trillion in global consumer spending, own or operate between 25-33% of all private businesses, and earn an estimated $13 trillion. This "power of the purse" is growing rapidly; expectations are that it will swell to $18 trillion by 2014. For companies that figure out what women want, the future looks rosy indeed.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2015

In 2010, my company created an app store. The optimism about Africa clouds some obvious challenges any operator in the continent will confront. Online businesses operate delivery motorbikes, which increase the cost of doing business there. But for e-commerce start-ups, it’s not that easy. Look at my own experience.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Foreign investors have flocked to the country’s shores as many of the world’s largest manufacturers have established operations there. This is the overarching goal of China’s 2010-2015 plan. Ten Predictions for China’s Economy in 2014. Many iconic brands dot the shopping districts of the major cities.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

On December 7, Portland, Oregon, passed a law that will impose a surcharge on the local business taxes paid by corporations that operate in the city when the CEO’s compensation is 100 times or more the median earnings of the company’s employees. Martin was, however, $193 million in 2014 and $232 million in 2015.

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MARCH 8, 2012

billion initiative to build a country-wide fiber optic network that will connect an additional 160 million Indians by 2014. According to Mergermarket, the value of investment activity rose from $111 million in 2010 to $829 million in 2011, while the number of deals doubled from 33 to 66. This expansion isn't just domestic.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

As for its official debt to the EU, the ECB, and the IMF, it consisted largely of payments that were made to pass through to EU financial institutions, between 2010 and 2012, so that the Eurozone banks and insurance companies would not be imperiled. So, clemency on loan terms might make procedural sense. Will there be progress in this regard?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Addressing patients’ fears is important because fear can make an eye operation difficult or even impossible. A trial group was trained in 2010, and the entire staff is now trained on a yearly basis. A rehabilitation center operated by Zorgpartners Midden-Holland is currently testing the system. The training takes two days.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

At such moments, smooth operations and efficient processes are no substitute for an engaged, motivated employee with the instinct to do the right thing. According to employee survey data, that policy helped overall employee engagement rise by 12% between 2010 and 2014. At the Beverly Hills we have an open-door policy.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

America’s largest insurer, Allstate, announced plans to invest $1 billion in its India operations. billion in 2010, predicting it would grow at 20% a year for a decade. Boeing is America’s largest exporter and the only American defense contractor to have crossed $2 billion in sales to India. David Mulford, U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2015

Apple has a similar split , with 60% of its 2014 fourth-quarter revenue accounted for by international markets. A study published by the National Venture Capital Association reveals that 40% of publicly traded venture-backed companies operating in high-tech manufacturing were founded by immigrants.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

Understanding the implementation plans for the health care law passed in 2010 is a complicated job for even the most seasoned policy wonks. A cascading series of deadlines, operating systems, and reporting rules have to be arranged, tested, and communicated. The delay has spurred fresh debates about the law and its oversight.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

In fact, they are the most prevalent cause of fatalities in commercial aviation today, accounting for 43% of fatalities in 37 separate incidents between 2010 and 2014. For most pilots, automation usually ensures that operations stay well within safe, predictable limits. Automation on the Flight Deck.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. Zhou reportedly felt that the original Yahoos were overpaid and lazy, whereas the Yahoo team felt bullied and believed Zhou wasn’t focused on the Yahoo operations. A 2010 Harvard Business School case by Julie M.

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AUGUST 11, 2015

In April, its board increased the amount that could be used for buybacks by the end of March 2017 — to $140 billion from the $90 billion it had authorized in 2014. Clinton advocates full implementation of the executive-pay disclosure directives of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2013

Also, today''s consumers expect and even demand companies operate with greater authenticity. As a female ski jumper, Van (not to be confused with Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn) was blocked from participating in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver because the Games only included ski jumping events for men.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

A 2014 CDC report found that of the 1.2 For example, in 2009 and 2010, we supported a project in partnership with the M.A.C. million Americans living with HIV in 2011, only 40% received regular medical care , and 30% reached viral suppression (or a very low level of HIV in the blood).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

billion, making it the world’s second most valuable sports team, while its revenues touched $657 million, the fourth highest among soccer clubs (after Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Bayern Munich) in 2014. Like most organizations, Barça operates in a fast-paced environment with ambitious short-term goals.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

In 2010 it was $900 million — seventh place. Simplicity: As activist investors go, the Carl Icahn of 2014 really isn’t all that active. He reportedly took home compensation of $1.7 billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. In 2012 it was $1.9 billion , putting him in second place. In 2009 it was $1.3

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JULY 27, 2017

Among the 30 top companies in seven of the largest industries, almost half had a VC-fueled accelerator in 2015, up from just 2% in 2010. Third, corporate VCs and accelerators are costly and complex to operate, turning them into a slow and expensive innovation tool.

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AUGUST 17, 2015

At C Space, we’ve conducted more than 800 mobile journaling and ethnography projects on behalf of over 240 clients since 2010, and have seen the power of bringing consumer experience to life for our clients. Why use them? Product and package designers can see how people open, store, and use their purchases “in the wild.”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

This is one of the findings from a recently completed study based on publicly available information on the world’s 2,393 largest corporations for the time period 2010–2014. But these transactions need to reach particular thresholds of frequency and cumulative value to make a real impact.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

Energy Information Administration notes that between 2010 and 2012, 14 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired capacity was retired and that a total of 60 GW will be retired by 2020. today than there were last year—and far fewer coal workers than in 2014.). First, some background on the coal industry: Profitability for U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2016

Orkut officially closed in September 2014. From around 1990 to 2010 Microsoft arguably ruled the information-technology industry. The Justice Department even tried to break it up in the late 1990s because it thought, and many agreed, that this was the only way to create competition in the operating systems market.

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