QAspire

JANUARY 5, 2016

With advances in technology, mobiles are becoming more of a convergence device that replaces so many utilities (calculators, alarm clocks, small digital cameras etc.) And, we are not even talking about automated cars yet – the next big frontier for the technology battle! that we used otherwise.

Leadership 70

Leadership Self-aware Supply Chain Human Capital 70

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

The business case for diversity is clear. Diversity can boost innovation and employee engagement , and companies with greater gender and racial diversity financially outperform their peers. And many diversity programs fail. I asked three questions: Why do you care about diversity?

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Diversity CEO Rogers Leadership Pipeline 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

“Born Global” is becoming the new “Born Digital.” ” Social media and digital platforms giving local start-ups global reach increasingly facilitate “born global” start-ups. The real-time benefits of “born global” options increasingly outweigh their costs.

Globalization 8

Globalization Entrepreneur Innovation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2017

On a global basis, companies are losing faith in their digital smarts. In PwC’s 2017 Global Digital IQ Survey, 52% rated their digital IQ as strong. Compare that with 67% and 66% in 2016 and 2015, respectively. Sponsored by DXC Technology. Diversity comes into play as well. Insight Center.

Skills 14

Skills Company Technology Tools 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

By one estimate , the number of international migrants worldwide reached 244 million in 2015, up from 222 million in 2010, and 173 million in 2000. In fact, whether cultural diversity carries more economic benefits than costs is still a hotly disputed question among scholars. Higher degrees of fractionalization indicate more diversity.

Long-term 14

Long-term GDP Diversity Construction 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

And yet the ecosystem supporting diversity is quite large — government agencies, formal corporate diversity programs, universities, consultants, and dozens of civil rights advocacy groups. A national review of 2015 data on white-collar employment shows: White men are 61.3% So why has change been so slow?

Diversity 12

Diversity Analysis Metrics Benchmarking 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Fewer than one-third (30%) of respondents to our survey see innovation as one of the top three challenges their company faces in achieving its strategic objectives, and just 21% think that technology trends are a major strategic challenge. Most responses (80%) were received between October and December 2015.

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Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

While this “lab-bench to bedside” approach has improved healthcare globally, it can take years, even decades, for an innovation to get to market, often with limited input from patients themselves. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. Insight Center. Health Care’s New Frontier.

Health Care 13

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Netflix’s global growth is a big factor in the company’s success. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. But Netflix’s globalization strategy, and many of the challenges it’s had to overcome, are unique. Fernando Trabanco Fotografía/Getty Images.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Netflix’s global growth is a big factor in the company’s success. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. But Netflix’s globalization strategy, and many of the challenges it’s had to overcome, are unique. Fernando Trabanco Fotografía/Getty Images.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

And yet he told me his top priority is getting his employees engaged in the mission of their new company and helping them see how their industrial products are really becoming technology products and playing an important role in the lives of their customers. Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. He’s not alone.

Drucker 8

Drucker Engineering Globalization Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

In fact, for women, the technology gender gap seems to be getting bigger, not smaller. In 2015, for example, there were 23 states that had fewer than 10 black students who took the AP computer science exam. The Global Digital Economy. Nor is there a surplus of black or Hispanic workers. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Industry 8

Industry Diversity Class Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

A report from Frost & Sullivan found that the global cybersecurity workforce will have more than 1.5 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. ” The need is real and well-documented.

Education 15

Education How To Industry Career 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

The basic fact is that technology eliminates jobs, not work. — National Commission on Technology, Automation and Economic Progress, Technology and the American Economy, Volume 1, February 1966, pg. While technology and globalization have spurred competition, efficiency, and dynamism, the gains have not been shared by all.

Policies 8

Policies Aggregate Demand Technology Education 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

Economic activities centered around online platforms, where independent sellers can offer goods or services to customers, are attracting significant consumer attention and spending, according to new data from the National Technology Readiness Survey* (NTRS), which has tracked technology behaviors and beliefs in the U.S. since 1999.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Technology Survey Innovation 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 14

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

It’s that lure that brings in eager migrants from all over the country, and when they arrive they find not only the fun-loving and diversity-embracing culture they’ve heard so much about, but also the newfound energy that’s characterized a city determined not to fade into history.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Transportation Price Education 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The Perkins Fund has also had numerous successful businesses that are not gender-related, like 1 Mainstream, a cloud-based video service that was acquired by Cisco in 2015. of VC funding in 2015 went to firms founded by women of color. VC funding tends to go to male founders. had a female CEO.

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Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Sample Rate of Return 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. The research also provides a snapshot view and analysis of gender diversity across countries and industries. Leaders who had access to global and more visible experiences are more likely to advance.

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Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2015

There were 21,000 layoffs; a wage freeze for current workers; a halved wage of $14 per hour for non-core new hires; elimination of a funding program for unemployed workers; a no-strike agreement until 2015; and the VEBA that shifted UAW retiree healthcare and pension benefits from GM to the UAW, saving the company $3 billion per year. (In

Hedge 8

Hedge Company Automotive Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

While the middle class has been eroded by currency depreciation and recession, the Russian consumer remains technologically savvy, interested in quality Western brands, and able to spend. From these, they learned to stay committed to the market, protect their margins, make some selective investments, and wait for the recovery.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 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. A recent USA Today piece noted: “At the end of June [2015], there were 3,739 breweries in the U.S…that’s corporate consolidation.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Pharmaceuticals Industry Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2016

As global cybercrime increases, governments and businesses are struggling to keep up with the threats they are facing. In 2015, such cybercriminals developed and deployed a computer virus known as the “Corkow Trojan” to infect Kazan-based Energobank and place more than $500 million in orders at non-market rates.

Company 8

Company Banking Information Advice 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Today, business leaders are not only trying to address community and global problems earlier in their lives; they are also questioning the traditional divide between commerce and philanthropy. Now I think both can be used as methods for changing the world.” ” Sir Ronald Cohen, the father of British venture capital, agrees.

Learning Curve 8

Learning Curve Hedge CEO Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

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. The landscape has undergone major transformations since the global financial crisis.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

By 2015, according to my own firm''s projections , not only will 75 percent of the world''s population have access to the internet. A study undertaken by researchers from the Institute of Technology Management at the University of St. So will some six billion devices.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Business Model Software Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

Turing’s thought experiment spawned scores of science-fiction tales, such as the 2015 hit movie Ex Machina. As one CMO told me, “AI tools are the only way I can scale ‘helpfulness’ to a global community of 200,000-plus users with a team of two.” And that test has already been passed.

Marketing 8

Marketing Tools Follow-up Telecommunications 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. How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. Distributed Database.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Globalization Technology System 15

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

While having the right education is an essential asset in today’s cutthroat job market, it can become difficult to obtain a position without experience using various applications and technologies that enhance and amplify one’s resume. Put these four technologies in your tech toolbox. Docs.Zone PDF Converter: docs.zone.

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Tools Document Restructuring Software 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

That having an E-mail address or a website makes one an expert on technology. That technology is the most important driving force in business and society. Technology companies must now learn the lessons that steady-growth companies in other industries absorbed. I advised several technology companies during their gravy years.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Some argue that China is already well on its way to becoming a global innovation power that will rival the US and Europe. China is well on its way to doubling the number of patent applications filed with the State Intellectual Property Office, from 1 million in 2010 to 2 million by 2015. of GDP in 2012 from 1.1%

Innovation 9

Innovation Globalization Venture Capitalist GDP 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Fueling this dynamism, Africa is adopting technology at a furious pace: it will soon have double the number of smartphone connections than North America. In the early part of this century, most global firms saw Africa as unattractive, so we had limited competition.” billion by 2050. Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga, and Georges Desvaux.

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. Should you explore new technologies that will disrupt current products?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Innovation Diversity 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? Mars, the global manufacturer of confectionery and pet food, successfully executes a classical approach to strategy.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

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. These entrepreneurs and their companies are major disruptors of today’s competitive global market – and they are the major source of growth for their local markets. Access to Diverse Talent.

Company 8

Company Content White Paper Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Over the last two years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its fifth, multi-thousand-page assessment of global climate science. We were little cogs in a 162-country, 2,600-event public cry for global action. And here’s what to watch out for in 2015: Political winds shifting. A century later, Gap Inc.

Chemicals 15

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Fast forward to 2015, and you see an island transformed. Some of those so-called liquidity events are small by global standards, like the $30 million that customer service chat provider Zopim fetched. Global investors are increasingly taking notice. And we counted 10 local exits in 2014.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8