Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2017

There’s been a gold rush happening in technology these last few years, focused on the Internet of Things, or IoT. It’s even frequently been referred to as “the next Industrial Revolution.” In 2012, an estimate of a trillion internet-connected devices (by 2015!) Our products work with apps or without apps.

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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. The strategy of promoting its technology helped Europe win this battle and gather the spoils in growth, profitability, and employment.

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Licensing Technology Participative Globalization 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. The symbolism is important though, showing that government and gun industry cooperation is possible. Would this investment increase gun sales?

Licensing 8

Licensing Drucker Retail Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

trillion, or almost 18% of its GDP , on health care — that’s $10,000 per person, twice as much as any other country in the industrialized world. Competitors used the expensive CCD technology for cameras. But Forus placed its bets on the lower cost CEMOS technology which the mobile phone industry embraced.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. 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

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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 °F) since pre-industrial times, holding the world to 1.5°C auto industry.

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

Pure Internet-plays Betterment and FutureAdvisor launched in 2010 and Wealthfront in 2011. But Vanguard’s robo-advisor platform hit the ground running in its May 2015 debut and by the end of the year had $31.1 Corporations like these have the assets, resources, and capabilities necessary to fuel innovation.

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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%. metros found population size and density to be key.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2015

In 2010 the “New GM” did one of the largest initial public offerings in history, with share sales to the public of $23.1 billion from 2010 through 2013), it would probably still be bankrupt but for the booming Chinese market. Instead, U.S. taxpayers put up $49.5 billion by the U.S. million vehicles in 2008.

Hedge 8

Hedge Company Automotive Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Wen also remarked that China, "cannot sacrifice rural industry and the interests of rural residents." And while only 34 percent of the rural population earned more than $882 per year in 2009, this proportion is expected to reach 54 percent in 2015. Greater use of information technology and mobile communications to empower farmers.

Health Care 8

Health Care Policies Information Technology Retail 8

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. Most scalable startups are typically in high-tech and creative industries, but many low-tech startup models can grow and develop in spaces like Union Market.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The airline industry has experienced great volatility from deregulation, takeovers through mergers and acquisitions, and, as always, unpredictable forces of nature. There can be a lot of stress in this industry. “The learning curve in any industry is steep, but it is particularly so in the airline industry.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

From time to time, the basis of competition in an industry shifts so dramatically that shifting with it requires a new long-term vision that calls for the organization to do things it never would have done in the past. billion in 2010 to $4.9 Partnerships like these are also part of the innovation portfolio.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

By all accounts, the Chinese state is on all-out drive to move the country up the technological ladder. Yet, along other dimensions, the state is unwittingly hindering China’s emergence as a technological giant. in 2015 and is on track to reach a targeted 2.5% in 2000 to 2.0% ” But what’s the effect?

Innovation 8

Innovation Drucker Policies Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

The global economy is in a massive transition from a fossil-fuel-based energy system to one using sophisticated renewable energy technologies. For tens of thousands of fossil fuel workers, though, the energy industry outlook is not promising. For coal industry workers, the future looks particularly bleak.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Engineering Training 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

A survey of members of Tech London Advocates, an industry group, revealed that 87% opposed Brexit. The UK is also disproportionately influential in Europe’s digital industry. billion in the rest of Europe over the period 2010-2015. The prognosis is not good. The UK leads Europe in “app economy” jobs.

Safe Harbor 9

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

If you had asked Singaporeans in 2010 to identify a successful local start-up, they might have paused for a few minutes before mentioning Creative Labs. With the cautionary notes in mind, I arrived in Singapore in March 2010. Fast forward to 2015, and you see an island transformed. “Name a Singapore start-up.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. The program is most often associated with the tech industry, where H-1B workers hold about 12%–13% of jobs , according to a Goldman Sachs report. jobs overall.)

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Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

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

OCTOBER 27, 2015

While 44% of EU residents shopped online in 2014, a paltry 15% bought from another member state; barely up by six and a half percentage points since 2010, according to the European Commission’s (EC) “Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015.” Investing in innovation capacity. of GDP, compares poorly with that of the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The cost to build and produce solar and wind power, for example, has dropped 60%–80% since 2010 , making it cheaper than grid electricity in most states. The “clean label” movement is shaking up these industries, forcing companies to reduce ingredients and use fewer processed and artificial inputs.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Bottom-up Short-term Globalization 8