Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

She started an eponymous foundation focused on understanding a better way for the economy to manage its resources. We have three billion new middle class consumers coming into the world and there's more and more pressure to find out how to manage these resources. Not long after she reached shore, she decided to do something about it.

Company 10

Company Apparel Engineering Welch 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

By lowering the "China price," the world's low-cost manufacturer is doing to solar what it did to the apparel and electronics sectors: driving higher-cost producers (usually in the West) out of business. Once technologies take off, doublings can happen pretty fast — just ask the investors in the Internet, mobile or social media.

Energy 8

Energy Apparel Cost Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. These managers are more persuasive at getting buy-in from the leaders in their organization, make better strategic decisions, and achieve more stable, more predictable, and longer-term growth.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Ok, this one is cheating a bit, but on a fundamental level, the top themes in green business haven't actually changed too much ( see the 2010 list ). From relentless demand for resources to bamboo-like 9% growth to vicious competition for the technologies and industries of the future, China will be the big story for a long time.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15