Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

While Blue Sky is an SOE, I think they really want to differentiate themselves, and they're willing to use a lot of our technology.". The only person not applauding was Wang Xiguo, the engineer who had led the development of Prime's power train technology. Lin could see that he was awed by the scale of the operation.

Case Study 8

Case Study Technology Tacit Knowledge Engineering 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 12, 2017

They will see this as a time of technological revolution where science fiction met with science fact. A lot of the technologies themselves have been around, in some form or another for decades but through generations of refinement and repurposing, we are now witnesses to the emergence of technologies that will change the world.

Technology 50

Technology Retail Industry Automotive 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

The result is underinvestment in infrastructure, education, and technology, all of which could be — but aren’t, Stiglitz says — engines of future American prosperity. That thesis is certainly supported by Henry Blodget's pithy and provocative take on Americans' losing 40% of their net worth between 2007 and 2010.

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Discount Travel Class Brand 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2018

But as global technology brands penetrate African economies, it is becoming evident that most local startups are experiencing new levels of competition, which could potentially disrupt their operations. Across African markets, information and communication technology (ICT) is facilitating the process of socioeconomic developments.

Globalization 8

Globalization Banking Entrepreneur Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. Business students are taught to value a company based on the discounted amounts of future cash flows or earnings.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2016

When it comes to preparing organizations for a complex, high-speed future, many people who work in those organizations, or in management science, talk about the imperative for “ continuous improvement ” in operations. That often happens because companies discount the importance of developing their people.

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Development Company Hedge Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2018

Apple and Google, for example, each control a popular mobile phone operating system platform (and key apps on that platform), Amazon controls the largest online merchant platform, and Facebook controls the largest social network platform. Through their leading platforms, a significant volume and variety of personal data flows.

Company 10

Company Advertising Incentives Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

To understand what separates top performing sales reps from the rest, companies have increasingly turned to analytics engines that mine online calendars and email traffic in order to help identify exactly which behaviors correlate with superior performance. Commercial operations groups tend to be early targets for cuts in a recession.

Team 10

Team Price B2B Tools 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In the 1990s, Procter & Gamble’s Product Supply Organization kicked off a major Reliability Engineering program, much like the efficiency initiatives of companies such as Toyota. Combining these creates a P&L and a projection, which through a discounted cash flow analysis yields an NPV, which can be used to assess valuation.

Discounted Cash Flow 8

Discounted Cash Flow P&L NPV EBITDA 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

Alstom keeps trains ready to run each morning for railroad operators rather than just selling the rolling stock to them. Rolls Royce runs the engines you see on the wings of your plane. If not, for all the interest shown by the supplier, the customer is going to view the solution simply as a volume discount offer.

B2B 14

B2B Business Objectives Focus Group Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

But most importantly, I heard about some great new products and technologies. I saw this technology paired seamlessly with some regular fluorescent lighting and working well in an interior conference room. It's also remarkably safe for users and technology — you can safely dip an iPhone in the stuff.

Innovation 12

Innovation Early Adopters Energy Efficiency 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers estimates that annually between a third and a half of all food produced is wasted worldwide. For example, super discounters such as Aldi, Lidl, and Amazon are further squeezing already thin food retail margins for large retailers. Upgrade inventory systems with the latest technology.

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. To incentivize visitors to bring in more old shoes, Adidas Brazil promotes the program in stores by showing videos to educate customers, and it even offers a discount each time a customer brings in an old pair of shoes.

Company 8

Company Apparel Incentives Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2012

This new view and way of operating actually helps companies come closer to achieving the ideal of giving customers what they want, when, where and how they want it. The ability to make it easy for customers to alter products to better meet their needs is not confined to technology firms. In effect, they could now build robots.

Company 14

Company Software Call Center Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The challenge is obvious: the quickening pace of technological change has shrunk the shelf life of skills acquired by today’s university graduates to just a few years. The cycle time for new technology has compressed and will continue to do so. Are we risking institutional ageism when we discount tenure in this way?

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Skills Company Core Competence Career 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Traditional operations research process optimization, for example, seldom embraces A/B testing or incorporates customer recommendation engines. But customers can now consider incentives – discounts, promotions, special plans, etc. Do stock-outs and delivery delays still matter?

Process 11

Process Competitive Advantage Outsourcing Supply Chain 11

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. K-Mart, long the dominant discount chain had gotten comfortable with its leads over competitors. Computer activity constitutes less than 1% of the technology picture. In 1999, the U.S.

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Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

I met the team at Vineyard Vines while doing research about data-driven marketing technologies for my book, Marketing, Interrupted , and was able to learn firsthand about the company’s beginnings, and what has made them so successful today. Enter Fayez Mohamood and his team at Bluecore, a retail marketing automation platform.

Retail 8

Retail Apparel Engineering Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2016

What follows describes how German manufacturers in particular are rewriting the rules for industry globally on several fronts: Idea to production : It used to be that every new car model required 20 extra hours of work driven by quality issues or purely unplanned changes that its designers and engineers required. Insight Center.

Industry 8

Industry Automotive Supply Chain Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Wall Street began charging a “conglomerate discount,” saying that diverse operations were hard to analyze with confidence. True synergies across the diverse operations were often hard to see. The technology’s flexibility introduces synergies where none existed before.

Engineering 8

Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. Clearly, something else, beyond the disruptive technology itself, is behind the demise of companies like Kodak.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. The increased prediction accuracy, in turn, makes it possible to achieve large increases in operational efficiency — having the right inventory in the right locations. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Price Airlines Advertising 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

opened in 1959 and is still operating. Charles D''Agostino, executive director of the Louisiana Business & Technology Center at Louisiana State University, offers some analysis: "Incubators do work, but they must be more than a real estate entity offering executive suite services. Most of them fail. Many of those efforts failed.

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Incubator Business Incubator Real Estate Venture Capitalist 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

The experts — middle management, analysts, engineers, consultants — aren’t asked to provide a comprehensive view of possible futures and their probability of occurring. Operations in a Connected World. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Uncertainty 9

Uncertainty Supply Chain Outsourcing Brand 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

This perspective created the industrial economy lens through which most managers perceive their operations. IT professionals need to recognize and embrace the Serendipity Economy in order to better understand the impact of technology investments, improve employee engagement and drive business transformation. This can''t be forecasted.

CTO 8

CTO Franchising CIO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2014

N2Build has a large network of R&D alliances: it collaborates with researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and INEGI (National Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management), the eminent Portuguese research institute. The event was a turning point for INEGI.

Company 8

Company Construction Seminar Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Now the rise of digital technologies has added a third construct: data equity. This is data that comes through search engines, social media platforms, loyalty points and other digital transactions, such as dynamic cookies. Before the rise of digital technologies, customer data was worthless to consumers.

Content 8

Content Niche Marketing Discount Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

These must qualify as “specialty occupations,” which typically require a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) and are found in fields such as science, engineering, information technology, medicine, and business. In computer and information science and in engineering, U.S. born engineers.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2015

And that’s the crux of the challenge that traditional media has faced: grappling with digital disruption requires reframing the challenge from a technological challenge to a business model one. Its powerful search engine serves as a platform that instantaneously brings others’ content to users. New tools and strategies.

Business Model 8

Business Model Media Industry Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. An advertising-based model.

Media 10

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 10