Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

And Dell strictly limits the number of components in its computers as a way of controlling its customized assembly operations. Even automobile companies and airlines seem to have learned this lesson. The narrowing of choices by these companies has not only made it easier for their customers but has also increased revenues and margins.

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Supply Chain Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Years later, he bought a financially ailing airline and transformed it into Asia's most profitable and fastest-growing low-cost operator. The airline's tagline "Now Everyone Can Fly" says it all; anyone who joins the company knows they will play a role in providing affordable travel to as many people as possible.

Airlines 14

Airlines Mentor Environment Case Study 14

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

The 9/11 terrorist attacks; the Mumbai, Bali, and London Tube bombings; the attempted bombing of a Delta airlines flight in December 2009; and suicide bomber attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan are examples of the personal magnetism of Oussama Bin-Laden and the Al-Qaeda cause.

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

Both Macy''s and American Airlines previously tried to stop discounting in favor of everyday low prices, but quickly had to retreat due to poor customer reception. It can''t revert to its past strategy because the chain was spiraling downwards before hiring Ron Johnson in late 2011. So now what should J.C.

Merchandising 8

Merchandising Discount Retail Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Consider the harrowing events after the crash-landing of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 last July 6th 2013. Physicians and nurses from other departments congregated in the main Radiology reading room to review CT scans and X-rays to make rapid-fire diagnoses. In medicine, timing is everything.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care System Software 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Southwest Airlines was able to succeed where predecessor People Express was not by knowing exactly which aspects of their unique operating model were critical to its success, and by scaling only as fast as mainly the model would allow. They resist putting the cart of scale before the horse of competence.

Parcell 11

Parcell CEO Airlines Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2015

After extensive consultation with pilots and other experts, the FAA has proposed a rule change that might allow operational use of tablets. At a TechCrunch conference in 2011, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick joked, apparently proudly , that “I think I’ve got 20,000 years of jail time in front of me.”

Transportation 8

Transportation Entrepreneur Wireless Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

buying an airline ticket or configuring a printer). In 2011, with 605 new Wipro employees across three different operations centers as our participants, we conducted a field experiment testing whether an authentic approach would lead to greater performance and retention than the traditional entry approach.

Power 8

Power Outsourcing Self-aware Airlines 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. Operational Statistics. A major report to the United Nations Millennium Summit calls for changes in the way in which peacekeeping operations are organized and financed. One out of every 12 businesses fails.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2018

Right before the start of our study in 2011, new closed-circuit television cameras were installed at all airport checkpoints—covering almost all the various positions the officers rotated through, from checking travelers’ documents to operating body-scan machines.

Travel 9

Travel Airlines Transportation Call Center 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Every Chinese citizen’s “social credit score”, drawing upon public and private data sources can determine what services – from no-deposit apartment rentals to booking airline tickets to dating to government services — are accessible to the citizen. Simultaneously, India’s high growth rate of 7.7%

Airlines 10

Airlines Technology Objective Policies 10

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

These are my considered opinions, having conducted Performance Reviews, Strategic Planning and Visioning for other companies over 35+ years. In my opinion, deregulation, as a whole, has worked negatively upon business and society (banking, airlines, trucking, and broadcasting), and the SEC is no exception. Congressional Hearings.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57