Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Multinationals must use their global resources and capabilities to transform both urban and rural India and improve the lives of not just the rich but also Indians at the middle and bottom of the pyramid. What are the dynamic change management techniques you want to use? What can we do to independently monitor our supply chain?

Retail 15

Retail Supply Chain Business Model Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

These ranges were wide due to the relative size of the different players in the supply chain (for example, a company that has higher revenues will realize greater benefits than a smaller firm). But the impact of the industry on Brazil’s natural resources — and global GHG emissions — has been intense.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

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. shares of the global operations of U.S.-based competitiveness, for example, and the 2010 study of U.S.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

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

AUGUST 13, 2012

Risk management is now at the heart of the governance model for the Olympic Games and the Olympic movement, and not only because of their growing scale and complexity. Other mega-events have sometimes taken their toll in business disruption, by interrupting supply chains, altering consumption, or giving rise to workforce absenteeism.

Risk Management 15

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

First, the global goals campaign represents a significant new opportunity for companies that view emerging and frontier markets as their source of long-term growth. According to estimates from McKinsey, consumers in these markets could be worth $30 trillion by 2025 — a significant step up from the 2010 value of $12 trillion.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

In 2012 the rise in consumer activism and mobility, the Occupy movement, 24-hour accountability (thanks to social media), and global resource depletion will force every enterprise, large and small, to make CSR a focal point. More and more, companies are building long-term commitments to corporate social responsibility.

Supply Chain 16

Supply Chain Company Strategic Planning Bottom-up 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In 2016, the International Monetary Fund estimated that corruption amounted to roughly 2% of global economic output — between $1.5 and $2 trillion globally. It spells out the responsibilities of the board and top management, including ensuring that the organization’s strategy and anti-bribery policy are aligned.

Company 8

Company Compliance Ethics Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2015

The humanist strand of management thinking that celebrates teams and collaboration through respect for customers and workers as human beings has a long and distinguished history. Achieving humanistic management has thus turned out to be a much more intractable problem than most thought leaders expected it to be.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Management Drucker Waterman 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. 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. ” Improving risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Continuous improvement and quality have become part of the management lexicon. Today, greater access to information makes the management of end-to-end processes easier, especially those that cut across organizational boundaries. Now conversations are happening globally, and experiences and points of view are being shared much faster.

Operations 15

Operations Six Sigma Supply Chain Webinar 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

The Economist bemoans their “ great deceleration ” and HBR featured a well-researched study on how multinationals are becoming less global. Difficulty in distribution is not unique to Asia and reflects a global trend. The three main grocery retail chains in Peru grew from 57 stores in 2001 to 155 stores in 2010.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Automotive Supply Chain 8

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 best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham. Right now, the U.S. Nuclear on the outs.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

The first one accused Timberland of supporting slave labor, destroying Amazon rain forests, and exacerbating global warming—all in the first sentence. The senders didn’t threaten a boycott but said they were “concerned” and urged us to work with Greenpeace to find a “permanent global solution” to both deforestation and climate change.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain CEO Globalization Letter 8

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? My think-tank colleagues and I were stunned to see how many concurrent businesses the typical entrepreneur owns and manages in Africa. But how has it actually evolved in Africa?

Entrepreneur 16

Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain Globalization 16

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

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 13

Uncertainty Supply Chain Scenario Planning Sharpe 13

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

DECEMBER 16, 2010

These six ideas emerged in 2010 as powerful "innovation invitations" and seem sure to intensify in power and influence. obscures the tectonic economic shift in global retail. Digital coupons aren't just "smart," they can be "brilliant" — linked to recommendation engines, GPS, supply chains, etc. That's right.

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Previously, she was the vice president of Global Public Policy at Facebook. When I joined Facebook in 2010, it was already well established that sustainability was central to the way that we operated. Before 2010, most of the energy powering these data centers was coming from coal. Future Economy. Mission-Driven Sustainability.

Project 8

Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

electronics companies, moved its global headquarters from the suburbs to Tech Square, bringing along 3,600 employees. The Global Digital Economy. First, technology imitation occurs far more quickly today than in the past, due in part to the global base of technology competitors and the speed of reverse engineering.

Incubator 8

Incubator Supply Chain Real Estate Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

In 2014, according to the latest United Nations estimate, direct foreign investment (FDI) in emerging markets reached more than $700 billion — accounting for over half (56%) of all global FDI flows for the first time. But how much do these hazards actually cost global companies in emerging markets? Which are the most costly?

Marketing 8

Marketing Company Compliance Reputation 8

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

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. It's decision to view environmental and social actions not as altruism but as smart expense management.

Retail 14

Retail Apparel Supply Chain Agility 14

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

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Just because Congress — and global climate summits — can't seem to prepare for climate change, doesn't mean the private sector can get away with the same. Droughts and floods also enter the risk picture for any company dependent on an agricultural supply chain. Mother Nature doesn't do bailouts.

Insurance 9

Insurance Supply Chain Benchmarking Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

as global hegemon. 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. Unpacking the past decade's experience with innovation can guide us.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

relationship with China, it’s important to recognize that global macroeconomic headwinds are moving against Trump and his efforts to generate jobs for a working-class constituency. First, he needs to string together enough Carrier-type deals, especially among large factory complexes that influence the wider supply chain.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Offshoring Retail Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

But since outsourcing has become an increasingly common approach to cutting costs, many producers now rely heavily on globally dispersed supply chains. Eligible companies had more than three years to investigate their supply chains; the first disclosure reports were due in May 2014. We wanted to find out.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Productivity Products Company 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Much of continental Europe is convulsed with similar combinations of disaffection , protectionism , and, in some cases, nationalism and even racism that have morphed into a more-or-less generalized anger against globalization. Economists, policy makers, executives, educators, the press, and others must become more adept at anger management.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 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