Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2016

A radical demographic shift is transforming the nature of consumer markets. Until the turn of the century, population growth powered more than half of global consumption. Marketing savvy just isn’t enough to track these consumers. In those 15 years, they will generate more than one-third of global consumption growth.

Marketing 8

Marketing McKinsey Globalization Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

Every new market I look at seems to have an Amazon-style copycat — a website that looks, functions, and sells products a lot like a well-known online retailer. In India there''s Flipkart , in Russia there''s Ozon , and in Thailand, Indonesia, and other South East Asia markets there''s Lazada. In some cases this is true.

Globalization 8

Globalization First-mover Advantage Retail Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Just a few examples illustrate some of the pressing issues: South Africa''s power distribution network has an estimated maintenance backlog of $4 billion — equivalent to half of the country''s total investment in electric power generation and distribution in 2011. an estimated $100 billion per year. We need to streamline delivery.

Transportation 8

Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Globalization marches on. But the pace isn’t all that fast, and the overall level of global connectedness still hasn’t gotten back to its all-time peak of 2007. Ghemawat, a frequent HBR contributor, began arguing in 2007, with the book Redefining Global Strategy , that the world isn’t nearly as flat as Tom Friedman said it was.

Altman 8

Altman Globalization Transportation Magazine 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Globalization marches on. But the pace isn’t all that fast, and the overall level of global connectedness still hasn’t gotten back to its all-time peak of 2007. Ghemawat, a frequent HBR contributor, began arguing in 2007, with the book Redefining Global Strategy , that the world isn’t nearly as flat as Tom Friedman said it was.

Altman 8

Altman Globalization Transportation Magazine 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

A decade on, in January 2011, The Economist has revised its dark vision, calling Africa's countries " The Lion Kings.". It won't be global middle class level with incomes of over $70,000, but still above subsistence living, buying health care, food, education, transportation, and entertainment. One such is General Electric.

McKinsey 12

McKinsey Health Care Class Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

The company now has more than 20 million investors in 170 companies and, as of the end of last year, manages more than $3 trillion in global assets. Pure Internet-plays Betterment and FutureAdvisor launched in 2010 and Wealthfront in 2011. Second, Vanguard tested the waters before diving in. The world faces many complex problems.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Transportation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

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. In an increasingly global market both for consumers and entrepreneurial talent, even a slightly more efficient approach to regulating can make all the difference.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. and spends it in international markets. Ethics Global business Retail'

Retail 11

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over. After Jeff Immelt threw down the gauntlet for building a global software center, GE faced significant physical, organizational, and cultural challenges.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

The Idolbuster

AUGUST 5, 2014

I continued to race as an amateur for all of 2010 and 2011, but at the end of 2011 I quit my job and began competing professionally full-time. It was a fascinating experience to feel like you were right in the heart of globalization. Cabs were my mode of transportation. Now I walk or take public transportation.

Training 70

Training Sports Learning-by-Doing Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

that the nation’s transportation infrastructure urgently needs investment. For proposed projects to gain traction, various stakeholders must be aligned; chief among these are the companies that rely on transportation systems to connect them to customers and suppliers, and the government planners responsible for building these trade arteries.

Planning 8

Planning Scenario Planning Transportation Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

These are all places where Johnnie Walker whiskey has been poured — and, according to Afshin Molavi, the Scotch whisky's global reach is only expanding. " Today, five of Johnnie Walker’s seven top global markets are emerging markets, and ads from Mexico to Africa exhort the emerging global middle class to “keep walking” or “step up.”

Class 8

Class Health Care Supply Chain Globalization 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

JUNE 6, 2017

Indeed, a 2003 Lancet study reported that 63% of child deaths in the 42 countries that account for 90% of global child mortality could be prevented each year through more effective primary care. Market focus. That is 6 million lives – 100 football stadiums of children – that could be saved each year.

Development 8

Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

These gold coasts are home to nine of the top 10, and 18 of the top 20, internet companies, as measured by market capitalization. and China that were able to take advantage of large domestic markets to achieve scale and to surround themselves with rich ecosystems of startups, suppliers, complements, and customers.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Throughout the global economy, big companies are getting bigger. “How long does it take for her to interact with a market that isn’t nearly monopolized?” In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” Andrew Brookes/Getty Images. Policymakers have noticed.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

In the Babson Executive Education analysis of 635 global companies, just under a third of companies with 1-10% growth preferred experimentation over other methodologies, such as statistical analysis, to identify revenue and operational improvement opportunities. Yet many tell us that they struggle to democratize experimentation.

Analysis 15

Analysis Constraint Transportation Strategic Planning 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

in February 2011, it became clear that machine learning could go beyond this single-minded focus and handle unstructured, ambiguous data. The coordination of business transactions within and outside an organization will speed up, and in the process, eliminate organizational friction and facilitate market collaboration.

Company 8

Company Supply Chain Core Competence System 8