Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

But just as valuable is the company''s ability to energize and empower front-line employees. Bain & Company recently surveyed about 750 employees across industries in Brazil, China, India, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. Yet many companies are missing the opportunity to fully engage their employees on this issue.

Metrics 9

Metrics Chemicals Simon Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Earlier this month in Strasbourg, European Commission Vice President Viviane Reding proposed a new law that would enforce quotas of 40% for women's representation on European corporate boards by 2020. Why did she do it? Progress requires action.

Diversity 8

Diversity Mentor System Career 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Companies that claim to be “transforming” seem to be everywhere. Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. Core r epositioning.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The company would double the size of its business, he said, by channeling its efforts toward achieving eight ambitious goals by 2020 — among them, doubling the proportion of Unilever's portfolio that meets the highest nutritional standards, and halving the water associated with the consumer use of its products.

Globalization 14

Globalization NGO Leadership Development Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

The latest evidence is the recent news that healthcare companies are experimenting with “hospitals at home” for patients – not surprising, given that the cost of adding a new in-hospital bed now averages well above $1.5 Even health care is harking back to the days of the house call. But that affair is turning sour.

Technology 8

Technology Retail Transportation Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2017

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Decentralization 10

Decentralization System Technology Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

I'm the CEO of Desso , a European company that makes carpets, carpet tiles and synthetic sports surfaces. A group of us bought the company from the Armstrong Group in a buy-out in 2007. We put our money in because we saw an opportunity to turn a struggling company around and secure a high ROI. I'm also an owner. We did that.

Strategy 11

Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

And India is on track to become the youngest country in the world by 2020 and its digital economy is expected to balloon from $413 billion today to $1 trillion dollars by 2025. companies are investing heavily in India — as are Chinese companies, such as Alibaba and Tencent.

Airlines 10

Airlines Technology Objective Policies 10

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. 1M/1M is like a mini entrepreneurship-focused MBA at $1000 a year, plus a credible, powerful business network.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

These are important numbers to wrap your head around, but what do they really mean for countries and companies? For perspective, in 2011 carbon intensity improved just 0.8%. trillion : The size of the "climate economy" by 2020 according to the bank HSBC. 260 billion : Global clean energy investment in 2011.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey GDP Cost-Benefit Analysis Constraint 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

In his first book, NINCOMPOOPERY: Why Your Customers Hate You-and How to Fix It , he leverages research across thousands of companies to show leaders how to find and kill the corporate stupidity that drives customers crazy. The average life expectancy of an S&P 500 company used to be seventy-five years, but today it’s fifteen years.”

How To 76

How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 76

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The world’s five largest companies (by market capitalization) are all American and compete in the digital sphere: Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook. As most of us know by now, we have an increasingly internet-powered economy. based companies plan to innovate to meet the competitive challenges of tomorrow.

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Politics McKinsey Katz Technology 9