Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

But they don’t think nearly enough about operational meltdowns – technological glitches and other problems that can put them out of business. In October 2010, when its founders launched their website to the world, 25,000 web viewers overwhelmed the site. As a result, most are singularly unprepared to deal with them.

Operations 8

Operations Company Supply Chain Short-term 8

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. And I could write a book on the topic of rare earth metals, those precious elements that make nearly every green technology possible and go into every iPhone. The floods in Pakistan helped double the price of cotton.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail Globalization Price 15

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 ). From relentless demand for resources to bamboo-like 9% growth to vicious competition for the technologies and industries of the future, China will be the big story for a long time.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 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. 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

AUGUST 23, 2011

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. Half of this job growth came in health care, government, retail, and construction. The CFR paper tells the story of where U.S. jobs were gained and lost between 1990 and 2008.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Health Care Globalization Trends 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

The blade cartridges for its latest-and-greatest razor, the top-selling Fusion ProGlide , retail for around $4 each, leaving Gillette with what must be incredibly lucrative gross margins. To distribute the product, rather than forming strong relationships with a handful of powerful retailers as in the U.S.

Innovation 13

Innovation Glocalization Supply Chain Retail 13

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. Trump knows how to use the bully pulpit to press this kind of thinking on all big-box retailers and big distributors.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Offshoring Retail Education 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

personal consumption expenditures in 2010 and that over half of that amount actually went to U.S. distributors, retailers, and so on. newspapers, the share of foreign stories has declined from 27% in 1987 to 11% in 2010. Pro-globalizers need to do a better job of making their case. On the front pages of major U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8