Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. For example, many, if not most, of the Chinese products we buy every day are produced by German-made machinery, and the companies that make them are thriving.

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

No one can say for sure how to get on a corporate board, but many people point to two routes: the first is to break into the "right" network and the second is to seek a progression of board seats that begins with, for example, a seat on a not-for-profit or community board and eventually results in appointment to a corporate board.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Over the past several years a major shift in customer behavior has reshaped the nature of many markets and is leading to profound changes in how companies attempt to serve those markets. Companies in these industries are responding in surprising ways. Several factors have helped accelerate the move to integrated solutions.

Telecommunications 111

Telecommunications Franchising Consultative Diversity 111

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

We have reviewed hundreds of corporate announcements and websites, interviewed numerous leadership experts, and conducted an analysis of CEO changes and successions over the past five years at S&P 500 and Global 100 companies. Attuned to the times, he or she has a stronger chance to uncover and release a company’s latent potential.

CEO 12

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

CenturyLink is one of the largest telecommunications providers in the United States, serving both small and large businesses nationwide. The company collects thousands of sales leads from the businesses it serves, and it wishes to interact with them in the intimate, personal manner consumers have come to expect. Insight Center.

Marketing 8

Marketing Tools Follow-up Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

This was especially daunting during periods of change or growth in which companies needed to hire in large numbers. AT&T, for example, had to switch its focus from traditional telecom services to wireless services, and this shift required employees with different skill sets. We were not a global company yet.

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Increasingly, Western companies are developing products in countries like China and India, and then distributing them globally. For example, GE developed an ultra-low-cost ultrasound for rural China which is now marketed in over 100 countries. and which they now sell in Europe and the U.S. and which they now sell in Europe and the U.S.

Glocalization 11

Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Ellen Kullman (DuPont), Maria das Graças Silva Foster (Petrobras), and Chua Sock Koong (Singapore Telecommunications) lead three of the most powerful companies in the world. For many women in the developing world, a better approach may be to gain employment in existing companies.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Flextime Globalization Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

” The defining characteristics of companies in this super-sector are a commitment to innovation and a focus on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills in the workforce. Through its leadership the company is making the ideal of industry-led regional training consortia real. They employ 12.3 Yet, there is a problem.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

In contrast, many other parts of the world experienced significant economic hardship, either from the aftermath of the war (for example, in Russia and East Germany) or from the policies of the then-leaders (for example, in Brazil, China, and India). A white paper based on this research is available on my website.

Education 14

Education Compliance White Paper Politics 14

Deming Institute

MARCH 10, 2016

Knowledge is what differentiates successful companies from the ones that are not. It was fascinating to read some of the letters Deming would write to Noriaki Kano, or to Ford’s CEO Donald Petersen, and a bit of his work at various other companies. Edwards Deming used to say “Knowledge is the key.

Deming 28

Deming Library Tips Telecommunications 28

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Previously dominated by the likes of newspapers, magazines, gyms, utilities, and telecommunications firms, more products and services are being offered to more people through subscriptions than ever before. There are over two thousand consumer-focused subscription businesses capitalizing upon customers’ diverse tastes.

IPO 8

IPO How To Metrics Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The International Telecommunications Union reports that the proportion of women using the internet is 12% lower than the proportion of men; this gender gap widens to 32.9% For example, the Connected Women report from the GSMA shows that women are less likely to be financially independent when the digital gender gap is wide.

Globalization 8

Globalization Participative Telecommunications Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

I have seen examples of great health care all over the world, but too often the inspiring individuals delivering this care have been impeded, rather than helped, by the system in which they are working. But no country is delivering these transformational changes.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8