Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

From 2012-2016, that figure rose to 5.3% — while that might sound small, it’s a 36% increase. in 2012–16), in Western Europe (from 4.2% in 2012–16), in Western Europe (from 4.2% More extended global supply chains also increase these counterparty risks. and Canada (from 1.6% to 8.8%).

Ethics 8

Ethics CEO Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In 2012, GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt launched GE’s digital strategy to connect minds and machines, combining a legacy of innovative industrial manufacturing with cutting-edge data and analytics expertise. ” Failure to grasp such disruptions — and adapt quickly — can be fatal.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2017

Regarding the former, the increased complexity of global supply chains could increase the likelihood of industrial accidents due to such factors as technological differences between home and host countries or culturally divergent perceptions of risk and workplace safety.

Globalization 8

Globalization Industry Cost Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). percentage points in 2003-2012. Moreover, the population is aging and the size of the labor force is set to plateau in 2016 (See “China’s Labor Market” chart below).

GDP 13

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

retailer, spent the last three decades improving its supply chain processes, and designing and launching a series of services, including smaller local convenience stores and online shopping. and in its home market in the U.K. Toyota''s fiscal 2013 profits were more than four times its earnings in 2010, and three times 2012''s.

Organization 8

Organization Supply Chain Customer Intimacy Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

Despite entering the world’s largest personal care products market in 1996, Revlon was able to generate just 2% of sales from China 17 years later. One option is for multinational companies to go flat out for market leadership in China; that is, try to be either No. 2 in the market. Go for Broke. Accept that Less is More.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Retail Chemicals Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

We stand today on July 27, one year away from the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Lord Sebastian Coe, chair of the London 2012 Olympic Games, summed up this attitude, saying, "In every time of adversity lies opportunity.never let a good crisis go to waste." This is not even a marketing partnership.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Tourism Banking Budgeting 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Sustainable businesses are redefining the corporate ecosystem by designing models that create value for all stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, supply chains, civil society, and the planet.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

Nike subsequently became an innovator in supply chain accountability and promulgated a rigorous supplier code of conducts, accompanied by third-party factory inspections. Internal advocates for safety and labor rights in the supply chain have become powerful contenders within Nike.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

It developed an outstanding supply chain for fish and became a dining out routine for millions of Americans, especially on its famous “endless shrimp” days. But in recent years, as cold chains became more prevalent, almost all restaurants now serve fish, and Red Lobster’s comparative advantage has dwindled. And it’s working.

Brand 8

Brand Supply Chain Price Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

CEOs are proactively engaging with emerging market government to spur economic development and create opportunities for their companies. In the fast growth markets of Asia, Africa and Latin America, national governments are responding to a more empowered citizenship, and looking for corporate partners to achieve their development goals.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

As a result, the risk-reward ratios that we take for granted, such tight global supply chains, may no longer make sense. Old efficiency thinking based on engineering and rational market models needs to be replaced by a creative intelligence based on imagining, building and managing new futures.

Uncertainty 14

Uncertainty Supply Chain Scenario Planning Sharpe 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

This means self-driving cars have shifted from a period of wild experimentation directly to market adoption — what Paul Nunes and I describe in our 2013 HBR article as “big bang” disruption. While cars have been getting smarter and smarter, the removal of human operators is what will dramatically change the law.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. But she also realized that the company needed to develop greater marketing muscle to drive a commercial transformation. As she put it, “Our markets are going through dynamic change.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Investors' aversion to physical-product start-ups is understandable — the two recent asset-bubble-induced recessions proved that these companies' need for materials, supply chains, distribution networks, and labor hampers them from responding quickly to sudden declines in sales.

Finance 10

Finance Due Diligence Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Even today, with more than $200B in market capitalization largely derived from that same data, investors struggle to value the company’s information. We need to mark our information assets to market or depreciate them as they become obsolete. Where we land is firmly in the face of a management paradox. Consider Bloomberg.

Business Model 8

Business Model System Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

To take the Obama campaign as an example, look at their move from having two databases in 2008 to one in 2012. It started with marketing, but that has led the way to operations and the supply chain also using those kinds of precise data-driven interventions. I guarantee you that was not easy. Big data lets you be small.

Organization 15

Organization Health Care Supply Chain Magazine 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In the meantime, retail and wholesale markets have stalled around the country. Supply chain transactions, real estate deals, and even weddings and funerals have been frozen. The disruptive action did not originate in a small segment of the market; it was launched nationwide. India uses a lot of cash by any measure.

Banking 8

Banking Cost Policies Supply Chain 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Supply chain management should be implemented. Adjustments must be periodically made to target markets, definition of terms and modification of strategies. Doing the things necessary to assure revenue (billings, sales, add-on’s, marketing). Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Running a bureaucracy.

Strategic Planning 69

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 69

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The greening of the supply chain. While "running out" isn't really the right phrase, it's clear that delivering many commodities to market is getting harder and more expensive (we don't dig for oil a mile under the ocean for the heck of it). Markets have a remarkable way of sorting the wheat from the chaff.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

In 2012, Barrick Gold founder and chair Peter Munk stressed that in today’s environment, “The single most critical factor in growing a mining company is a social consensus — a license to mine.” All of these approaches must extend across the firm and be practiced by contractors down the supply chain.

Company 9

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

in 2012, are now likely to occur four times as frequently due to ­human-induced climate change.”. The clean tech markets keep growing fast: three of the world’s biggest economies — the U.S., In addition, electric and hybrid cars are about 4% of US auto sales now, a doubling of market share in the last couple of years.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

It is estimated that they currently have about seven thousand of them (and Congress asked for about $5 billion worth of more drones in 2012). But this is just the beginning — industry analysts predict the market to double in less than a decade.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Venture Funding Industry Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

In 2012, we (in partnership with WomenCorporateDirectors and Heidrick & Struggles) surveyed more than 1,000 corporate directors across the globe and broke out the FOB boards from the non-FOB boards. Conversely, a far greater percentage of non-FOB directors than FOB directors were concerned about the regulatory environment.

FOB 8

FOB Diversity Talent Management How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

The possibility of a contentious renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has led to delayed or canceled investments in what has been one of Latin America’s most economically stable markets. Renegotiating NAFTA. So, if a company manufactures products in Mexico to export to Canada and the U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Depreciation Uncertainty Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

From 2012 to 2014, the median home price rose by 17.3%. Often the markets they supply shrink in size. If online retailers gained an additional 10% in market share, that would eliminate another 1 million jobs. If jobs decline in the auto industry, jobs vanish in the automobile supply chain.

Retail 9

Retail Automotive Supply Chain Proposal 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Adults in the United States spent, on average, 60 hours watching television news in 2012. Simply put, business is the 800-pound gorilla where this issue is concerned: 80% of global trade is orchestrated by supply chains of multinational firms. But only 21% of TV news coverage in the U.S. foreign affairs. in the U.S.,

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

Why are supply chains structured this way with tiers of component makers who assemble progressively larger pieces? The supply chain looks like a web with many tiers, and each major sub-component has its own web. Regions that have thick markets of suppliers have a big advantage. based assemblers of all kinds.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Globalization Cost Efficiency 8