The Horizons Tracker

JULY 19, 2020

Indeed, the data shows that a 20% increase in robot use in the sector between 2010 and 2015 corresponded with a 3.2% fall in employment across the sector. When looking at individual firms, however, those companies investing heavily in robots actually saw total employee hours rise by 10.9%.

Analysis 85

Analysis Technology Industry Outsourcing 85

Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

Rather than seizing this as an opportunity to develop a new theory on which I might improve student engagement and learning, I focused not on what was on the minds of my students but on improving my pedagogy; reinforcing, perhaps, how to continue to do the wrong things – things that had no relevance for my students – better.

Covey 69

Covey Deming Six Sigma Efficiency 69

The Practical Leader

JANUARY 8, 2019

Experts forecasted in 2000 that 30 gigawatts of electricity would be generated worldwide through wind power by 2010. It was 200 gigawatts and reached 370 by 2015. These transformations are vital to continuous change and development in our unpredictable and fast-changing world. ” As of 2014, 390 million units were sold.

Project 67

Project Letter Trends Wilde 67

Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 8, 2015

My task as a leader was to determine who could be developed into star performers, who could be slotted into positions that fit their skills better, and who needed to be cut loose. One of my own flaws was generally erring on the side of “developing people to make it work” which was a noble but often misguided approach.

Team 100

Team Rogers Diversity Franchising 100

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2015

He is the founder of Access Consciousness®, a personal development modality that has helped thousands worldwide by giving them tools to create change in all aspects of life – from addiction, recovery, weight loss, business, money, health, relationships and creativity. In 2010 his book The Place became a Barnes and Nobles #1 Bestseller.

Innovation 50

Innovation Project Tools Stress 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. Developers have two primary ways to help create new and better jobs.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

a year between 2010 and 2015, considerably slower than the 5.4% from 2000 to 2010. from 2010 to 2015, compared with 4.1% between 2000 and 2010. trillion in 2015 to $3.5 That points to robust long-term economic fundamentals. Business spending is even greater, and is expected to grow from $2.6

Globalization 8

Globalization Long-term GDP Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

By one estimate , the number of international migrants worldwide reached 244 million in 2015, up from 222 million in 2010, and 173 million in 2000. For, example, from 1960 to 2010, when the growth rate of fractionalization increased by 10 percentage points, the growth rate of per capita GDP increased by about 2.1

Long-term 10

Long-term GDP Diversity Construction 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

Most innovation investments, such as product improvement, technological innovation, and research and development (R&D) traditionally aim at strengthening the innovation capacity of the organization. Nokia during 2007-2010 was an example of a corporation with great innovation capacity. ” The Ovi Store was discontinued in 2015.

Budgeting 13

Budgeting Innovation Business Model Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this. Under new ownership (Volvo was sold to China’s Geely by Ford in 2010), the Swedish automaker decided to transform its product line by becoming a premium player. The company sold 571,000 cars last year, up from 373,000 in 2010.

Engineering 8

Engineering Mass Marketing Automotive Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

An Indian investment bank, Avendus, projects 376 million Indian Net users by 2015. Morgan Stanley projects that 3G penetration will reach 22 percent by 2015. A leapfrog effect will mean that three of every four Net users will do so by 2015. Part of what's fueling growth in Net penetration is an explosion in mobility.

Venture Capitalist 13

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Conference Wireless 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. For example, its earliest international expansion, in 2010, was to Canada, which is geographically close to and shares many similarities with the United States. It has been developing relationships with device makers, mobile and TV operators, and internet service providers as well.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. For example, its earliest international expansion, in 2010, was to Canada, which is geographically close to and shares many similarities with the United States. It has been developing relationships with device makers, mobile and TV operators, and internet service providers as well.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

Attitudes have changed since 2010, the last time Washington debated serious climate action, and not only because most of us have connected the dots between climate change and the extreme weather events that ravage our communities. In Colorado, the state renewable energy mandate was bumped up from 20% to 30% in 2010. And the U.S.

Power 8

Power Planning Proposal Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. For example, Bunge, an agribusiness firm, reported a $56 million quarterly loss in its sugar and bioenergy segments due to drought in 2010. billion in mining projects since 2010.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Our Gender Balance Scorecard on Business Schools , the first scorecard we’ve done for B-schools , gives an overview of the top 100 schools (Financial Times ranking, 2015). It also takes an in-depth look at the top 12 business schools and how they have evolved since 2010. that is both meritocratic and “gender bilingual.”

Balanced Scorecard 8

Balanced Scorecard Case Study Organizational Behavior Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

When Dan Akerson became CEO in 2010, he brought a bit of daylight into the hallowed halls, breaking down siloes to urge collaboration between departments that had long stopped talking to each other — engineering and parts buyers, product development and purchasing, to name some especially critical relationships.

Team 8

Team McGregor Parcell Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Firms have been developing models that predict how their customers will behave for years. This in turn gives us a better vantage point into the behavior of the whole system, in turn enabling better strategic decision-making. This idea is not new, of course.

Budgeting 10

Budgeting Information Technology System Library 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

In fact, China is already experiencing a labor shortage: Wages are rising and it is losing its labor-cost advantage to other developing countries. Policy makers and scholars generally agree that China must rebalance its economy toward a consumption-driven development model. This is the overarching goal of China’s 2010-2015 plan.

GDP 13

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

In 2010, Chandra started a for-profit venture, Forus Health , which launched the world’s first low-cost fundus camera , 3nethra, that screens anterior (cornea) and posterior (retina) segments of the eye for four major conditions (cataracts, diabetic retina, glaucoma, and cornea issues). Innovation & Entrepreneurship Book.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

Investors also did well: A $100 investment in Ruger in late 2010 was worth $443 in late 2015, while the equivalent investment in the S&P 500 yielded only $163 over that time frame. For example, Ruger’s new product development process is “doing things right.” But for many, guns are also a deadly business.

Licensing 8

Licensing Drucker Retail Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2012

"You have to deliver $300 million in incremental growth by 2015," the business unit head told the leader of his innovation team. Do we need to increase focus on acquisition as a growth strategy, at least as a way to "buy time" for organic efforts to develop? That's less than 5 percent of our revenues, so that should be quite doable.".

Innovation 13

Innovation Planning Kahneman Tversky 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Firms have been developing models that predict how their customers will behave for years. This in turn gives us a better vantage point into the behavior of the whole system, in turn enabling better strategic decision-making. This idea is not new, of course.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Library Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

From 2012 to 2015, the number of global corporate venture capital deals almost doubled, and their investments quadrupled, to $29.1 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. Harnessing Big Potential While Minimizing Risk.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

In 2010, the Seilers surveyed all officers and social services staff. Army staffers now develop individual strategies to overcome these barriers, connecting families to community services to achieve self-sufficiency. Overall reach increased from 500,000 people served by building houses in 2012 to more than 6 million people in 2015.

Microfinance 9

Microfinance Strategic Planning Finance Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

A central plank of the plan is to “return $8 [billion] to $9 billion to shareholders in 2015 and to reach the top end of its three-year target of returning $18 billion to $20 billion to them by the end of 2016.” billion in buybacks in 2015 under its current board-authorized repurchase program.

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

By the time of the Paris climate meeting in 2015, which resulted in the more robust global agreement now supported by every country in the world except the United States, it was clear that we needed to consider a more ambitious target, 1.5°C °C (3.8°F) °C (2.7°F). Getting to 1.5 What should they do ?

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2017

Consider some of these numbers: In 2010, Ericsson set the bar for much of the subsequent IoT hype by predicting there would be 50 billion internet-connected devices by 2020. In 2012, an estimate of a trillion internet-connected devices (by 2015!) appeared in an IBM investor briefing. Ask yourself these questions first.

Productivity 9

Productivity Products Early Adopters Software 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For example, in 2015, Maersk and MSC, the world’s two largest liner shipping companies, established 2M, a 10-year vessel sharing agreement covering 193 vessels. For example, in 2010, Corelio and Concentra, two European media companies, established Coldset Printing Partners, a joint venture (JV) for their newspaper printing assets.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The annual number of venture capital deals expanded from 8,500 in 2010 to 14,800 in 2017, for an increase of 73% in just seven years. The amount of capital invested in those deals surged from $52 billion in 2010 to $171 billion in 2017 — a gain of 231%.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Globalization Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2016

A decade ago, the Mach 3 razor was Gillette’s premium offering for men, until the Fusion line was launched in 2006 at a 40% price increase, followed by the Fusion ProGlide in 2010 and the Fusion Proshield Flexball in 2016—to name a few of the brand’s major releases. Smaller brands have been picking up the slack.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Marketing Price Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

invests vast amounts in innovation – $135 billion from federal government sources alone in 2015 – yet it lacks a coherent intellectual property strategy to ensure that the investment pays off. Bush Administration’s debates on policy toward high-definition television development and adoption. Is the U.S. naïve?

Licensing 8

Licensing Technology Participative Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

Behind company walls, data scientists'' ability to mine operational data is helping to develop digital repositories of workers'' best practices, and helping fewer workers do more, via collaboration tools. Utility companies are now developing these advanced data skills through public-private initiatives.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Engineering Technology 8

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 11, 2019

The proportion of patents involving IT in some way has grown from around 5% in 1990 to 40% by 2015, with this a general reflection of the role IT plays as a general purpose technology with applications across sectors. Software has grown to be especially powerful in this time, which has placed a premium on software engineering skills.

Innovation 68

Innovation Human Capital Software Globalization 68

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. After much deliberation, we partnered with University of Chicago Medicine (UCM) in 2010. Willingness to compromise.

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Balanced Scorecard Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Doing that required developing a new business model in which MedStar would get paid to keep patients well. That could involve targeting new geographies, developing new products, taking advantage of new technologies, or devising new business models. billion in 2010 to $4.9

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

But by the company’s launch, in 2010, most urban taxi fleets used modern dispatch with GPS, plus custom hardware and software. ” (After I first flagged his posting, in 2015, Uber removed the document from its site. Uber’s Fundamental Illegality. But Archive.org kept a copy. Fixing the Problem.

Licensing 8

Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8