Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2017

In boom times, companies may face adjustment costs that deter them from adapting to technological change. However, studies dating back to Joseph Schumpeter’s coinage of the term “ creative destruction ” suggest that adjustments to technological change may be more episodic. We distinguish routine-cognitive occupations (e.g.,

Skills 8

Skills Sample Technology Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2014

Between 2003 and 2010, obesity rates among teens whose parents have no more than a high-school education rose from about 20% to 25%. What is driving the sharp difference in physical activity over the last few years? But underneath the aggregate trend lies a striking social disparity. But our research shows that the gap is growing.

Sports 8

Sports Trends Education Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

have dropped by billions — down 11% in 2010 alone, according to a recent report from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. For more tightly focused not-for-profits , such as the Cleveland Clinic and the network of Food Banks around the country, the decline is not nearly as sharp. There is a crisis in the not-for-profit sector.

Crisis 12

Crisis Mayo Strategy Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

Understanding the implementation plans for the health care law passed in 2010 is a complicated job for even the most seasoned policy wonks. These logistics took a sharp new turn last week when the Obama administration decided to delay enforcing mandatory employer and insurer employment requirements until 2015.

Health Care 8

Health Care Parcell Politics Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Our research and work with companies suggest three broad approaches you can try, each with its own pros and cons: Enact a sharp "decree" to force a specific change in behavior. This is where a knowledge worker farms out specific tasks to a low-cost provider, so she can focus on more value-added work.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Peer Review Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A little-recognized NSF report released in September 2010, the 2008 Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) , said that only 9% of public and private companies engaged in either product or service innovation between 2006 and 2008. There was little in the way of new industries, companies, jobs, profits, or taxes.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

By 2010 the company had become the best-performing stock in the S&P 500, worth $30 per share and earning investors a return of 29 times. The cost of a single element is remarkably high, because each requires a separate mold and creates scheduling and inventory complexity on the shop floor.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Through the spring of 2010, we released four volumes of EJ books and continued to experiment with the roundtables, which became increasingly popular. Meanwhile, in January 2010 my New Year’s resolution was published. By April 2010, the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) global initiative had been formally named.

Entrepreneur 54

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

personal consumption expenditures in 2010 and that over half of that amount actually went to U.S. That’s a more than a hundredfold escalation in labor costs, plus higher materials costs — and horrible quality. newspapers, the share of foreign stories has declined from 27% in 1987 to 11% in 2010.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

It is hard to overstate the sheer economic cost of the 2008 financial crisis. The combination of increased expenditures and decreased revenues resulting from the crisis from 2008 to 2010 is likely to cost the United States government well over $2 trillion , more than twice the cost of the 17-year-long war in Afghanistan.

Crisis 8

Crisis Politics Cost Banking 8