Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. For example, in China, markets are still highly regulated, and domestic players protected. Purell) consistent with its chosen way to play.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

Increasingly, customers demand more after-sale service; this is the norm now in business-to-business sales, but will spill over to consumer goods, too, thanks to some of the technology advances we'll talk about below. McKinsey has identified more than 20 distinct submarkets in China, for example.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Healthcare has become extraordinarily complex — the balance of quality against cost, and of technology against humanity, are placing ever-increasing demands on clinicians. These challenges require extraordinary leaders. ” But this is changing. The Cleveland Clinic has also been training physicians to lead for many years.

Management 15

Management 360-Degree Feedback Mayo Training 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

No one can say for sure how to get on a corporate board, but many people point to two routes: the first is to break into the "right" network and the second is to seek a progression of board seats that begins with, for example, a seat on a not-for-profit or community board and eventually results in appointment to a corporate board.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

AT&T, for example, had to switch its focus from traditional telecom services to wireless services, and this shift required employees with different skill sets. As a pharmaceutical company, we obviously were part of that whole ecosystem. They had a range of concerns, beginning with finding the right talent.

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

A recent USC study shows that across multiple and diverse markets, industries are 25% more likely to be “highly concentrated” than they were 20 years ago. For a long time, technology gave big players a competitive advantage because no one else could afford to be big. We’re living through an era of remarkable U.S.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Pharmaceuticals Industry Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2015

Advances in digital technology and their use in organizations carry huge promise to empower people at all levels. For example, Microsoft IT leaders take their organization’s pulse using analytical software that monitors trending topics in their Yammer collaboration space.

Tools 8

Tools CEO Mezzanine Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2013

While currently crippled by inadequate infrastructure in many countries, low- and middle-income countries will be the fastest-growing markets for pharmaceuticals and medical devices over the next decade. What can the health care industry do to help fight disease, while still maintaining its commitments to shareholders? Redefine ROI.

Health Care 8

Health Care ROI NGO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The key to building predictive models is knowing what you want to predict and collecting large and diverse data sets that may enable you to do so. In a project for a pharmaceutical company, we were able to isolate the specific information sources that drove positive and negative sentiment toward the client’s brand.

Company 8

Company Management Metrics Tools 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

We recently visited the brand-new R&D lab of Dr Reddy's , one of India's leading pharmaceutical firms. The Indian firms we studied promote diversity in their R&D management by hiring external talent to build and oversee their global innovation network. Do you have examples of companies that are innovating wisely across geographies?

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For example, a yield curve, which compares bonds with the same risk profile but different maturity dates, can be considered a model. If you notice that your best-performing teams are also your most diverse, that may be interesting. Instead, you want to combine diverse models. Here’s one example.

Construction 12

Construction Venture Capitalist Price Guidelines 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

In a world with severe healthcare resource constraints, mobile digital technology can be a major " force multiplier." In this respect, health care is no different from other economic sectors that have gained enormous efficiencies and improved outcomes through the use of modern information and communications technologies (ICT).

Wireless 15

Wireless Health Care Pharmaceuticals Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2016

Over the past 20 years, information technology and digital channels have changed the way consumers shop for products ranging from cars to homes to electronics. From the buyer’s perspective, information technology and digital channels provide access to information and enable self-sufficiency. Sellers must respond.

B2B 8

B2B Information Information Technology CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

In addressing the billion-dollar adherence problem, Vitality (since acquired by NANTHEALTH ) considered the interests of the players in the diverse ecosystem, including pharmaceutical companies, retail pharmacies, and health care providers. My favorite example of this is iRobot , the maker of the innovative Roomba vacuum.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Managers and other business leaders face a dilemma: with increasingly diverse environments to manage and rising stakes to get it right, how do they identify the most effective approach to business strategy and marshal the right thinking and behaviors to conceive and execute it, supported by the appropriate frameworks and tools?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8