The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

billion and is estimated to be worth $48 billion by 2026, with the Covid pandemic driving growth, especially in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, but also in sectors such as automotive and defense. It’s a market that is already worth $3.1 “With 5G, you get fast upload speeds, up to 100Gbsp on many public networks.

Stephenson 92

Stephenson Wireless Christensen Automotive 92

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. But giving up the pursuit of innovation seems less than satisfying, if not unrealistic.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. US News and World Report #1 Best Hospital in the United States – Fortune ‘100 Best Companies to Work For,’ 14 consecutive years. Garry Ridge – CEO, WD-40 Company. Healthcare Leaders.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Special guest blog post by Don Esch, President of Bettcher Industries of his story at BW-Center For Innovation & Growth 's Innovation Summit. In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2015

With the size and complexity of supply chains soaring, a daunting challenge is confronting companies: identifying the critical nodes hidden within the vast expanse of their supply networks. The Future of Operations. Many companies and research centers have attempted it and found it to be labor intensive and time consuming.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Operations Automotive Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

When innovations threaten to disrupt an industry by replacing an old business model with a new one, incumbents need to invest in that model in order to survive. But what if an innovation poses a threat, and you can’t yet tell whether it has genuinely transformative potential? Fuse/Getty Images. These are rarely studied questions.

Company 8

Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. That’s straightforward enough.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

AVL List GmbH is the world's largest privately owned company specializing in testing and calibration of this kind. Until recently, it operated mostly in European, American, and Japanese markets; those markets demanded high-functionality measurement capabilities. The new legislation will, in turn, create a need for testing services.

Innovation 12

Innovation Automotive Analysis Audience 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The success of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in placing the Mangalyaan satellite into orbit around Mars last week has three important lessons for companies about winning in emerging markets: big ambitions are critical, constraints can be liberating, and India can be an R&D powerhouse. Mangalyaan is not an isolated example.

Innovation 9

Innovation Constraint Engineering Automotive 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. exchanges with a median company revenue of $3.4 Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities. A company doesn’t have to be born digital to become a digital leader.).

Company 8

Company Operations Human Capital Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

It outlined Tesla’s automotive strategy and it has been pretty much followed to the letter. Let’s quickly review the company’s history. Instead, it looked as though Tesla’s innovation was to redesign the car in a way that fundamentally meshed software and hardware.

Strategy 8

Strategy Automotive Mass Marketing Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

You may think this is an issue for tomorrow—when Chinese firms are known for being innovators instead of imitators, and when their overseas investments are not limited to natural resources in Africa and Latin America. But Chinese companies of all sizes are already operating in the U.S. In total, Chinese companies invested $90.2

Automotive 8

Automotive Long-term Operations Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

According to her story, a survey by executive-search firm Spencer Stuart found that about four out of five S&P 500 companies that chose a new CEO last year promoted insiders. That is good news for the companies involved. While they might be good at cutting costs, they rarely knew enough to manage growth and innovation.

CEO 8

CEO Automotive Survey Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

Robots have been doing tough jobs for over half a century, mostly in the automotive sector, but they’ve probably had a bigger impact in Hollywood movies than on factory floors. Some of them are no longer bolted to the factory floor, and they’re moving beyond automotive manufacturing. The Future of Operations.

Automotive 8

Automotive Operations Engineering System 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

To make big improvements in productivity and customer service, people in an organization must collaborate across corporate hierarchies, functions, companies, and geographies. Leading companies such as IBM, Ford, and Avery Dennison are making major improvements in key processes by creating online communities to share deep knowledge.

Process 15

Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

If you want to understand the future of Tesla, and Elon Musk’s role in it — something many are keen to do, given the spate of negative headlines about the company — you should start with a bit of automotive history from the 20th century. automotive industry grew to become one of the drivers of the U.S.

Transportation 8

Transportation Automotive Brand Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Arizona, one of the leading cities for autonomous vehicles, is the proving ground for this transformative innovation. This fleet of driverless cars — 600 Chrysler Pacifica mini-vans, operated by Google’s Waymo — can be seen today daily on the streets where companies like GM and Ford also are testing autonomous innovations.

Transportation 8

Transportation Content Committee Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

based companies are repatriating their manufacturing capabilities — moving some production operations back from overseas. One such company is Ford, which announced last year that it will move jobs from China and Mexico back to the U.S. In the automotive industry, for example, the U.S. million cars annually.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Incentives Policies Automotive 13

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 7, 2018

When Mulally arrived at the struggling company, he set his sights on dismantling the toxic culture that had metastasized within it. Given the state of internal affairs at the company, it’s no wonder the Ford brand was struggling on the outside. and then working as one team to deliver on those, as a Fortune article explains.

Brand 193

Brand BPR FOB Automotive 193

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Is this a warning shot that signals that other legacy industrial companies, such as Ford, Deere, and Rolls Royce are also at increased risk of being disrupted? Manufacturing-heavy companies such as Caterpillar, Ford, and Rolls Royce compete in this world. Companies like Rolls Royce design and manufacture jet engines.

Industry 8

Industry Software Six Sigma Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

Imagine the changes afoot in the pharmaceutical, medical device, automotive, and consumer electronics industries. Innovation, customization, speed, and location are also among the opportunities it offers. And last year saw the first demonstration of a digital printer producing multilayer, standards-based circuit boards.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. Drone operators will be regularly required, for example, to pass a written test, but won’t, as rumored, need to obtain a pilot’s license.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Consider the automotive industry. automotive manufacturers owned rental car companies in the hopes of maintaining strong unit sales figures by captive fleet purchases (which were also to maintain volume to fulfill their onerous union obligations). When things change, outmoded metrics can threaten a firm’s survival.

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Kent Thiry builds a values-focused culture at DaVita and transforms the company from a laggard to the world’s leading provider of kidney dialysis services. Alan Mulally creates a “working–together” spirit at Ford Motor Company that focuses and re-energizes the automaker, reversing a decades-long slide in market share.

Airlines 8

Airlines Automotive Competitive Advantage Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The internet has dramatically changed the way companies operate. Massive data storage capacity, super-fast data transmission and mobility devices—along with slick application program interfaces—have left companies scrambling to adapt. Automation will transform not just production, but operating models.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

To create the conditions that support innovation, leaders need to build connections across companies, industries, and sectors. The Open Automotive Alliance started in January 2014 with Google and General Motors as founding members; other technology companies and auto competitors soon joined. Enter a coalition.

Project 8

Project Transportation Construction Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. For the moment, this is good news for those companies still experimenting or piloting AI (41%).

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

While Facebook is still working diligently on mobile applications, CEO Mark Zuckerberg went so far as to hint that the acquisition places the company on the cutting edge for the next pervasive platform: virtual reality. Disruptive innovation Technology'

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Automotive Software Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. While cars have been getting smarter and smarter, the removal of human operators is what will dramatically change the law. traffic deaths.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Just as America''s visa rules enabled the rapid growth of India''s information-technology companies over the last two decades, the Obama Administration''s recent drive to reform immigration regulations could prove to be a turning point for them. Instead, the restriction dramatically boosted the Japanese companies'' fortunes, in four ways.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

” An increasing number of companies — particularly in the auto industry — are heeding that call, setting aggressive, creative, and visionary goals that change their approach to business and how they relate to the wider world. These systemic goals have enormous repercussions for the companies and their value chains.

Goal 8

Goal Transportation Automotive COO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2014

We find the following approaches useful to help executives understand the degree of caution they need when running market experiments in public: Assess your brand history: Does your company have a record of experimenting in public? Consider investing more per customer, rather than investing in the operations that deliver quality.

Brand 8

Brand Productivity Products Mass Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

The first two have been long-standing threats, relatively speaking, and are embodied in one company, Tesla. Traditional car companies need to play catch up, for sure, and it’s not clear that they can. It launched a spinoff company, Ford Smart Mobility, LLC , which will try to tackle these three potential disruptors at once.

Christensen 8

Christensen Hedge Bureaucracy Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2015

It will ease the way for companies launching and updating digital products, but it presents steep new learning curves that companies will have to master if they are to be successful. In more and more businesses, physical objects are no longer the primary basis for innovation and differentiation.

Software 8

Software Engineering Efficiency Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

Paid digital TV companies, which also include Netflix and Amazon Prime, face high churn. The linked system allowed for more insight into customers, and managers could use the information to coach employees, to assess whether they had the right tools and resources, and to identify people with innovative ideas and leadership potential.

Survey 8

Survey Retail System Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2015

The five largest automotive companies in the world generate more than 750 billion euro in annual revenue. Any renter needed to both cover the profit offered to rental companies and settle for less customized infrastructure. Beyond purchasing power, scale helps companies establish strong network effects.

Industry 8

Industry Transportation Automotive Software 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. As a result, more companies are being valued based on their current earnings than on their growth potential. Our research shows that many companies are increasingly geared toward the short term.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8