Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

A recently released survey reveals that 86 percent of firms face increasing complexity in their operating environment or organizational structure over the past three years. Businesses are focusing on technological solutions to tackle complexity. As a source of complexity, though, technology comes in only at seventh place in the survey.

Crisis 78

Crisis Survey Analysis Finance 78

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2016

In the past, network effects were hard to reverse in industries that relied on physical networks such as railroads and telephones. From around 1990 to 2010 Microsoft arguably ruled the information-technology industry. That is a very short run compared to the great network industries of yore.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Advertising Marketing Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

What many don't realize is that as part of those funds, the incentives created to digitize medical records were massive — amounting to $40,000 to $65,000 per physician and $11 million per hospital for the "meaningful use" of health information technology. That's quite frankly still how U.S. health care performs.

Health Care 12

Health Care Incentives Quality Cost 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

Organizations have always depended on data — to manage operations, to communicate with customers, to pay employees and suppliers, to plan their futures, and so forth. My friends in the industry tell me that bogey was met by 2005.

Business Model 8

Business Model Price Competitive Advantage Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

But as the digital revolution continues to spark widespread disruption in other industries — automotive, financial services, health care, and retail — who will win? The contest is now shifting toward more-traditional industries, like transportation (Lyft and Uber, for example) and hospitality (Airbnb). Insight Center.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

has slowed , and that in most industries the biggest firms have higher market share than they did a decade ago. Despite those trends, our research suggests that technology can in fact provide an advantage to small and new firms. of firms had adopted it in 2010, whereas 7% had by 2016, which is an annualized growth rate of almost 50%.

Technology 10

Technology Agility Fixed Costs Software 10

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. The program is most often associated with the tech industry, where H-1B workers hold about 12%–13% of jobs , according to a Goldman Sachs report. jobs overall.)

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

has created no net new jobs for those whose highest educational level is a high-school degree (or less) since the job market bottomed out in 2010, but it has created 4 million jobs for people with a bachelor’s degree. service industries like higher education, publishing, design, and consulting. But the lower end of U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Offshoring Retail Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

The scale of the lobbying effort to defeat these privacy regulations was so unprecedented that it caused EU Commissioner Viviane Reding to say that "I have not seen such a heavy lobbying operation.". The Washington Post ran a special back in 2010 entitled " Top Secret America " that detailed the extent to which this was taking place.

Film 8

Film Information Technology Information Technology 8