HR Digest

JANUARY 7, 2020

A 2016 report from the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity estimates that 30 percent of young adults will not graduate from secondary school with the skills they need to hold most jobs in the digital world. Upskilling need not be a path out of the company or industry, but a means of advancing within it.

Diversity 111

Diversity Education Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 111

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Increasingly, Western companies are developing products in countries like China and India, and then distributing them globally. Deere & Company developed a small tractor, the 35-horsepower Krish, built and priced specifically for the India market, competing head on with the Indian market leader, Mahindra & Mahindra.

Glocalization 11

Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

In his research, West found that companies today behave more like whales and machines. The good news is that there's no reason companies can't be more like communities. After all, companies are social networks too. Communities or machines? It's just that we haven't been running them that way. 1) Build relationships.

Agility 15

Agility Diversity Groupthink Efficiency 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

This decision — to bet the company on a new and distinct business — was the first such move by Ma, but it would become the cornerstone of Alibaba’s strategy. Today, Alibaba looks more like a conglomerate than a typical tech company, with a diverse set of businesses operating largely independently.

Porter 8

Porter Decentralization Film Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

How does one successfully manage a company with a dozen diverse, decentralized businesses of varying sizes that employ over 100,000 people in 130 countries, especially in an uncertain economic environment? If a highly complex company like Maersk can do it, why can't you? Moller-Maersk. What can you stop doing?

Management 15

Management Decentralization Report Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2015

In our research , we find that smart leaders do these three things: Tune into global conversations: It may seem odd to refer to the daily torrent of emails, tweets and posts as conversations, but in reality they are. Leverage global networks: CEOs need to choose the most effective influence channels through which to create alignment.

Tools 8

Tools CEO Mezzanine Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

Western generational models cannot be applied broadly to a global workforce. Educational opportunities were a key differentiator for this generation globally. Almost every company will find it challenging to attract and retain top talent unless they are able to engage individuals of all ages and across multiple geographies.

Education 14

Education Compliance White Paper Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

Business leaders know how to go about transforming their companies to seize opportunities or meet major challenges — even if that’s easier said than done. But they must also contend with threats that lie far beyond any company’s control and that require whole industries to be transformed.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Decentralization Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

At the heart of the Denver-based company’s crisis was the ever-present problem faced by companies that depend on multiple suppliers to deliver parts and ingredients: a lack of transparency and accountability across complex supply chains. In a nutshell, this is a global system for mediating trust and selective transparency.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Globalization Technology System 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

Blockchain experts call this “decentralization.” ” Decentralization offers the promise of nearly friction-free cooperation between members of complex networks that can add value to each other by enabling collaboration without central authorities and middle men.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Decentralization Banking Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Despite the conventional wisdom that says India’s place in the global economy revolves around digital bits and services rather than material atoms, the country is starting to attract more attention for its manufacturing potential for a number of reasons: India is the third-largest economy in purchasing power parity after the U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Decentralization Automotive Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

If you'd like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation and email address. After three years and $500 million in development costs, it was a gorgeous hotel, the best designed and best located in the company's portfolio. Welcome, welcome."

Case Study 10

Case Study Hotels Price Decentralization 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2018

What consumers often don’t understand is that the monetary exchange hides the fact that many of these technologies exist at the expense of other humans and local environments elsewhere in the global economy. How to make your company more nimble and responsive. Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

Technology 8

Technology Cooper Efficiency Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

In Chicago , for example, predictive analytics is improving health inspections schedules in restaurants, while in Boston city officials are collaborating with Waze, the traffic navigation app company, combining its data with inputs from street cameras and sensors to improve road conditions across the city.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Globalization Technology Policies 10