Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

As Fujio Ando, senior managing director at Chibagin Asset Management suggests, "Japan's consumer electronics industry is facing defeat. Looking beyond Japan, iconic six sigma companies in the United States, such as Motorola and GE, have struggled in recent years to be innovation leaders. Absolutely not!

Six Sigma 16

Six Sigma Kaizen Govindarajan Telecommunications 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The superstars tend to be more involved in global flows of trade and finance, more digitally mature, and they dominate the lists of the most valued companies, the most valued brands, the most desirable places to work, and the most innovative companies.

Industry 10

Industry Company GDP Bottom-up 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

billion dollars on learning and development programs, many executives still grapple with how to improve and enhance their effectiveness. As research shows , the need to revamp and improve learning programs is an important concern among HR executives. Unfortunately, despite spending approximately $164.2

Development 8

Development Mentor Learning-by-Doing Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Innovation has the potential to transform the investment industry. Yet the world’s largest funds are closed off from these innovations. Research we have collected in recent months shows that pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and endowments expect imminent breakthrough innovations in investment technology.

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Content Innovation. Fortunately, the organizations that took the effort to truly understand the value of their data were able to execute appropriately. How do you ensure that your execution is commensurate with the revenue opportunity? In some cases, they’re right. But then again, in a surprising number of cases, they aren’t.

Execution 8

Execution Metrics Content Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

Not surprisingly, as Jean Rogers, the Executive Director of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), points out in a Greenbiz blog , "It''s no surprise that banks and financial sectors are the institutions least trusted by U.S. environmental, social, and governance — or ESG) performance.

Banking 8

Banking Licensing Finance Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Apple’s Tim Cook spoke as well, saying “the time for inaction has passed,” and commenting that we don’t need to accept any “tradeoff between economy and environment — both are doable if you innovate and set the bar high enough.”. As it turns out, that bar doesn’t have to be so high after all. But so do other mainstream companies.

IRR 8

IRR Energy Tips Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

For more than two years, we and others have been talking about the need to shift the prevailing view among managers, boards of directors and investors from "quarterly capitalism" to what we call "capitalism for the long term".

Marketing 10

Marketing Power Short-term Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

“But you still need three things to be updated before you fully take advantage: Organizational innovation, trained human capital, and social institutions, like infrastructure and regulation, that accommodate new technologies.” “It forces our internal teams to think about innovating faster,” said Mr. Jackson.

Management 10

Management Software BPM Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

The innovation alone is a herculean task, but imagine being that upstart pioneer trying to develop the technology, while at the same time going up against entrenched, powerful competitors with deep industry knowledge, assets, and channels who’ve been around for a hundred years or more. This is an incredible moment for innovation.

Innovation 11

Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 11