The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2021

It was originated by the energy company Eesti Energia and developed a four-step methodology to engender an entrepreneurial mindset in students ranging from 13 to 19 years of age. These efforts hope to succeed where Bringing Talent Home, which was an initiative run between 2010 and 2012, failed. ” Broad horizons. .

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Human Capital Comparison Education 100

Building Personal Strength

AUGUST 28, 2012

With what we now consider primitive technology and without the benefit of previous missions, they went where no one had gone before - to the moon's surface. Others claim that the new technologies developed for space travel “trickle down” as practical products for consumers. Copyright 2012. Or words to that effect. Coates, Ph.D.,

Armstrong 75

Armstrong Travel Technology Energy 75

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Health care, nutrition and energy consumption are only the most obvious marketing opportunities for Innovative Self Quantification Marketing Opportunities. The rise of accessible augmented reality technologies makes physical location matter more. But that's a battle for beyond 2012. Handheld Augmented Reality.

Innovation 16

Innovation Health Care Globalization Media 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

energy industries, from oil and gas to ethanol, wind, and solar, have long enjoyed lavish government subsidies and other support. One reason that clean energy tends to be more expensive than fossil fuel is that it can be. But those days are coming to an end. As long as it's subsidized, there is little pressure to compete on price.

Energy 10

Energy Price Long-term Banking 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

And I predict that leaders who get the whole story, and act on it, will reap unexpectedly better workplace morale in 2012, despite all the uncertainty and volatility of the global economic realities. I also think something else is going on, and leaders need to pay attention to this subtle but notable shift in employee energy.

P&L 13

P&L Construction Survey Stress 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Here's a surprising new fact about energy in the United States: the percentage of our electricity coming from the greenest sources — that is, the non-hydroelectric renewables such as solar, wind, geothermal and biomass — has doubled in just four years to nearly 6 percent. The renewable energy industry is growing very fast.

Energy 8

Energy Apparel Cost Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Investing in technology can help lift people out of poverty, and investments that use technology for development are good for business, creating millions of new customers. Using information and communications technology (ICT) for development is fairly common, but surprisingly, most digital divide projects don’t generate revenue.

Technology 8

Technology Globalization Project System 8

Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Houston energy magnate Dan Duncan who died earlier this year had an estimated net worth of $9 billion, and television industry mogul John Kluge died with a $6.5 However, since the new tax changes are only in effect from January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2012, we may face another estate tax controversy down the road. billion estate.

Press Release 202

Press Release Discount PR Magazine 202

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Stanford Ovshinsky 1922-2012. In 1960, Mr. Ovshinsky with his wife, Iris, founded Energy Conversion Laboratory, where he worked on what became known as the "Ovshinsky effect" that underlay his later advances in electronics. The company was a world leader in the technology but recently declared bankruptcy amid down times in the U.S.

Energy 102

Energy Library Film Engineering 102

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported that companies waste 30% of the energy they consume. For many businesses, this is equivalent to overspending on energy by that amount to achieve current production levels. You’d think that increasingly sophisticated technology would help reduce this waste.

Company 8

Company Management CIO Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

The costly and complex operations of transporting energy have made utilities natural monopolies, while regulatory barriers and the high fixed costs of building and maintaining regional electrical grid infrastructure have also kept much competition at bay. This story of disruption should feel familiar.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Software Price 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The strategic underpinnings of most companies’ workforce plans should change dramatically as a result of technological innovation. ” Beyond the skills required to perform specific jobs, technology will also determine which jobs matter most in the years to come. Most companies have been slow to react.

Company 12

Company Insurance Engineering Software 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The cap-and-trade program is the centerpiece of California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, also known as AB 32 — a suite of clean energy solutions that has proved to be the engine of an astounding economic transformation that drove statewide growth at twice the rate of the U.S. dependence on foreign oil. million annually.

Price 15

Price Energy Transportation Bottom-up 15

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. billion on these social sites by 2012. And remember that technology connects people in faster and more transparent ways than ever!

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

Grab, which launched its service in 2012 with 40 drivers in Malaysia, came late to the ride-hailing game, only after Uber had established a formidable position in the United States. Transportation, aviation, health care, and energy all require physical delivery, whereas media, music, and advertisement do not.

Transportation 10

Transportation Health Care Venture Capitalist Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

On the belief that everyone in the division would need to support the campaign to make it successful, he spent as much energy cultivating internal ownership as external engagement. In 2012, they were ranked as the 4th fastest-growing tech company by Technology Fast 500. The result? 2) Don''t push products, solve problems.

Venture Funding 9

Venture Funding Brand Marketing Content 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

In 2012, China''s top six solar companies had debt ratios of over 80%. imports of technologically-advanced products from China grew by 16.5% imported 560% more technologically-advanced products from China than it exported to that country. Tellingly, energy subsidies to Chinese steel totaled $27 billion from 2000 to 2007.

Bond 8

Bond Price Industry Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Though technology would have allowed for a significantly virtual enterprise, it was important to Ruh to have a physical building where people could actually be located together. GE started on one floor of a large office building in 2012 and has grown to take over all five floors. By June of 2012 we were close to 100.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 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 stark contrast, the last four years have seen continued improvement in drone technology, much of which cannot be put to use. And that’s for a technology that is, and will remain, largely illegal.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

In fact, 2012 is likely to be the hottest year since accurate record-keeping began in the late 19th century. The good news is that we have the technology to detect and reduce leakage — and no one should be against common sense measures to prevent the waste of this precious natural resource. Start a clean energy race.

Cost 9

Cost Price Energy Proposal 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Similarly, about one-fourth of all technology and engineering companies started in the U.S. between 2006 and 2012 had at least one immigrant cofounder. Finding that it helped ease his jet lag, he decided to license the product and sell it in Austria under the name Red Bull Energy Drink. Immigrants represent 27.5%

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Similarly, you don't have to be an energy company or pulp and paper producer to focus on those resources; all companies use water, energy, and paper. This post is based partly on a speech Peter Bakker gave at The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Forum on December 13, 2012. Using Technology and Data for Social Impact.

Social Capital 12

Social Capital Report Finance Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Type 1 diabetes renders the pancreas incapable of producing the insulin necessary to shift glucose out of the bloodstream and into cells where it can be converted into energy. When his son, Hayden, was diagnosed with the disease, in 2009, Lane was a product manager at GE Energy. That was enough for Lane. Look for passion.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Business Model System 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

In 2012 a hacker built and revealed a simple device that can open Onity-brand electronic locks (which secure over 4 million hotel room doors ) without a key. These technologies also isolate different parts of the system from one another in the event of a security breach. Information & technology Internet'

Engineering 8

Engineering Software Wireless Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Airbnb has nearly doubled its user base every year since 2012 and is now worth $30 billion — nearly as much as Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel chain. economy became more concentrated from 1997 to 2012, and that the average share of the top four firms in each sector rose from 26% to 32%.

Innovation 8

Innovation Bureaucracy IPO Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. For example, the global energy player ENGIE and its local partners apply it in the independent power production business in the Middle East.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

New technology has turned the U.S., however improbably, into the world’s largest energy producer. The need to renew manufacturing was a big issue in the Presidential election of 2012. An Energy Bonanza . First, America’s energy bonanza has changed the equation. American creativity remains unsurpassed.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Pharmaceuticals Energy Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

Throughout the workday, it’s important to pay attention to the peaks and valleys of energy and productivity that we all experience, what health psychologists call our ultradian (hourly) as opposed to our circadian (daily) rhythms. The result is at times a frenetic way of working. Develop mental agility.

Stress 14

Stress Agility Globalization Energy 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

CEO Ginni Rometty took the top job in 2012, and identified Africa as a locus of technological growth early in her tenure. It was co-hosted by the Minister of Technology and included ministers from the cabinet charged with meeting the Grand Challenges IBM identified. IBM is doing something similar in data analytics.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

That’s why they should focus their energies on opportunities that will set them apart from their competition — that is, they should innovate where they differentiate. They were the initial developers of this technology and hold the patent for it. The company also designs its business model around the needs of military members.

Company 9

Company Innovation Wilde Insurance 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

Most budgets for 2013 were made in 2012, when the prevailing economic outlook was grim. The shifting energy equation, for example, sets the stage for growth. Shale gas will allow the US to be energy independent, create an export industry, and reduce energy costs. Increase your R&D spending.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

In the past, disruption occurred at the level of discrete product and service technologies that competed to offer better value for customers (e.g., Every industry, no matter how traditional — agriculture, automotive, aviation, energy — is being upended by the addition of sensors, internet connectivity, and software.

Company 8

Company How To Technology Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

But they do have energy, optimism, and something of the utopian spirit that's at the heart of most successful social movements. In the nineteenth century it was political activists and radical social theorists such as Marx who held out the promise that new technology was creating a new world.

Consultative 14

Consultative Porter Management Press Release 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Other top executives at the American Energy Innovation Council are pushing for more funding for alternative energy research. Not only has business investment in R&D been outpacing economic growth in recent years (2012 is the most recent year available), but it’s also outpacing longer term trends. The list goes on.

Innovation 8

Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

At the same time, surveys on consumers in the US and UK show that they also care about minimizing energy use and reducing waste. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. In Brazil, multinational corporation Adidas has been running a shoe-recycling program called “Sustainable Footprint” since 2012.

Company 8

Company Apparel Incentives Retail 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