Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Previous research has suggested that a primary driver of this job polarization is something called routine-biased technological change (RBTC), an unfortunate mouthful whereby new technologies substitute for repetitive, middle-skill jobs and complement analytical, high-skill jobs. labor market over the past 30 years.

Skills 8

Skills Sample Technology Depreciation 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

For me businesses are as much or more about the people than they are about the products and markets …so those tough restructuring calls (or sometimes the shut it down calls) are the hardest things ever. Rebel Brown : Best examples would be any of the Zero Gravity Companies I profile on my website.

Open-book 272

Open-book Greenleaf Blog Marketing 272

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2011

During Jobs' absence from 1986-1998, Apple's innovation premium dropped by 30% as the company quit innovating and its investors lost confidence. It took a few years to get things back on track, but from 2005-2010 Apple's innovation premium jumped to 52%. Can he do it? History suggests Cook's task will be difficult, but not impossible.

Innovation 14

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Restructuring Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

In 2012, China''s top six solar companies had debt ratios of over 80%. Our research showed that without subsidies, these companies would be bankrupt. In 2000, labor-intensive products constituted 37% of all Chinese exports; by 2010, this fell to 14%. imports of technologically-advanced products from China grew by 16.5%

Bond 8

Bond Price Industry Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2016

Between January 2008 and February 2010, 8.8 When more responsibility is added to what you already do , you have an opportunity to restructure your work and present your plan. Ask for help reducing your low-value work from your company’s productivity unit or information technology gurus. million jobs were lost.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Seminar Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Perhaps one — in which she suggests restructuring job responsibilities to make sure they don't require more technical qualifications than they really need — might bear some thought today.). As Boyle wrote, "We are not utilizing the capabilities of the women in our companies. It is a great economic waste.".

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Disruptive Innovation Health Care Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

More companies want far greater flexibility with far fewer people. Technology makes reviewing, refining, redesigning and revising both jobs and job descriptions as dynamic as a commodities trading desk. The profound difference between today [2010] and 2005 is that good hires looked like better investments than great tweaks back then.

Human Capital 9

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

Some executives may be reluctant to admit – perhaps for sentimental or political reasons — that their brand is sucking out more value from the company than it creates. There may have been another business that they could have started, utilizing the company’s assets (real estate, technology, staff, etc.)

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

More radically, they could agree to restructure global economic institutions or change the agenda of existing institutions. This time around (looking at 2010 data), the emerging markets account for over 23% of global GDP as opposed to 11% in 1975 (at current, not purchasing power parity, prices, which give them an even greater share).

Globalization 12

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

I am a big believer of the symbiotic necessity of large companies and entrepreneurial ventures living side by side: You simply cannot have a flourishing entrepreneurship ecosystem without large companies to cultivate it, intentionally or otherwise. Ditto for Boulder's Storage Technology (which went bankrupt), as did Necton Bylinnium.

Company 8

Company Bureaucracy Restructuring Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

Given the shortage of talented executives, how can companies attract the best and brightest? How does a company become a destination of choice for talent in the aftermath of the financial crisis? To answer these questions, we surveyed several dozen senior search consultants at a top global executive-placement firm in 2010.

Reputation 13

Reputation Consultative P&L Execution 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

These gold coasts are home to nine of the top 10, and 18 of the top 20, internet companies, as measured by market capitalization. The leading companies in online search, social media, and e-commerce are all based in one or the other of these two regions. Winner-take-all economics favored the companies in the U.S.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8