Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

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 chains today extend around the world, and are vulnerable to natural disasters and civil conflict.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Increases in retail translate into the creation of new jobs all along the huge supply chain that brings products to store shelves. NRF is working to fix or repeal the provisions in the 2010 health care reform law that are hostile to the future of the retail industry. Our agenda focuses on: 1.

Retail 11

Retail Policies Supply Chain Health Care 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

It boasts 85 companies in the Global Fortune 500 list of the world’s largest corporations. This is the overarching goal of China’s 2010-2015 plan. That growth was driven largely by the increased use of information technology in customer analysis and supply chain optimization. China Economy Global business'

GDP 13

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Now conversations are happening globally, and experiences and points of view are being shared much faster. billion manufacturer of labels and office supplies, launched an internal online community in 2010 to improve collaboration and accelerate learning among its process improvement practitioners.

Operations 15

Operations Six Sigma Supply Chain Webinar 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

That is the question that the Thinkers50, the biennial global ranking of management thinkers , seeks to answer. Think of Charles Darwin, the ultimate disruptive innovator. In The Innovator's Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle to deal with radical innovation in their markets. It's a fair question.

Blue Ocean Strategy 15

Blue Ocean Strategy Management Christensen Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

electronics companies, moved its global headquarters from the suburbs to Tech Square, bringing along 3,600 employees. 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.

Incubator 8

Incubator Supply Chain Real Estate Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

For example, developing our PlantBottle innovation — a fully recyclable packaging made of up to 30% renewable plant material — took significant upfront investment but we felt it made good sense, especially with oil prices fluctuating. Thus, we operate a value creation model that is globally driven but locally focused.

CEO 11

CEO Supply Chain Operations Brand 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

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. A former assistant managing editor for Business Week , he is professor of Innovation and Design at Parsons The New School for Design. Bruce Nussbaum is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Uncertainty 13

Uncertainty Supply Chain Scenario Planning Sharpe 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

In the World Economic Forum''s Global Risks 2013 report, the respondents named "rising greenhouse gas emissions" as the third most likely risk to the global economy (after inequity and deficits/debt). When the climate bill featuring this policy failed to pass through Congress in 2010, USCAP became quasi-defunct.

Policies 8

Policies NGO Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

If outside help is truly needed, doesn’t that say something pretty negative about the CEO’s own staff and existing supply chain? By contrast, consider the 2010 Chilean mining disaster, which resulted in the triumphant rescue of 33 miners trapped underground. As Faaiza Rashid, Amy C. Edmondson, and Herman B.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Automotive Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2015

As “better, cheaper, faster, smaller, more convenient, and more personalized” became the new norm, the ability to innovate with committed employees became critical. It has tended to shred vertical supply chains, as customers can buy a wider array of stuff online cheaper, and often quicker, than in a physical store.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Management Drucker Waterman 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2011

The global push to meet today's needs without compromising future generations' ability to do the same is one such boiling pot for retailers. So retailers manage their supply chains and overhead costs with a tight fist. They are keenly aware of changing conditions on the ground. Consider Asda.

Retail 14

Retail Apparel Supply Chain Agility 14

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. Unfortunately for every other country, this is a global story. Now for the company-level stories: Supply chain pressure continues to rise (a.k.a., When the U.S. Resources get very tight. trillion by 2020.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail Globalization Price 15

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. They'll increasingly be a source of, and resource for, innovation differentiation in 2011, if not for your organization, then for the firm you most dread competing against. That's right. Contestification.

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

This is an excellent story of reverse innovation in action.but the story has only just begun. The fact that Gillette's global products failed to address billions of emerging markets' low-income consumers wasn't seen as a major problem at Gillette, so long as growth in its core markets was robust. This blog is co-authored with John R.

Innovation 13

Innovation Glocalization Supply Chain Retail 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A vast ideological gap on macro-economic policy divides Washington and much of the nation, but there is almost universal agreement on one solution: innovation. Innovation is now perceived as a panacea for job creation, income generation, economic growth, dollar strength, and the revival of the U.S. as global hegemon.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

In 2010, the United Nations Global Compact conducted a survey [PDF] on sustainability and found that 93% of businesses consider it important to their future success. To get started on analyzing the impact of green on your business: Take a close look at your supply chain. Engage the entire supply chain.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Retail Energy ROI 14

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. The sector is larger than most people realize, with clean tech investment hovering around $200 billion globally. Right now, the U.S.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

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? The more we probed the more obvious it became that the "excess" diversification was rational when viewed at the right level.

Entrepreneur 16

Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain Globalization 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The inherently global nature of the internet and the opportunities it offers for mischief, manipulation and mayhem have apparently proven irresistible. Business — both global and entrepreneurial — is the hard target here. Suppose, just as a thought experiment, that had been caused by a state-sponsored cyber-attack.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contingency Plans Banking Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The cost to build and produce solar and wind power, for example, has dropped 60%–80% since 2010 , making it cheaper than grid electricity in most states. CEOs signed a letter to the president-elect that urged him to stay the course on global climate action and building the clean economy. The economics are too good.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Bottom-up Short-term Globalization 8