Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

Few people realize the important role water plays in our daily energy use, or the energy required to heat, treat, and supply water. Meanwhile, the electricity used for water treatment can be as much as one-third of a city’s energy bill. Most companies’ value chains are heavily dependent on water and energy resources.

Energy 8

Energy Price Telecommunications Industry 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2015

Those who don't help to develop the business on the front end are just vendors and subcontractors. Here are some examples of Joint-Venturing: Producers of energy create an independent drilling or marketing entity. Telecommunications industry service providers. Aerospace contractors and subcontractors with NASA. About the Author.

Cooper 50

Cooper Open-book Tourism Telecommunications 50

Leading Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

But how do we turn those feelings into real action to develop great, future-ready leaders? Hans Vestberg is the CEO of Verizon Communications, an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate with over 152,000 employees around the world. Developing Great Leaders. What Makes a Great Leader? What Makes a Bad Leader?

Definition 360

Definition Telecommunications CEO Motivation 360

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Only 13% of directors in the energy and utilities industry consider innovation to be a major strategic challenge, but the swift growth of renewable energy companies and such developments as the use of drones for monitoring oil and gas production suggest that no industry is impervious to the forces of innovation.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

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. We also find that companies in developed areas plan to hire in other developed regions (e.g., Asia into North America).

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Health Care Talent Management Biotechnology 9

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Because business is fraught with many risks and challenges, and because this journey isn’t right for everyone, I’ve developed some questions that will help you get more clarity so you can make better decisions for yourself when it comes to starting a business. How does owning a business fit into your overall life plan?

Learning-by-Doing 255

Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 255

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

However, outside North America they tend to be more optimistic about emerging economies: 36% of directors in Asia, 24% of directors in Australia and New Zealand, and 23% of directors in Africa predict faster growth in emerging economies than in developed countries in the next three years.

Politics 8

Politics Telecommunications Policies 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 9

Industry Real Estate Telecommunications Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Many wonder why an academy company like P&G, historically known for developing talent, did not, or was not able to, promote a successor from within its ranks. food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g., food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g.,

Succession 8

Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. 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.

NGO 14

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

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. Executives in market leaders in those sectors need to watch these developments carefully, because the seeds of transformation are being sown as we speak.

System 15

System Christensen Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications 15

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. Aquion is a modern success story for American industry.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

But we found that when empowering leadership is also about mentoring and supporting employee development, this can create a trusting relationship. The empowering leaders who did see better performance on routine tasks were the ones who developed good relationship with their employees and were more trusted.

Delegation 13

Delegation Analysis Creativity Uncertainty 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

The key to such a change is developing an innovation-oriented industrial structure and a well-functioning innovation system. Currently, the annual expenditures for research and development (R&D) amount to 0.67% of Greece’s GDP. Or it can aim higher – by laying the groundwork for higher value-added goods production.

Planning 9

Planning GDP Tourism Innovation 9

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

JANUARY 26, 2017

Consider a large home energy provider in a mature, commoditized market where deregulation is driving down revenue and profit. Simultaneously, sales managers went through a series of development sessions to develop their coaching skills. But good planning and proper leadership support can help.

Execution 8

Execution Cost Telecommunications CRM 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. media companies. There are two primary areas of concern.

Cooper 8

Cooper CIO Risk Management Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare.

COO 12

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Not long ago I worked with a software firm that supported hundreds of legacy applications for the telecommunications industry. What's regrettable is that many of the best practices I discussed had already been developed in this company — and then lost as people retired. Create an environment in which the new guard will thrive.

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Chemicals Health Care Planning 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Myriad potential public policy-related risks and opportunities for companies arise across a broad spectrum of political and economic systems — from the state capitalism of former Communist states to the “ mixed economies ” in traditional “liberal” democracies, from developed to developing markets.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

Indeed, we think every organization must develop and execute an aggressive plan to put data to work. 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. This last point is driven home over and over.

Organization 15

Organization Telecommunications McKinsey Price 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

You either go out and buy it, or you develop the talent you already have. Such loans have advantages for the lender: they accelerate player development and/or reduce costs by removing the salary of the loaned player from the lending club’s books. How do you get the talent you need? Both clubs realize a unique win-win.

CFO 8

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

This is a very positive development, because work is a huge part of life, and meaning in life is not just a "nice-to-have". I saw this firsthand when I was a PhD student, in the call center of a large telecommunications company. We need it in the way we need oxygen.

Call Center 12

Call Center Telecommunications Stress Film 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2013

TELUS, a national telecommunications company in Canada, with $11 billion of annual revenue and more than 40,000 employees worldwide (and where I am head of learning and collaboration), has worked incredibly hard over the past five years to raise employee engagement from 53% to 80%. Leadership Leadership development Organizational culture'

CIO 9

CIO Leadership Drucker Telecommunications 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

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." Because the cost of not knowing product provenance is huge when things go wrong. When a factory collapses, we should know exactly what was made there.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Ethics Telecommunications Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

On the management side, there is increasing evidence that co-creative processes involving consumers and other stakeholders can have a transformative effect on key processes such as new product development. We recently participated in a data-dive type process at a major telecommunications company. Here''s how it works in data analysis.

Analysis 8

Analysis Storytelling Brainstorming Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

There was similar, though less dramatic, variation across sectors as well: financial services, health care, utilities, and telecommunications were relatively welcoming to female leadership, while fewer women were found at the top in basic materials, technology, energy, and industrial sectors.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Diversity Policies Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Fourteen years ago, Darren Entwistle arrived as a young CEO (he is now Executive Chair) and immediately began transforming the regional telecommunications player into a global entity. But Darren never saw the change required as only a matter of capitalizing on new technologies and developing new products. billion to $11.7

Leadership 8

Leadership Telecommunications Education Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

But for many years it took a hands-off approach to new product development — dictating needs, but letting vendors bid for a slot on the Sun server and sink or swim after that. Catchlight Energy , their 50/50 joint venture, draws on technical resources and existing operations of the two partners.

Software 15

Software Licensing Long-term Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

This is the virtual network operator (VNO) model used by the telecommunications sector. For example, the global energy player ENGIE and its local partners apply it in the independent power production business in the Middle East. The integrated carrier gets incremental revenues from its excess capacity.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

The latest developments around PRISM and the NSA dragnet operations uncovered by Edward Snowden, in my view, severely damage the fragile fabric of the new global ecosystem, which we so sorely rely on in order to collectively tackle truly urgent global issues such as energy, pollution, food, climate change, (cyber-)terrorism and inequality.

Globalization 10

Globalization Technology Information Technology Telecommunications 10

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

To help answer why there are not more women in the top ranks of leadership, scientists at Development Dimensions International (DDI) , the global leadership development consultancy, released two research studies aimed at finding the answers. Make sure your leaders have high-quality development plans.

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2014

Cable internet service goes out in snowstorms, too, and if the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index is to be believed, Americans are much happier with their energy providers (who score a respectable 76 on the index ) than their internet providers (a dismal 63 , absolute worst of the 43 industries tracked).

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Industry GDP Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed. We might expect the regions with the lowest overall averages to be those dominated by developing or emerging economies.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

That is, the importance of "research & development" to business innovation. But this is a country confronting fundamental changes in the largest sector of its economy (healthcare), the most troubled sectors of its economy (housing and finance), as well as big-ticket sectors such as energy, education and telecommunications.

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 16

HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

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. The company is currently developing autonomous technology to make the service a reality in the next few years.

Industry 87

Industry Operations Transportation Technology 87

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

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. If the cloud were itself a country, it would rank fifth in the world on energy demand behind the U.S., Google has invested almost $1 billion directly in renewable energy.

Energy 14

Energy Efficiency Industry Telecommunications 14