Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Even organizations that remain headquartered in other cities have set up innovation outposts there in the hope that high-tech silicon dust will rub off on them. Setting up innovation outposts in global technology clusters, such as Silicon Valley, Boston, and Tel Aviv, is highly popular among Fortune 500 corporations. Related Video.

Innovation 9

Innovation Social Capital CRM Tacit Knowledge 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2012

The question is understandable, but unfortunately it's based on deep misconceptions about how businesses need to operate in a world of constant change. The shift helps customers reduce their environmental impacts and costs by cutting back on paper, energy, and waste. But the present status quo.is But the present status quo.is

Positioning 14

Positioning Christensen Business Model Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

Businesses have a variety of social responsibilities, but the essential one—and the main reason that private enterprise is given license to operate—is to innovate. Great managers know how to tap that superabundant resource, and they recognize that pooling creative energy usually accelerates progress.

Christensen 11

Christensen Technology Drucker Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

I heard people from all over the world arguing that the US government needs to grab the bull by horns, insert itself much more aggressively in economic planning, and start directing American economic resources to "new growth industries" such as clean energy , high-tech manufacturing, or advanced healthcare solutions.

GDP 13

GDP Christensen Disruptive Innovation Business Model 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

The pace of innovation is still fast, they say, and we can still expect plenty of technological breakthroughs capable of producing extremely high returns. It’s a lively debate, but here’s the perspective that isn’t being voiced: There’s more to progress than technological innovation. We can make new tools, and we can make new rules.

Management 10

Management Drucker Short-term Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Facebook, KickStarter, Kiva, Twitter, and other companies thriving in the social era are operating by the rules of the Social Era. Most organizations operating today started when companies needed more operating capital. Many organizations still operate by Porter's Value Chain model , where Z follows Y, which follows X.

Banking 15

Banking Business Model Supply Chain Mass Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Nuclear reactors melted down, disrupting the national grid, reversing energy policies as far away as Germany, and contaminating a part of Japan for generations to come. In combat, the fact that someone is actively trying to disrupt your operation changes the calculation. This was not a new lesson, at least to the armed forces.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Supply Chain Christensen Crisis 8