Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

Nokia's recent burning platform travails serve as an object lesson to companies trying to navigate a rapidly-changing global economy. However, Nokia ran into trouble by underestimating the speed at which technological developments in the United States, pioneered by rivals such as Apple, are transforming the mobile telecommunications business.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

For the first time after China's economic reforms began, CEO succession is threatening to become a major problem, particularly for globally competitive companies such as Haier, Huawei, and Lenovo. Indeed, the choices the founder-CEOs make may well reshape their companies as well as the Chinese economy.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

8:07 AM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Armin Trost | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Too often I hear even HR people saying, "HR is too important to be left to HR." Moreover, almost everybody in a company has certain opinions about how to do HR. Most companies need a strong HR.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

Cisco is an easy company to admire. The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. The company knew digital devices were all becoming telecommunications tools. What happened? This was obvious.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

He advises some of the world’s biggest companies on environmental strategy. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." Follow him on Twitter at @GreenAdvantage. In the U.S. Its another thing to see the green focus up close.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Parachuted in to salvage a beleaguered organization, he pushed the company toward a new way of thinking, ultimately growing IBM’s value and revenues by more than 40 percent. It was the summer of 2000 and the company had quickly lost $85 billion in market capitalization. Procter & Gamble provides another example.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

In my 2010 HBR piece , I reviewed some of the ways in which firms are doing this, and the story continues. In telecommunications and information technology, experts are waking up to the need for full "chains of custody" for components because of the threat of malicious " hardware Trojan horses." In Europe and the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

But on the other hand, in order to safeguard the company’s future competitiveness, CEOs may have no other choice than to invest now. To escape this quandary, a number of companies are considering alternative asset ownership and operation models, whose objective is to reduce capital outlays, investment risk, or both.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Many large, successful companies are creating offices in California’s Silicon Valley to spot big new trends and learn how they can transform their organization in ways they couldn’t otherwise imagine. Swisscom AG is the major telecommunications provider in Switzerland. Idea Scouting.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I also argued in my last post that the CEO has a critical and unique role to play in process improvement, enabling a companys activities to be redesigned across functions and divisions. But if board members conclude that their companys vitality depends on process improvement, what kind of CEO should they choose?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2013

Cam Crosbie is the CIO of Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada, represented by more than 10,000 independent producers across Canada and Bermuda. In mid-2010, an internal program was born at TELUS entitled Customers First. Cam completely understands the need to "lead without authority."

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Now consider the joint judgment involved in a process of co-creation , whereby companies collaborate with customers or other partners to bring new offerings to market. He is author (with Josiah Ober) of A Company of Citizens: What the Worlds First Democracy Teaches Leaders About Creating Great Organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2011

This might not seem like a stop-the-presses moment for everyone in the media, but it's a big deal for the companies involved—and their customers—because the contents of the report will influence regulatory policy. In 2010, the Horizontal Merger Guidelines were revised to reflect this new thinking in competition analysis.).

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Wireless Report Price Analysis 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Already, the popularity of the iPhone app store and the iPhone device itself has given credence to a purchasing phenomenon and the clout a device company can have on a telecom carrier's success. Several portal companies compete with carriers as they have acquired "voice-over-internet" capabilities. In fact, one company has already has.

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Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy Making Room for Reflection Is a Strategic Imperative 11:52 AM Wednesday November 24, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Business is, above all, busy. The catch is that most companies dont know how to reflect.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

These six ideas emerged in 2010 as powerful "innovation invitations" and seem sure to intensify in power and influence. But the companies that succeed in gameifying their products, services, and brands will enjoy a certain Zynga in their step. That's right. Contestification. I haven't a clue. A Beautifully Designed Lobby.

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Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

Data centers are quickly becoming a pressing issue for many executives as companies consider how to keep costs down and environmental impact to a minimum. According to a report put out by Greenpeace in April , the electricity demand of data centers and the telecommunications network is rivaling that of most nations. The solutions.

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Energy Efficiency Industry Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Our companies have created it, expanded it, perfected it in ways that they can’t compete,” referring to the Europeans. tech companies. Telecommunications, marketplace platforms, payment services, and postal and logistics systems are balkanized. and China take the lead in tech innovation. position. billion in 2014.

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Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler promised recently that his agency “will not allow some companies to force Internet users into a slow lane so that others with special privileges can have superior service.” This “telecommunications” vs. “information” thing isn’t just technical minutiae.

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