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Harvard Business Review
APRIL 3, 2014
Yet managers continue to follow Taylor’s “hard” approach — creating new structures, processes, and systems — when they need to address a management challenge. Hence, the introduction of, say, a risk management team or a compliance unit or an innovation czar. Indeed, if anything, their continued use is making things worse.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 6, 2016
The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.
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Harvard Business Review
MARCH 5, 2012
How do we protect intellectual property and other sensitive business information while also encouraging collaboration in product development processes? Almost all companies have to share sensitive data with vendors and channel partners to operate modern supply chains smoothly.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 21, 2016
When firms fail to establish good relationships with their stakeholders, it can lead to increased conflict and reduced stakeholder cooperation. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. ” Improving risk management. ” Improving risk management.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 10, 2018
Our research suggests that many procurement professionals do not consider vendors’ cybersecurity capabilities to be an important factor in selecting or developing top-tier suppliers. Hold supply managers accountable. Embed cybersecurity measures in contracts with third parties.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
But from a business person's point of view, Sorkin and other writers in the section don't even discuss one of the most important developments of the last 25 years: the rise in the role, status and importance of the general counsel and other inside lawyers employed directly by the corporation. In these, financial incentives are aligned (i.e.,
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 10, 2017
Look no further than the recent protests against the completion of the Keystone and the Dakota Access pipelines , or the opposition that stopped the development of the Cape Wind Associates’ offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound. Conflicts like these with local communities are not only divisive, they are expensive.
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