Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

Given the forecasts of uncertain global economic growth, we might expect companies to hold off from hiring new employees and to limit whatever international hiring they do to emerging markets. Do you know what world regions and industries are generating the greatest demand for talent? Are you and your company ready?

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Health Care Talent Management Biotechnology 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

Nokia, today’s telecommunications networking company, has made corporate transformation into an art form. As the company explored new markets, it began to make additional investments in pre-cellular mobile radios and other componentry in the emerging market for mobile communications.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Crisis Committee Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Strategists need to understand how tomorrow's industry could be structured. One of the key tipping points in a market occurs when a company, in Christensen's language, overshoots a given market tier by providing them performance that they can't use. When overshooting begins to set in, industries can change rapidly.

System 15

System Christensen Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

They’re also among the most profitable (the top five companies make up for 15% of the index’s total market capitalization), and the fastest growing (their market capitalization has grown this year by 23.3% Whole Foods Market. Industrial conglomerate. Barratt Developments. Telecommunications.

Tourism 8

Tourism Telecommunications Automotive Company 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The conventional wisdom is that innovations originate in rich countries and the resulting products are sold horizontally in other developed countries and then sent downhill to developing countries. After all, aren't developed nations such as the U.S. They will develop into formidable rivals. Not really.

Innovation 15

Innovation Telecommunications Globalization GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Starting in the 1970s, the country's ability to create low-cost, quality products helped them dominate key industries, such as automobiles, telecommunications, and consumer electronics. As Fujio Ando, senior managing director at Chibagin Asset Management suggests, "Japan's consumer electronics industry is facing defeat.

Six Sigma 17

Six Sigma Kaizen Govindarajan Telecommunications 17

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. Some findings were not terribly surprising.

Politics 8

Politics Telecommunications Policies Biotechnology 8

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. Is the problem that P&G produces outstanding specialists in marketing but not general managers who can run the business? Where was its leadership bench? But that''s not the case.

Succession 8

Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

By the time I boarded the plane back to Boston, somehow I'd been convinced that the television industry was safe from destruction — luckily, it only lasted about 10 minutes. But even the largest industries enter periods of transformation — think of once-dominant railroads, wired phone lines, the postal service.

Rogers 15

Rogers Telecommunications Disruptive Innovation Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

Price wars have broken out in consumer industries around the world. Retailers such as ALDI and Walmart have used price to position themselves against traditional competitors in their markets, pinching margins all around. telecommunications carriers now compete fiercely on price as they try to win new customers.

Price 13

Price Retail Discount Tactics 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2018

Last year Facebook became the second largest e-commerce company in Africa after Jumia, the industry leader. Across African markets, information and communication technology (ICT) is facilitating the process of socioeconomic developments. Ralf Pollack / EyeEm/Getty Images.

Globalization 8

Globalization Banking Entrepreneur Technology 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. Skills in developing partnerships that cross boundaries are critical.

Telecommunications 111

Telecommunications Franchising Consultative Diversity 111

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Mugabe’s ouster and replacement with his one-time deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was the most significant development in the Southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.” Achieving economic recovery. dollars.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

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

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The phenomenon of fast-track CEO succession appears to be most prominent in the retail, technology, media, and telecommunications sectors—all of which are particularly affected by disruptive business models and new competitors. Some recent CEO appointments in these industries include Yahoo!’s Succession planning'

CEO 12

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2012

Sophisticated sales organizations now have the ability to combine, sift, and sort vast troves of data to develop highly efficient strategies for selling into micromarkets. Going after future opportunities at the micromarket level can seem risky, but basing strategy on old views of markets and their past performance is riskier still.

B2B 14

B2B Chemicals Analysis B2C 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Consider first the increasing use of auctions, which have a distinguished history in the development of economics. In the 1900s, French mathematician-economist Leon Walras envisioned prices in a market economy being set by an auctioneer (since known as the “Walrasian auctioneer”) conducting continuous auctions for all kinds of commodities.

Strategy 12

Strategy Black-Scholes Airlines Price 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. Rather, they were abandoning their businesses because of bad bookkeeping.

Books 13

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 13

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

APRIL 12, 2013

According to Selling Power magazine, the largest companies in America selling products such as computer and office equipment, consumable goods, insurance, telecommunications, and financial services, each employ tens of thousands of salespeople. Leaders invested to develop better measures of customer potential. times the estimated $169.5

Short-term 8

Short-term Telecommunications Advertising Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. This is the virtual network operator (VNO) model used by the telecommunications sector. This all presents CEOs with a tough dilemma. The integrated carrier gets incremental revenues from its excess capacity.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

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

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

For example, marketing optimizes its activities for its own benefit and the sales and customer service functions do likewise. The end-to-end process of customer acquisition and retention — getting rid of duplicate activities and information across marketing, sales and customer service — isnt touched.

Process 15

Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Throughout the news and business coverage, the feeling that sustainability is crucial to the future of the country and its industries is palpable. China Hi-Tech Fair ready to highlight emerging industries ," which describes Chinas largest tech show going on this week in Shanghai. And on and on. In the U.S.

NGO 14

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

Scale drove consolidation and globalization of industries throughout the mid-twentieth century and it still does today, such as in steel, airlines, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications. Scale and efficiency are mostly about competing by lowering costs.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Company Lean Production Taylorism 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

How can I help marketing retain more customers? 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. They built on these assessments to create 30 finely targeted marketing campaigns.

Analysis 8

Analysis Storytelling Brainstorming Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

.” CEOs also worried about whether their high potential employees were being properly developed. food processor General Mills, noting that his company was quickly expanding internationally, said, “One of our challenges was how to develop a truly globally mobile culture. Ken Powell of U.S. Operating in a Global Marketplace.

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

It’s no longer good enough to wait for change to come to your industry; you need to be out there where it’s happening. So suppose you want to follow the over 200 multinationals across a multitude of industries that have set up a strategic beachhead in Silicon Valley. Swisscom AG is the major telecommunications provider in Switzerland.

Innovation 8

Innovation Telecommunications Technology Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

At the moment that a disruptive innovation crosses into the mainstream market and establishes itself as a viable competitor, the third stage in a disruptive innovation's life cycle. Disruption has been swirling around the telecommunications industry for years. Is our strategy evolving as rapidly as the market?

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications Innovation Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

And in business life, CEOs incentivize and promote those senior executives who can get new ideas to market more quickly than competitors. Or take Harris Corporation, an American telecommunications company founded in 1895. As kids, we are rewarded for being the athlete with the greatest speed. Take Southwest Airlines as an example.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Airlines Telecommunications Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

True collaboration always has open-ended elements — ranging from precisely how new innovations will be implemented, to how products will fare in the market, and even to what priorities partners will pursue in the face of changes in the environment. It depends on the nature of the industry and task at hand.

Software 15

Software Licensing Long-term Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2011

Every year since 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a report on the state of competition in the wireless market. Or, if not, what negative effect its dubious conclusions might have on regulatory policy in wireless markets. If firms are not exercising market power, competition reigns.

Wireless 13

Wireless Report Price Analysis 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2018

Data brokers such as Acxiom, Epsilon, Experian, and Oracle, for example, generate profits by collecting quantities of data on individual consumers and selling it to third parties — be they ad networks, marketers, retailers, or any other type of interested business.

Advertising 8

Advertising Retail Compliance Information 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

In this stressful market, with no guarantees of pensions or government safety nets taking care of us in our later years, and so with a need for all of us to keep productively working as long as possible, there are a few basic things I might suggest to help you cope. Consider the industry. She was bracingly blunt. Spend time with them.

COO 13

COO Chief Financial Officer Telecommunications Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Not long ago, the chief executive of a global telecommunications firm shared with me his frustration that "even in a meeting with the CEO, most institutional investors seek only granular data points to plug into their models. They can signal to the market the types of investors they wish to own their shares.

Long-term 12

Long-term CEO Short-term Asset Management 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

When it comes to innovation in industries with strategically narrow windows of opportunities, speed is everything. A second accelerant of IT delivery is the iterative software development philosophy known as "agile development." In 2008, RIM tried to match the new competitor. RIM is just the latest company to learn this lesson.

Technology 8

Technology CIO Agility Software 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Now consider the joint judgment involved in a process of co-creation , whereby companies collaborate with customers or other partners to bring new offerings to market. Brook Manville consults to socially-minded enterprises on matters of strategy and organizational development. Well need to enable cross-boundary judgment.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14