Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It helped spark new levels of interest in Africa by the international business community, and companies in a range of industries—from consumer goods to financial services to technology—have since expanded their African footprints. a year between 2010 and 2015, considerably slower than the 5.4% from 2000 to 2010.

Globalization 8

Globalization Long-term GDP Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

Back in the late 1990s, the internet was the big trend. Already, evidence suggests that early AI pilots are unlikely to produce the dramatic results that technology enthusiasts predict. Technology that’s been trained on photos from past claims can accurately estimate the extent of the damage and automate the whole process.

Insurance 10

Insurance Video Long-term Project 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

I see three forces behind this trend: 1. About ten years ago they spread to financial services and, in the past five years, more deeply into health care and services. The growth of social technology for sharing and learning. But improvement has improved. Greater awareness and experience in improvement approaches.

Operations 14

Operations Six Sigma Supply Chain Webinar 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

The growing skills gap provides one explanation, but another clue is the significant downward trend in workforce mobility. Census Bureau announced that the percentage of Americans who changed residences between 2010 and 2011 — 11.6 Fewer people are looking (or are able to look) beyond their own backyards for a new job.

Health Care 12

Health Care Engineering Skills Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

They must protect value by helping companies avoid unnecessary risks, and they must build value by ensuring that companies change quickly enough to address emerging competitive threats, evolving customer preferences, and disruptive technologies. Confront Unwelcome News and Trends. But disruption is not always about technology.

Retail 8

Retail CEO Core Competence Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

In 2010, when Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, began articulating a strategy to invest billions to transform from a health insurance company to a health care company, analysts grumbled. Some leadership teams have served as guiding examples of how to overturn short-termism and reorient their enterprise. ” Many did.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term CFO Wiseman 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

President Obama has some unfinished business to attend to, and taking care of it will require help and support from corporate leaders across the country. After 2010, climate all but disappeared from the national conversation. companies are technology leaders in developing acceptable substitutes. He delivered on the first two.

Cost 9

Cost Price Energy Proposal 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

There are three trends are behind this shift: The ease of innovation and its decreasing cost mean that start-ups now face the same short-term pressures that have constrained innovation at large companies. The Healthy Heart program seeks to bring pacemaker technology to hundreds of thousands of Indians who desperately need it.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

Two factors triggered my unease: the trends described by my co-authors and I in our recent HBR article and new work by Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence. After serving as a dean at Harvard and Stanford, he was chair of the World Bank-sponsored Commission on Growth and Development from 2006 to 2010. He calls for expanded U.S.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Health Care Globalization Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. Last year, American campuses produced fewer than 56,000 graduates with the sort of qualifications sought by information technology (IT) firms.”

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9