Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

One of my fellow speakers, Reinhard Otten from Audi, introduced a new initiative where Audi will become a trampoline for the whole renewable energy movement in Germany. Audi believes that in order for the car to be truly carbon neutral, it needs to be manufactured using only renewable energy. Easier said than done it, turns out!

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Porter Supply Chain Energy Competitive Advantage 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2014

In his seminal essay, “ Why Software is Eating the World ,” Marc Andreessen pointed out that for each new technology wave, the money eventually shifts to software. This shift has led to a dramatic increase in automobile capabilities, without a corresponding increase in costs. Can we make a similar shift with data? IT Security).

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Maturity Software Information Technology Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

based shale oil producers have improved their drilling and fracturing technology, and they can ramp up production in an appraised field in as few as six months at a small fraction of the capital investment required by their conventional rivals. Energy Information Administration. crude oil production to about 50%.

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Price Energy Airlines Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

From connected cars, iPhone-controlled locks (versions of which here, here, and here are in or close to production), to the hypothetical "smart fridge" that will one day order milk for me when I''ve run out, these technologies bring with them the promise of energy efficiency, convenience, and flexibility.

Engineering 8

Engineering Software Wireless Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

However, as much as macroeconomic reforms are needed, the future of the Greek economy will be determined by its competitiveness, which concerns costs, but is also measured by innovation. It can improve its competitiveness by reducing costs in its traditional sectors, such as tourism, agriculture, and trade.

Planning 9

Planning GDP Tourism Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

Data-driven selvesware could help the global project manager hoping to foster greater cooperation and camaraderie within their team. Just as they do for physical fitness, technologies tracking steps and heart rates already capture actionable inferences about individual energy levels and moods.

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KPI Directory Human Capital Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

These talks will reshape the global energy sector and every other industry that relies on energy — in other words, all of them. This is not a minor problem; 4 degrees could be catastrophic , the World Bank says , with significant risk of great suffering, extreme heat waves, declining food stocks, and severe economic costs.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. ” Improving risk management.

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Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

To discourage the command-and-control reflex, Brennan puts a lot of energy into hiring. Those are the ones more likely to encourage autonomy and collaboration even at the cost of control. Most companies have no compelling need to change, even in the face of a new generation of technology-native employees demanding autonomy.

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Delegation Self-aware Drucker Middle Management 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

Throughout the workday, it’s important to pay attention to the peaks and valleys of energy and productivity that we all experience, what health psychologists call our ultradian (hourly) as opposed to our circadian (daily) rhythms. The result is at times a frenetic way of working. Develop mental agility.

Stress 14

Stress Agility Globalization Energy 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

As Marco Annunziata , Chief Economist at GE, told me, “We’re no longer selling customers just a jet engine, a locomotive, or a wind turbine; we’re bringing data and actionable solutions along with the hardware to reduce costs and improve performance.” The next question was where to establish the software center.

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Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Dr Reddy's plan is to leverage Chirotech's scientific capabilities to optimize drug development processes, thus lowering manufacturing costs and speeding time-to-market. Suzlon's head of technology is John O'Halloran, a former Cummins Engine executive who now leads Suzlon's 500-strong global R&D team out of Hamburg. and the U.K.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

North Stars align our energy, emotions, and actions in the service of our vision. If you truly focus on service, resources do organize themselves — if your main interest is in solving a problem, then there's no question that cooperation beats competition. Businesses should focus on the customer, not on profit or business model.

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Self-aware Franchising Quality Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

On paper, the project seemed like it would be a hit: The investment by the mining company would bring jobs and 21st-century technology to an economically poor area and tax revenues to the government. Clearly, the failure to recognize the risk of social conflict can cost millions of dollars and set investments back by years.

Company 9

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

We, in fact, are living in an era of Peak Globalization as the costs and benefits of globalization begin to diverge according to country, class, and constituency. Gen Y culture has strong local tenets — local food, DIY, sustainability (which means locally grown and made things that don't require energy-using global transportation).

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Globalization Class Consensus Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

Shippers pursue clear (if hard to obtain) cost, profit, and service objectives, while the public sector’s objectives are always in flux, given the conflicting interests of constituents (including active opposition to new infrastructure projects). We were watching the drop off of inbound intermodal.”

Planning 8

Planning Scenario Planning Transportation Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2016

It’s a big step forward for cross-border cooperation, and the ramifications for energy producers and users (that is, everyone) could be enormous. The North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership covers a lot of ground. Let’s unpack what it means for the energy system. First, the U.S.

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Energy Price Cooper Commitment 8

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Nugent, and Hoda Selim, explores the topic through the particular lens of the six Arab nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council. The centrepiece of the institute is the Qatar Science & Technology Park, which brings together applied research and technology innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship.

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Resources Innovation GDP Education 78

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Yet most strategic initiatives fail to deliver, and they do so at great cost in time and resources. Practices can change, business models are disrupted, and technology evolves, but principles do not change. You invest substantial resources, creative time, and energy in designing the right strategy.

Strategy 8

Strategy Content Cooper Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2018

They argue that we cannot cooperate with each other to solve our major problems because our institutions and businesses are saturated with a competitive spirit. But Lieberman and Fry have some good news: modern technology can address the root of the problem. Thus, a post-scarcity world, premised on cooperation, would emerge.

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Technology Cooper Efficiency Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

These markets are aggressively interested in the IoT''s proven cost savings and performance improvement potential. It is no exaggeration to say that the functioning of society''s infrastructure and our access to sufficient energy depend on our establishment of new cyber security regimes oriented to the Internet of Things.

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