Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Consider that the combined buying power of racial minorities (African Americans, Asians and Native Americans) will rise from $1.6 trillion in 2010 to $2.1 trillion in 2015, accounting for 15% of the nation's total. Similarly, the buying power of Hispanics will rise from $1 trillion in 2010 to $1.5

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Diversity Competitive Advantage Middle Management CEO 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

As simple as this framework may seem, its power lies in the complex interdependencies of its parts. But what made each of those companies so valuable wasn’t their digital auspices — it was their powerful Customer Value Propositions, which investors believed they could deliver at profit and at scale.

Business Model 14

Business Model Technology Advertising Cost 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

million Series D in November 2015 — Dollar Shave Club had been valued at $630 million, according to Pitchbook. In 2015, the company’s shifting portfolio was even reflected in its re-classification on the S&P and MSCI indexes from “packaged food” to “personal products.” billion in 2020.

Business Model 8

Business Model Retail Brand Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Ghosn was recently arrested for financial misconduct, fired from his position as Nissan’s board chairman, and criticized by Nissan’s Japanese CEO for accumulating too much power. In 2015, Japan reformed its corporate governance code to require boards to have at least two independent directors.

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Committee Chief Financial Officer Document Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

A 2010 McKinsey study finds that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41 percent in terms of return on equity and by 56 percent in terms of operating results. As of 2010, women held just 15.7

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Resistance Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

” Although Khaled’s claims may seem outlandish, he is in fact leveraging a powerful psychological hack: scapegoating. For Khaled, that’s the joke that powers the meme. ” How people rate these statements tells researchers how powerful or powerless they feel in the face of temptation.

Resistance 8

Resistance Micromanagement Motivation Power 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Stringer’s website observes that “These costs are projected to rise over the next four years to $782 million by FY 2018, a figure that is greater than the FY 2015 budget for the Parks Department, Department of Aging, and New York Public Library combined.”. Predictive Analytics in Practice. An HBR Insight Center.

Budgeting 10

Budgeting Information Technology System Library 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

So just when electric systems need to operate flawlessly — whether to power air conditioners, pump water, or heat homes — long-term challenges to power grids are multiplying. In 2010, Florida Power & Light estimated that 65 percent of its workforce was near or eligible to retire. Encouraging trade skills.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Engineering Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

Innovation has the power to ratchet down U.S. 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).

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2013

And it's just the latest in a series of Chinese commitments, which include the following: July 2010: 5 trillion yuan , or $800 billion, alternative energy plan over 10 years (this is like the part of the U.S. August 2012: 40% increase in solar target (21 gigawatts by 2015). stimulus plan that funded clean tech, but times 10).

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GDP Energy McKinsey Transportation 8

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.

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Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 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

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Stringer’s website observes that “These costs are projected to rise over the next four years to $782 million by FY 2018, a figure that is greater than the FY 2015 budget for the Parks Department, Department of Aging, and New York Public Library combined.”

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Library Airlines 8

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

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 billion in discretionary assets under management — more than the above competitors combined.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Transportation Software 8

The Practical Leader

JANUARY 2, 2020

CFCs are thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Many see this as a powerful example of nations working together to combat climate change. Coal-fired power plants are declining rapidly around the world. Prices for battery packs have dropped 87% since 2010. Without this reduction, the earth would be 1.5

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Globalization Report Energy Sample 94

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%. Whether non-American founders can’t obtain a U.S.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Globalization Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

At the time, BMW had no dedicated, company-spanning unit to leverage the creative power of startups. From 2012 to 2015, the number of global corporate venture capital deals almost doubled, and their investments quadrupled, to $29.1 Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates.

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Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 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 ATF does have some limited power to revoke a license. But for many, guns are also a deadly business.

Licensing 8

Licensing Drucker Retail Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2015

The good news is that the Internet is now forcing change, by shifting power in the marketplace from seller to buyer. Customers, who have access to reliable information about the available choices and a capacity to interact with other customers, are now collectively have much more power than before.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Management Drucker Waterman 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 71

Innovation Human Capital Software Globalization 71

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

In the 1980s, and even the early 1990s, rural life focused on farming, and it was a hard existence: most people were grindingly poor and lacked basic amenities, including decent schools and health care, paved roads, and a reliable power supply. Fast-forward two decades and life is much better.

Health Care 8

Health Care Policies Information Technology Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

GE’s pension deficit exploded between 2010 and 2016, as the company spent $40 billion on stock buybacks in a futile effort to boost its stock price. billion in 2015 for Alstom’s business of making coal-fired turbines for power plants.

Committee 8

Committee Welch Finance Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The American climate activists who have flocked to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris this week tend to have one thing in common: many own the “it” car for their tribe, the VW Jetta Wagon TDI. At 49 MPG, the Jetta does better than many hybrids, and drives German, too. It arguably started with BP.

PPM 8

PPM Policies Engineering Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

While price research is not universally clear on the subject, the presumed power of undercutting these psychological thresholds is high. A 2015 study by Consumer Reports showed price differentials for organic foods ranging from -13% to +303%. Avocados went from $2.50 Almond milk dropped from $3.99

Price 8

Price Retail Competitive Advantage Long-term 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. Even smaller cities like Portland, Nashville, and Austin are attempting to curb their own deep-seated divides. A recent Brookings analysis found that of the 30 U.S.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 13

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. do all in its power to ensure the continued competitive strength and dominance of American firms and their technologies. Is the U.S.

Licensing 8

Licensing Technology Participative Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Drawing on a powerful tool from the finance world, they conceived of those collections operating as portfolios — each with a specific business objective and time horizon. billion in 2010 to $4.9 billion projected for FY 2015 (which ends in June), thanks largely to the building of a $1 billion new-growth business this year.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Given its ideological leanings, China presents itself as a unique experiment in the power of the state to help the economy become more innovative. in 2015 and is on track to reach a targeted 2.5% From 2010-2015, the share of China-origin patents among all patents granted by the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) was only 2.2%.

Innovation 8

Innovation Drucker Policies Technology 8

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

And in 2010, the servant-leadership scholar position was started. This book was called, “The Power of Servant-Leadership” and had a foreword written by Peter Vaill, and an afterword by James Shannon. And finally, 2015, “Conversations on Servant-leadership”, which is a little different. I just finished teaching my 50th class.

Greenleaf 125

Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 125

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

And in 2010, the servant-leadership scholar position was started. This book was called, “The Power of Servant-Leadership” and had a foreword written by Peter Vaill, and an afterword by James Shannon. And finally, 2015, “Conversations on Servant-leadership”, which is a little different. I just finished teaching my 50th class.

Greenleaf 100

Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

coal-fired power plants has been declining and coal use has dropped radically since 2007—a trend that is expected to continue. 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.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Engineering Training 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2016

Visualization is powerful. Visualization being powerful makes it a tempting thing to misuse. Here’s a recent chart that made news: @GlobeHorowitz : This was the most misleading chart of 2015 https://t.co/smWEwKtwNK — The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) December 29, 2015. smWEwKtwNK pic.twitter.com/t4KbFgUKyi.

PR 8

PR Ethics Engineering Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Some argue that China is already well on its way to becoming a global innovation power that will rival the US and Europe. China is well on its way to doubling the number of patent applications filed with the State Intellectual Property Office, from 1 million in 2010 to 2 million by 2015. of GDP in 2012 from 1.1%

Innovation 8

Innovation Globalization Venture Capitalist GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, began his tenure, in 2010, by lowering targets by over one-third, in a single bold move. The power of that process was that I got their attention. .” Keeping it simple, with five core strategies in his long-term plan, helped people remember his message.

CEO 9

CEO Short-term Long-term EPS 9

Harvard Business Review

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.”

Document 8

Document Marketing Learning-by-Doing Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2017

We conducted an in-depth analysis of the 1990, 2002, and 2015 terms to see whether the same patterns held when there were fewer female justices on the court. were directed at the two female justices (O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg); in 2015, 65.9% These results are not limited to the current Supreme Court.

Politics 14

Politics Quinn Learning-by-Doing Reputation 14