Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Here are some considerations for businesses contemplating a Go-to-India strategy: Market Selection. How do you build trust and verify the integrity of the market participants? What can you learn from other emerging markets (Brazil, Mexico, Kenya, etc.)? What can we do to independently monitor our supply chain?

Retail 15

Retail Supply Chain Business Model Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

If lucky, a start-up grows and develops a success formula. retailer, spent the last three decades improving its supply chain processes, and designing and launching a series of services, including smaller local convenience stores and online shopping. and in its home market in the U.K.

Organization 8

Organization Supply Chain Customer Intimacy Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

All this secrecy comes at a price, both in the supply chain and by creating a difficult workplace. Consider how many people have to keep the secrets: factory workers, supply chain workers, and retail employees. Founded in 2010, Xiaomi is one of the biggest Chinese smartphone companies.

Productivity 9

Productivity Products Supply Chain Price 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Sustainable businesses are redefining the corporate ecosystem by designing models that create value for all stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, supply chains, civil society, and the planet.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

But for most rising executives, leading successfully in global markets is easier said than done. Recently, I spoke with Linda Sharkey , an author and expert in global leadership development and culture change, to chat with me about this issue. In essence, Nestle Japan acted like a local provider in a local market.

Globalization 13

Globalization Beyer Supply Chain Open-book 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Moreover, the population is aging and the size of the labor force is set to plateau in 2016 (See “China’s Labor Market” chart below). In fact, China is already experiencing a labor shortage: Wages are rising and it is losing its labor-cost advantage to other developing countries. ” chart below).

GDP 15

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

First we see major shifts in demand: developing economies such as China and India are morphing from the world's source of low-cost manufacturing capacity to the world's best market opportunities. They will not, it must be noted, alter how the role of manufacturing evolves as economies develop.

Globalization 11

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

It developed an outstanding supply chain for fish and became a dining out routine for millions of Americans, especially on its famous “endless shrimp” days. But in recent years, as cold chains became more prevalent, almost all restaurants now serve fish, and Red Lobster’s comparative advantage has dwindled.

Brand 8

Brand Supply Chain Price Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

Coca-Cola is one of the many companies that are making efforts to tackle the world’s greatest societal challenges — water scarcity, climate change, and even the rights of women and girls in the developing world. Coca-Cola operates in more than 200 countries and the needs of each market depend on a variety of factors.

CEO 14

CEO Supply Chain Operations Brand 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

Technology-based companies can drive transformation in many existing markets of course – just look at the battles brewing between traditional taxi companies and Uber, a mobile app that connects passengers with drivers. In these markets if existing companies don’t rise to the innovation challenge, no one will.

Innovation 9

Innovation Venture Capitalist Company Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

What’s driving companies to relocate near urban universities is the changing role of innovation within the private sector as firms are increasingly relying on external sources to support technology development. But university efforts to bring research to market are even more important. Insight Center. The Global Digital Economy.

Incubator 8

Incubator Supply Chain Real Estate Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

” We will need to cut CO2 emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, the report says, and get to no emissions by 2050. The list of actions companies take is well-developed and documented, and most large companies do the following: Slash energy use and emissions in operations. Getting to 1.5 What should they do ?

Efficiency 15

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

As a result, the risk-reward ratios that we take for granted, such tight global supply chains, may no longer make sense. Old efficiency thinking based on engineering and rational market models needs to be replaced by a creative intelligence based on imagining, building and managing new futures.

Uncertainty 14

Uncertainty Supply Chain Scenario Planning Sharpe 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

and transplanting it somewhere else, particularly in a developing country. There doesn’t appear to be any supply chain or heavy machinery to worry about. based Hotel Tonight , a last-minute online-booking service founded in 2010. She identified her home country of Spain as a great market to port the model to.

Business Model 8

Business Model Hotels Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Continuing the trend toward more and costlier climate-related disasters will have the inevitable result that it always has: insurance companies will either raise premiums or exit particularly risky markets, as has happened before with flood insurance in places that are increasingly susceptible to storm surges.

Insurance 11

Insurance Supply Chain Benchmarking Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Part of this story relates to the provenance, or origins, of its products: Chains that provide more upmarket “fast casual” dining such as Panera, Chipotle, and Shake Shack have brands that speak of freshness, health, and trustworthy sourcing. McDonald’s woes offers three lessons for others about supply-chain transparency.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Reputation Brand Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

In October 2010, when its founders launched their website to the world, 25,000 web viewers overwhelmed the site. As his firm grew, he undervalued and underpaid the executives who ran the supply chain and finance departments. They are usually quick to recognize operational problems and deal with them before they become disasters.

Operations 9

Operations Company Supply Chain Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

private-sector research and development. And, through linkages including supply chains (in 2009 multinationals purchased about $7 trillion in intermediate inputs from companies in America), multinationals enhance the performance of companies throughout the U.S. competitiveness, for example, and the 2010 study of U.S.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Here's my attempt to capture what I see as the most important stories affecting the greening of business in 2010. The drought in Russia destroyed 40% of its wheat crop, so Putin pulled wheat — 1/6 of the global trade in the crop — off the global market, driving up wheat prices. The market for renewables is growing fast.

Supply Chain 16

Supply Chain Retail Globalization Price 16

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 ). The greening of the supply chain. And the dangerous mix of supply crunch and rising demand is only increasing, across nearly all commodities. Right now, the U.S.

Supply Chain 16

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

market share of more than 80%, with Schick a distant second. But that is not the story in developing markets, where these top-of-the-line products don't fare nearly as well. So how is it that Gillette has over 50% market share in India — the world's largest shaving blade market by volume?

Innovation 14

Innovation Glocalization Supply Chain Retail 14

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. That is, the importance of "research & development" to business innovation. Devices of all kinds have gone from advertising, branding, and marketing media to promotional platforms. That's right.

Innovation 18

Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 18

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Are there peculiar features of African entrepreneurship we may consider relevant to big global debates on development and sustainability? I am now convinced, though, that the entrepreneurial driver behind talent churn in African labor markets actually yields significant net benefits for African economies.

Entrepreneur 19

Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain Globalization 19

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The SEC has recognized this point; in 2010 it issued a planning document asking publicly traded companies to disclose their climate exposure risk. This will create more market accountability and will incentivize such firms to hire environmental and logistics consultants to offer solutions that reduce the firm’s risk exposure.

Company 11

Company Porter Forrester Simon 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

personal consumption expenditures in 2010 and that over half of that amount actually went to U.S. newspapers, the share of foreign stories has declined from 27% in 1987 to 11% in 2010. At the same time, we will localize production in big end-use markets like Saudi Arabia. distributors, retailers, and so on. Furthermore, U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8