The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2023

By contrast, the IT and engineering sectors were far more accessible to people from working-class backgrounds. ” A good first step is to make managers and recruiters aware of the need for class diversity in the first place so that any talent-related decisions are made with this in mind.

Class 105

Class CEO Education Engineering 105

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Throwing out standard process and procedures in favor of a handful of powerful but easily remembered principles for managing strategy will soon begin to show improvements in your business results. The clock is ticking, change is accelerating, and a disruptive technology or business model is just around the corner.

Process 150

Process Agility Competitive Advantage Strategy 150

Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 10, 2015

For example, they might say, “We’re a bank,” or “We make office furniture,” or “We’re in the pharmaceutical business.” For example, if you asked Larry Page, CEO of Google, to define his company, do you think his answer would be, “We’re a search engine”? This is quite understandable. Not very likely. Not very likely.

How To 100

How To Retail Core Competence Innovation 100

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2018

“Death by a Thousand Cuts” Based on a comprehensive five-year study, my new research paper, published in the Academy of Management Discoveries this year, systematically identifies the reasons behind the failures of major Western digital firms in China. poor management of relations with Chinese regulators and the government.

Competitive Advantage 11

Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology Marketing 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The rising flood of hardware, pharmaceuticals, and technical expertise from American manufacturers and hospital companies, which is connected to the needs of a growing number of hospitals, is also pushing many systems closer to the U.S. Over the same period, pharmaceutical exports have doubled. Insight Center. Transforming Health Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Tourism Pharmaceuticals Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Consider the recent phenomena of shoestring 3D design labs or the biofabrication labs at MIT , which are taking the plunge into synthetic biology with far fewer resources than the genetic engineers at government labs. Some of this may just be the product of the high regulatory costs in pharmaceuticals, but research by Harvard's F.M.

Cost 8

Cost Innovation Wireless Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

When we surveyed over 300 global executives between 2008 and 2009, one of the primary concerns they expressed was their inability to compete long term without a solid innovation engine that can grow their top line. Frugal innovations require frugal thinking — an ability to engineer cost?conscious Think Frugally.

Skills 8

Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 8