Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

Women represent a growth market more than twice as big as China and India combined. This "power of the purse" is growing rapidly; expectations are that it will swell to $18 trillion by 2014. Women''s ideas won''t translate into marketable products or services unless leadership backs them. Bottom line?

Innovation 10

Innovation Banking Proposal Diversity 10

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

AUGUST 4, 2016

At 7 AM on May 13, 2014, a group of Amish community members gathered on a construction site in rural Ohio. The barn-raising approach purposely and actively elevates community, connection, and a diversity of viewpoints above ideas and individuals. Their goal was to erect a massive, multi-structure barn for a neighbor.

Innovation 8

Innovation Early Adopters Brainstorming Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The remainder work for Orange (née French Telecom), which launched VBN in 2014 to teach its programmers and engineers how to work with and learn from people outside of the company. But what sets it apart is that only half of its 60 occupants are freelancers. The latter is crucial.

Company 10

Company ROI Metrics Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2018

We conducted interviews around the years 2007 and 2014 — one year before and 6-7 years after the global financial crisis, when many businesses faced new challenges. chief marketing officer, senior vice president) during the first interview and 51% were still at that rank or higher during the second interview. .’”

Execution 11

Execution Strategy Self-aware Career 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Managers and other business leaders face a dilemma: with increasingly diverse environments to manage and rising stakes to get it right, how do they identify the most effective approach to business strategy and marshal the right thinking and behaviors to conceive and execute it, supported by the appropriate frameworks and tools?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Yet, in an economy whereby 60% of GDP and 85% of exports are derived from oil and gas, the need to diversify is evident, not least due to the decline in oil prices since 2014 that many believe is the new normal and the political and economic blockade that was imposed by some neighboring countries in June 2017.

Resources 78

Resources Innovation GDP Education 78