Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

The most active sectors in hiring will be materials and IT & telecommunications, with more companies planning to bring on employees and to add a greater percentage to their workforces. If, in addition, companies are managing their underperformers out poorly, the costs rise even further. Global business Talent management'

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Health Care Talent Management Biotechnology 9

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Business ownership consumes large quantities of time and mental energy, even after it’s running well and succeeding. It consumed so much time and energy that I didn’t have much left for anything else. Considering the overall costs and benefits of owning a business, is starting a business the best way to accomplish your goals?

Learning-by-Doing 257

Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 257

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

They do not decrease the cost to the entrepreneur if his venture fails. Reduce the upfront costs of starting a high-potential business. Instead of manipulating the tax code to encourage startups once they are profitable, we should do everything we can to remove these early costs in the system. Lower the cost of failure.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Licensing Telecommunications Incubator 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g., aerospace & defense, industrial conglomerates, textiles); IT & Telecommunications (e.g., internet software & services, semiconductors, wireless telecommunication services); and Materials (e.g., Inadequate processes.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Health Care Contingency Plans Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Chinese solar stocks had soared based on market expectations that demand in China for alternative energy will increase given the Chinese government's increasing solar capacity targets. In 1990, there were 227 million houses in China — by 2010, there were 371 million.

Industry 8

Industry Real Estate Telecommunications Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In the past few years, there have been significant investments in markets like data analytics, 3-D printing, renewable energy, and financial services. When a company with a lower-cost business model or one based around radical simplicity gains traction, it augurs significant change.

System 15

System Christensen Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. Driven by economies of scale, container ship size has been increasing for decades, with the largest ships now costing roughly $200 million.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

The data-driven have crafted the best strategies, uncovered wholly new markets, and kept operational costs low. Ignoring these is a bit like putting enough energy into a leap to get halfway across a stream; it takes time and money but leads to an unhappy result. The technical challenges are legion. Invest in people.

Organization 15

Organization Telecommunications McKinsey Price 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

But the focus was squarely on "energy saving, environmental protection, and the low-carbon economy" with other emerging areas — infotech, biotech, and modern materials — taking a distinctly secondary role. Then the November 16th issue arrived at my door and the cover story was about alternative energy. And on and on.

NGO 15

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

For example, GE developed an ultra-low-cost ultrasound for rural China which is now marketed in over 100 countries. Poor countries will become R&D labs for breakthrough innovations in such diverse fields as housing, transportation, energy, health care, entertainment, telecommunications, financial services, clean water, and many others.

Glocalization 11

Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

The factory floor at Pittsburgh’s Aquion Energy doesn’t look much like the steel mills that once populated this Rust Belt city. This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. Applying this standard, we identified 50 U.S.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

Just as government and industry coordinated the telecommunications response after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the order enlists both public and private entities in assuring that critical infrastructure is continuously monitored and protected from attack. Certainly, the environment is complex.

Cooper 8

Cooper CIO Risk Management Telecommunications 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

JANUARY 19, 2015

When you borrow talent, you obtain what you need more cost effectively than hiring it and without making a long-term commitment; and when you lend talent you’re offering your stars and high-potentials new opportunities for growth and development that they might not otherwise get within the confines of your organization.

CFO 8

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Because the cost of not knowing product provenance is huge when things go wrong. In telecommunications and information technology, experts are waking up to the need for full "chains of custody" for components because of the threat of malicious " hardware Trojan horses." Will this place a terrible burden on business? Was your shirt?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Ethics Telecommunications Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Catchlight Energy , their 50/50 joint venture, draws on technical resources and existing operations of the two partners. Google's approach was to license its technology widely and work with partners to develop an ecosystem of user applications, operating software, handset hardware, and telecommunication services.

Software 15

Software Licensing Long-term Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

Not rising costs. food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g., aerospace & defense, construction & engineering, industrial conglomerates, professional services, textiles); IT & Telecommunications (e.g., food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g.,

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

Robotic loaders and remotely-controlled trucks are significantly reducing operational costs in the mining sector. Developments in telecommunications, computing technologies, and electronic sensors are inspiring less of human intervention in controlling some sensitive equipment including vehicles, planes, helicopters, trains, etc.

Industry 87

Industry Operations Transportation Technology 87

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

Data centers are quickly becoming a pressing issue for many executives as companies consider how to keep costs down and environmental impact to a minimum. According to a report put out by Greenpeace in April , the electricity demand of data centers and the telecommunications network is rivaling that of most nations.

Energy 14

Energy Efficiency Industry Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

I have often been struck by the way companies operating in industries as diverse as telecommunications and transport manage to collaborate in a competitive environment, yet health organizations find collaboration difficult even when they are not competing. This is simple to say but difficult to do.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2011

For instance, during the 1990s, China became a low-cost producer of computer hardware (much of which was designed in the U.S.). We find ourselves falling behind in several industries of the future, including solar energy and other areas of green tech. Let's remember that international trade is not a zero-sum game. productivity.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Policies Telecommunications Industry 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g.,

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8