Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

The cloud containing most of this data is vast and abstract; the technology that keeps it running takes up real space — a lot of it. If the cloud were itself a country, it would rank fifth in the world on energy demand behind the U.S., Google has invested almost $1 billion directly in renewable energy. The problem.

Energy 14

Energy Efficiency Industry Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Paul Kennedy's seminal Rise and Fall of the Great Powers captures the way technological and economic advances have converted into strategic advantage, and how failure to "lock in" that edge accelerates imperial decline. Technik , then, is the technological quotient of civilization. It pledges $1.5 The contrast between the U.N.'s

First-mover Advantage 9

First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

From the Pope to global CEOs to almost all the world’s political leaders, the most powerful people got on board. Some big names went even further than this nudging and took direct action to lower their carbon emissions and costs by buying large amounts of renewable energy. And an unlikely group of new voices joined the fight.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

The uwezo program allows it to bring modern technologies to 4 million smallholders in Kenya. Do we take advantage of our global scale in the quest to identify up and coming talent? Global giants have a hidden advantage in the battle to snag up-and-coming catalysts. Innovation is, and always will be, an intensely human activity.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Globalization Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

This post is part of the HBR Insight Center, The Next Generation of Global Leaders. The case study written about Aravind has been required reading for all Harvard Business School students for over a decade. North Stars align our energy, emotions, and actions in the service of our vision. Aravind now sees 2.7

Self-aware 15

Self-aware Franchising Quality Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2011

Intranet: Like many companies, we have an intranet, and this is where groups of domain experts across disciplines and locations can share knowledge in the form of presentations, whitepapers, and case studies. He can be found on Twitter at @Richardsona.

Knowledge Management 15

Knowledge Management Management Directory Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

Porter is a member in good standing of the business-community Kagame fan club, and has just finished a new version of his case study (an earlier one is available here ) on Rwanda''s economic transformation. The case study doesn''t hide the fact that Kagame has many critics, but it doesn''t dwell on political issues.

Porter 10

Porter Tourism Politics Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

In their book, The 2020 Workplace , Meister and Willyerd talk about reverse mentoring in which a more junior person advises a senior person on things like new technology. Even the promise of future help, if and when it's needed, can be enough to convince a mentor to give up his time and energy. Case Study #1: Using multiple mentors.

Mentor 16

Mentor Career Long-term Advice 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

As one of the most serious industrial accidents in history, the Gulf explosion should be a great case study for corporate leaders across the globe who are trying to manage risk in hazardous activities involving complex technology. And, if they are not known, those lessons can't be learned.

Report 12

Report Policies Risk Management Analysis 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

How do you get energy and infrastructure into such dwellings? Bhalla used the case study of the chulha stove, co-created by businesses, NGOs, and slum dwellers, to make his point. From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes? How do you get corporations to invest in a significant way?

Suri 14

Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

To us, the message is clear: For businesses to survive and succeed in today’s globalized, hyper-connected world, business leaders must be willing to embrace collaboration as a guiding principle, more so than competition. Truly, business interests and societal interests can be one and the same. This initiative will soon connect all 1.3

Company 11

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

“You are managing the energy and brainpower of an entire group,” she says. “There needs to be a clearly articulated and repeated value that everyone ought to be equally contributing his or her talents, skills, and energy,” she says. Have a plan. You must devote time to it.”

Delegation 8

Delegation Project Team Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2018

As its victims know all too well, “death by PowerPoint,” the poor use of the presentation software, sucks the life and energy out of far too many meetings. No surprises here — this is sadly a global reality that we’re all too familiar with. They shouldn’t be so sure. Insight Center. Sponsored by SAS.

Software 8

Software Learning-by-Doing Technology Compliance 8