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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business Review

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. These firms also had higher-rated processes for innovation. Director Recruitment and Skills.

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It’s OK to Move Down (Yes, Down) the Value Chain

Harvard Business Review

make your own operations more efficient. create the opportunity to invent new operations. defend against “attack from beneath” and maintain your reputation for ethical operations. Joseph , a scrap-metal recycler, in order to secure supplies for its operations. The Future of Operations. New operations.

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Business Model Innovation is the Gift that Keeps on Giving

Harvard Business Review

With the Winter holiday shopping season, fashion apparel retailer Zara has been the focus of media attention — the New York Times recently profiled the innovative fast fashion business model pioneered by Zara, while Elizabeth Cline's book on the costs of fast fashion has climbed up the sales charts.

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How One Clothing Company Blends AI and Human Expertise

Harvard Business Review

The company offers a subscription clothing and styling service that delivers apparel to its customers’ doors. When it comes to recommendations, is there room for improvement in the way Amazon and Netflix operate? Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age.

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The Biggest Obstacles to Innovation in Large Companies

Harvard Business Review

. “Any time you start something new like [an innovation initiative], that cuts across many areas, there’s a potential for people feeling like you’re in their backyard,” says Michael Britt, a senior vice president who heads the Energy Innovation Center at Southern Company, a major utility operator.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business Review

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. On the other side, fans of active management see it as a trend that can damage market efficiency and lead to distortions in market prices.

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You Can’t Understand China’s Slowdown Without Understanding Supply Chains

Harvard Business Review

As the recent surveys suggest, this trend has picked up pace in the last few years not only because of pressure to return manufacturing jobs to the United States but also because the economics that made off-shoring attractive in the first place have changed for the following reasons: Oil prices. Yes, the prices of oil have recently fallen.