Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. In fact, the FAA had originally promised the rules by 2011, but it proceeded to miss every deadline it set for itself , as well as those established by Congress. Both the U.K.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Since early 2015, when he began working with Sodexo’s executive committee as the global services firm’s chief transformation officer, Sunil Nayak has undergone his own leadership transformation. CTI’s 11-market study (of Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, the U.S.,

Globalization 8

Globalization Emotional Intelligence Marketing Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

” Policies such as the new EPA proposal, which would establish firm limits on carbon pollution from power plants, will only help accelerate these much-needed market innovations. All told, they slashed carbon pollution from electricity by 20% from 2005-2011, led by Washington, which saw a 46% reduction during that period.

Power 8

Power Planning Proposal Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

They learn about internal and external uses for social networking technology, and how it can be applied to business operations — from HR to marketing to product development — for more efficient collaboration and faster innovation.

Education 8

Education Industry Technology Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

Due to the fast growth of the SaaS market and the high valuations of SaaS startups, a move toward SaaS seems very compelling for traditional software vendors. There seems to be variety in customers’ requirements, meaning that software vendors would not be able to tap into the whole market without a perpetual license offering.

Business Model 8

Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Since 2015, our data shows that rate snowballing again, nearly quadrupling to an average of 1000 deals annually. Notably tech firms acquired an average 250 tech companies annually between 2002 and 2011 and 350 in the years since. But Microsoft’s management saw in LinkedIn a valuable new sales channel that the market had missed.

Company 8

Company Business Model Price Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The result is the reconstitution or destruction of industries, creation of new market spaces, and reshaping of old industry ecosystems. In 2011 GE, the company famous for exporting great leaders, imported one when it recruited Bill Ruh from Cisco to lead GE’s push into software and analytics. Make the tough calls on people.

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Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

In a previous piece I discussed why some AR apps are destined to be forgotten as gimmicks, and what mistakes marketers should avoid when trying to deploy them. The application was one of the first marketing campaigns that allowed interaction with a digital model in real time. Aside from complex technological advances (e.g.,

Tourism 9

Tourism Technology Content Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

From 2012 to 2015, the number of global corporate venture capital deals almost doubled, and their investments quadrupled, to $29.1 Among the 30 top companies in seven of the largest industries, almost half had a VC-fueled accelerator in 2015, up from just 2% in 2010. Top startups already have market leading solutions.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2017

For an example of the kind of disruption such an attack could cause, consider the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Just look at the Ukraine power grid attack in 2015 , where the attackers used several different techniques , such as spear phishing and denial-of-service attacks, that were all readily available on the black market of the internet.

Power 9

Power System Video Transportation 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

Since 2011, General Electric has publicly stated it would spend more than $1 billion on developing sensors, wireless devices, and related software to install on its aircraft engines, power turbines, locomotive trains and other machinery. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Wireless Technology 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

The great thing about operating a small business is that you are inherently more agile than your larger competitors. Operating on a smaller scale means you have a core group of customers, so make sure they know how much you value their business by connecting with them through their preferred method. Know how to connect with customers.

Chief Executive Officer 50

Chief Executive Officer Entrepreneur Technology Long-term 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Consumer markets in the developing world are an enormous but still-untapped opportunity for companies seeking new sources of growth. The challenges – market development, product design, logistics, communication — deter many companies from even considering rural markets in developing countries. Worldwide, there are 3.4

Marketing 8

Marketing Brand Cost Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

As a business term, “unicorn” was coined to describe a rarity: In 2011 there were just 28 early-stage companies, still privately owned, with investment valuations of $1 billion or more. But over time the market changes and the company needs to change its model. Nearly two in three died or stumbled.

Document 10

Document Business Model Execution Company 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

While it still makes sense to manufacture in China for the booming local market, producing goods in China for the U.S. market is no longer a no-brainer. increase in manufacturing in July 2011, with a year-on-year gain of 3.8%. to China had slowed down, and in some cases, is operating in reverse.

Cost 13

Cost Report Marketing Engineering 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2016

In medicine we’ve long operated under the mantra “doctor knows best.” In fiscal year 2015, UUHC supported 10 physician-driven initiatives to improve customer service and care. And in 2015, we were judged the safest university hospital in the country. Payments to physicians rose 42% from 2011 to 2015.

Review 8

Review Health Care Quality Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

But in addition to such familiar jobs such as engineer, consultant, or financial analyst, we’re increasingly seeing new job titles emerge: forensic technologist, digital storyteller, and marketing automation manager. Labor market data tell us that these “hybrid” jobs are rapidly on the rise.

Education 8

Education Engineering System Storytelling 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Studying these successes and failures, we’ve identified half a dozen key reasons platforms fail, all of which boil down to managers’ misunderstanding of how platforms operate and compete. For years Apple’s market penetration hung in the single digits. Google Android quickly lost market share to the new versions.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The number of industrial robots in operation around the world has grown rapidly in recent years, but nowhere more so than in China, where some 30% of the world’s robots are in operation. They explored data across 28 different industries in 17 countries over a period spanning 1970 to 2011, during which 71 economic recoveries occurred.

TCO 80

TCO Decentralization CAPEX Industry 80

Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 19, 2017

To minimize backlash and not violate trust with customers, employees, and other stakeholders, it’s crucial that a company only takes a stand that reflects its purpose, values, and, importantly, its operational practices. They are adept at seeing through crafted messaging, political rhetoric, and marketing hype.

Brand 220

Brand Politics Letter Participative 220