Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

For example, Google ultimately emerged as a disruptive force that has transformed pieces of the media business. In 2012 a number of disruptive innovations came of age. One of 2012's most successful innovations was Nest's smart thermostat. Finally, it was a big year, for better or worse, for unmanned aerial vehicles (drones).

Trends 8

Trends Disruptive Innovation Christensen Business Model 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

Their words overstate, get into the media and are accepted by audiences as fact. My analysis: Agreed, though I would include continuing education, self-fulfillment and the ability to plan one’s future life to the equation. Newspapers brag about all they donate toward educating the community. ‘In One Easy Lesson.’

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

So why were citizens blocking the roads and protesting in the streets, drawing considerable attention from NGOs and the media and delaying the project? For example, the delays associated with social conflict at large mining operations can run in the vicinity of $20 million per week.

Company 8

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Almost every world-class, high-performance organization takes training and education seriously. That’s important, not because I think MBAs should be more like SEALS—I don’t—but because real-world excellence requires more than commitment to educational achievement. But Navy SEALs go uncomfortably beyond.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2015

In closing some of their e-commerce properties, Naspers, a media and internet empire, noted that it was a “sad day for e-commerce” in Africa and cited “unprofitability” as a reason. The optimism about Africa clouds some obvious challenges any operator in the continent will confront.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Open-book Marketing System 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. Zhou reportedly felt that the original Yahoos were overpaid and lazy, whereas the Yahoo team felt bullied and believed Zhou wasn’t focused on the Yahoo operations. education, he was an avid student of U.S.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2013

I wrote about this trend in the November 2012 issue of HBR.) When I returned to work at an investment firm at age 42, after 11 years out of the full-time workforce, I was the grandmother of the operation. Lacking the fancy education of so many Googlers, he had prevailed through hard work and saw the same tenacity in Nick and Billy.

Career 8

Career Learning Curve Middle Management Reference 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Our 2012 survey, in partnership with WomenCorporateDirectors and Heidrick & Struggles, of more than 1,000 corporate directors across the globe, found that only 48% of the boards had a formal process of determining the combination of skills and attributes required for their board and, therefore, for new directors.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Then Josep “Pep” Guardiola-i-Sala, the former Spanish footballer who is currently the manager of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, further evolved the idea when he was the coach at Barcelona FC between 2008 and 2012. As a result, companies operate below their potential.

Cooper 15

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The 2012 election cycle is remarkable for how much information the campaigns have about voters. In this election, the campaign has a very large in-house data team dealing with all kinds of targeting analytics and also the online operations. Is it education? We help people decide which message [to send out] of a set of messages.

Survey 8

Survey Politics Information Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Then Josep “Pep” Guardiola-i-Sala, the former Spanish footballer who is currently the manager of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, further evolved the idea when he was the coach at Barcelona FC between 2008 and 2012. As a result, companies operate below their potential.

Cooper 8

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 8