Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In 2015, we conducted a workforce analysis that revealed a significant shortage of women in leadership at our company. While this number was comparable to the percentage of women executives at Fortune 500 healthcare companies in 2015, it was not a number we were proud of. At Lilly, we have tackled this problem head-on. Insight Center.

Positioning 10

Positioning Leadership Health Care Diversity 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

While India is the fastest growing major economy in the world today, some foreign companies are still struggling to enter the market there. To enter the Indian market with more profitability, multinational companies would benefit by creative use of the country’s supply chain and the explosive growth of its online channel.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Marketing Contract Manufacturing Venture Funding 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

Turing’s thought experiment spawned scores of science-fiction tales, such as the 2015 hit movie Ex Machina. According to Scott Berns, CenturyLink’s Director of Marketing Operations, the company has approximately 1,600 sales people, and the Angie pilot started with four of them. Drift was relatively easy to set up.

Marketing 8

Marketing Tools Follow-up Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2016

Research we conducted at the Center for Talent Innovation reveals a remarkable correlation between inclusive leadership, innovative output, and market growth. At Standard Chartered, for example, the insights of one Indian female banker translated into innovation that boosted net sales at two branches by 127% and 75% within two years.

Diversity 8

Diversity Globalization Case Study Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2017

Compare that with 67% and 66% in 2016 and 2015, respectively. It’s not that employees are getting less tech-savvy; it’s that the market demands more of each and every one of them. Jobs requiring greater analytical skills, for example, grew at a 77% clip from 1980 to 2015. Diversity comes into play as well.

Skills 11

Skills Company Technology Tools 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2016

economy, according to white paper issued by 2015 Strategic Innovation Summit: Enabling Economies for the Future at Harvard University. Over the past three years, for example, the 10 fastest-growing companies in Ann Arbor, Michigan, created 26 percent of the job growth in southern Michigan. Access to Diverse Talent.

Company 8

Company Content White Paper Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. internet companies have scaled internationally, of course (Facebook and Google are two obvious examples). It also must face a diverse set of national regulatory restrictions, such as those that limit what content can be made available in local markets.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. internet companies have scaled internationally, of course (Facebook and Google are two obvious examples). It also must face a diverse set of national regulatory restrictions, such as those that limit what content can be made available in local markets.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Africa shows every sign of being the world’s next big growth market. It is home to more fast-growing economies than any other region, hundreds of successful big companies, and an urbanizing consumer market whose spending outstrips that of India. In Nigeria, for example, SABMiller developed a new brand, Hero. Add to Cart.

Brand 8

Brand Case Study Globalization Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

The idea of creating a fresh new product, the prospect of increasing market share with brand new offerings, or the vision of disrupting some slow-moving incumbent with a radical new technology – these have an inherently strong appeal for companies keen for growth. Consider the example of Gatorade in 2008. In 2015 it had $1.3

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Innovation Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2016

These are the companies that retain the best people, create environments where diverse teams thrive, and ultimately reap the greatest financial rewards. The top 10 companies in the Global Empathy Index 2015 increased in value more than twice as much as the bottom 10, and generated 50% more earnings (defined by market capitalization).

Company 8

Company Ethics Automotive Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015. Here are examples of how firms in three industries are simplifying the purchase process, and the specific tactics they are using: An employee wellness benefits provider uses content marketing.

B2B 9

B2B Travel CIO Benchmarking 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

companies are discovering the appeal and opportunity of talent in emerging markets. What does it take for emerging-market female talent to break into the executive ranks of a U.S.-based More and more U.S. based multinational company? based multinational company? “I do put on my cowboy hat at headquarters,” she says.

Core Competence 8

Core Competence Emotional Intelligence Globalization Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

The examples are numerous: Citing private internal research of 20,000 client teams, EY’s vice chair Beth Brooke has said that the more diverse teams had higher profitability and great client satisfaction than non-diverse teams. In addition, diverse boards that were not properly managed created distrust and dissatisfaction.

Osgood 8

Osgood ROE Diversity Bond 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2016

Crowdfunding has been growing explosively, with over $2 billion raised via equity and reward crowdfunding in the United States in 2015 alone. In connecting creators and entrepreneurs directly with customers and funders, it transforms the opaque and oligarchical market for early-stage fundraising into a more democratic, open one.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Project Diversity Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

More than 60% of the executive survey respondents, for example, said they aren’t fully confident their company will realize its growth targets; 70% said it’s more difficult now to generate profitable growth than it was in the past; and 66% said knowing which growth avenue to pursue is harder than it was a decade ago.

Company 8

Company Engineering Apparel Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

Example #1: Applying for a position at a much higher level than your current job title. She backed up these general statements with a specific example of “resolving unexpected issues in a timely manner.” ” Voluntarily led response to 2015 flooding of School of Design building. into multiple global markets.

COO 13

COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

But the security industry is a fast-growing market, with IDC pegging it as becoming a $101 billion opportunity by 2020. One of the big reasons is that security businesses tend to look for people with traditional technology credentials — college degrees in tech fields, for example. So what’s causing the talent shortage?

Education 12

Education How To Industry Career 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

For example, Romney has used his son , Craig and his fluency in the Spanish language to address Hispanic audiences in hopes of earning their vote. For example, it's not enough for the candidates to include important Hispanic government leaders in their respective party conventions.

Policies 15

Policies Short-term Diversity Education 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

And while two years of shrinking GDP growth , sanctions , and a volatile ruble have led some companies like GM to leave the market, there has not been a large-scale exodus of MNCs from Russia. For multinational firms, Russia’s attractiveness lies primarily in the size and sophistication of its market.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

The most recent study, conducted in October 2015, surveyed 933 U.S. What’s more, the on-demand economy is beginning to attract a diverse group of consumers. It’s also reaching a diverse geographic spread in the U.S., But major corporations are starting to enter on-demand markets. since 1999.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Technology Survey Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

” These customer-praising marketing messages are part of a broader trend in “corporate societal marketing,” which aim to emphasize companies’ social efforts to consumers. For example, seeing that Starbucks cup might make consumers care more about products made from recycled materials. Good for you, you.”

Ethics 9

Ethics Licensing Self-aware Morale 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Yet, in September 2015, Quirky went bankrupt. In theory, user assessment should predict market demand, but that’s not what happened in practice. This can be important to those firms seeking to enter into new markets, where they do not currently have a presence. Quirky’s open approach undermined quality control.

Case Study 8

Case Study Innovation Core Competence Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Since early 2015, when he began working with Sodexo’s executive committee as the global services firm’s chief transformation officer, Sunil Nayak has undergone his own leadership transformation. CTI’s 11-market study (of Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, the U.S.,

Globalization 8

Globalization Emotional Intelligence Marketing Skills 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

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Activists launched 159 campaigns in 2015 focused on shareholder value maximization, nearly double the 88 that were launched the year before. Is the company’s portfolio too diverse? What advantage do we have — or can we create — in the market, and how do we maintain and extend this advantage?

Management 8

Management Short-term Constraint Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2016

Although the CTA produces the world’s largest trade show, drawing more than 170,000 people in 2015, its new name has attracted little comment. Or they could adopt a different approach, one drawn more from product strategy than from marketing. Most associations have many, diverse stakeholder groups.

Brand 8

Brand Industry Health Care Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

’” Martin’s story is one we heard repeatedly over the course of our 2015 study of black women and leadership. At The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), for example, leaders who have gone through bias awareness training report becoming more attuned to talent at the edges of their radar.

Management 8

Management Diversity Report Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Among the findings: 63% of firms now report having Big Data in production in 2015, up from just 5% in 2012. Among the findings: 63% of firms now report having Big Data in production in 2015, up from just 5% in 2012. 63% of firms reported that they expect to invest greater than $10 million in Big Data by 2017, up from 24% in 2012.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Chief Information Officer Agility Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Barclays Bank PLC and The Walt Disney Company EMEA are great examples. For example, one team applied lessons from Unilever’s Shakti program in India to the challenge of creating jobs for the underemployed in southern Europe. Consider Barclays and two examples of intrapreneurs from programs run by the bank in 2013 and 2015.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

The shifting energy equation, for example, sets the stage for growth. The societal factors that have made America strong in the past continue today: its diversity, thirst for innovation, entrepreneurship, and institutional support for risk taking. Here are some steps you should take to build for 2014-2015: 1. Upgrade skills.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Determined to explore how today’s philanthropists are harnessing market forces to make a difference in the world, and what they are learning, my team and I conducted interviews with several of the most prominent: from Ackman and Cohen to Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson and Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn.

Learning Curve 8

Learning Curve Hedge CEO Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

In this adaptation from the new book, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy (HBR Press, 2015), BCG strategy experts make sense of the all the different, and competing, approaches to strategy: Which strategy is right for your business? In a visionary setting, firms win by being the first to create a new market or to disrupt an existing one.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

A recent USC study shows that across multiple and diverse markets, industries are 25% more likely to be “highly concentrated” than they were 20 years ago. Yet at the same time, America’s largest companies are more than twice as likely to lose market share than in 1980. corporate consolidation.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Pharmaceuticals Industry Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

When an E.coli outbreak at Chipotle Mexican Grill outlets left 55 customers ill , in 2015, the news stories, shutdowns, and investigations shattered the restaurant chain’s reputation. But, inevitably, private, closed ledgers run by a consortium of companies will also arise, as their members seek to protect market share and profits.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Globalization Technology System 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

For example, Romney has used his son , Craig and his fluency in the Spanish language to address Hispanic audiences in hopes of earning their vote. For example, it's not enough for the candidates to include important Hispanic government leaders in their respective party conventions.

Policies 8

Policies Short-term Diversity Education 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

A new study from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that, according to the 2015 US government’s definition of disability , a significant portion of the white-collar workforce has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity: 30% of a nationally representative survey of 3,570 white-collar employees.

Compliance 8

Compliance Chief Operating Officer Innovation Survey 8