Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. For example, many, if not most, of the Chinese products we buy every day are produced by German-made machinery, and the companies that make them are thriving.

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

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. of Japanese C-suite executives were women.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Diversity Policies Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world. The world is getting smaller.

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage Leadership Telecommunications Talent Management 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

We see this especially in women’s levels of confidence and engagement, their degree of risk tolerance, and the level of diversity in the financial services industry across the region. for example, 35% of women and 39% of men passed our literacy assessment. In the U.S.,

Survey 8

Survey Diversity Telecommunications Focus Group 8

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 14, 2013

A growing percentage of IBM’s business, for example, now involves customized solutions incorporating non-IBM products and services. Likewise, leading telecommunications and other equipment providers now have to compete by offering “network solutions” involving many products formerly sold separately.

Telecommunications 111

Telecommunications Franchising Consultative Diversity 111

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. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

CEO 12

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 12

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

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. They had a range of concerns, beginning with finding the right talent. Randall Stephenson of AT&T explained, “We had 270,000 people we employed around the globe.

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

CenturyLink is one of the largest telecommunications providers in the United States, serving both small and large businesses nationwide. For example, a visitor might say, “I need help,” and Drift would send him or her to the support section of the website. Drift was relatively easy to set up.

Marketing 8

Marketing Tools Follow-up Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Ellen Kullman (DuPont), Maria das Graças Silva Foster (Petrobras), and Chua Sock Koong (Singapore Telecommunications) lead three of the most powerful companies in the world. Hewlett-Packard, for example, offers a program in which employees provide mentoring services to about 25 talented individuals each year.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Flextime Globalization Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

industries: 35 advanced manufacturing industries such as automotive and aerospace manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors; three energy industries including electric power generation; and 12 service industries, from software design to telecommunications. Applying this standard, we identified 50 U.S. They employ 12.3

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

In contrast, many other parts of the world experienced significant economic hardship, either from the aftermath of the war (for example, in Russia and East Germany) or from the policies of the then-leaders (for example, in Brazil, China, and India).

Education 14

Education Compliance White Paper Politics 14

Deming Institute

MARCH 10, 2016

His clients were so diverse, from telecommunication companies to railway and automotive enterprises, even hospitals. I also could access some of his conference speeches, for example he would usually speak at the annual award of the Deming Prize in Japan.

Deming 28

Deming Library Tips Telecommunications 28

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The International Telecommunications Union reports that the proportion of women using the internet is 12% lower than the proportion of men; this gender gap widens to 32.9% For example, the Connected Women report from the GSMA shows that women are less likely to be financially independent when the digital gender gap is wide.

Globalization 8

Globalization Participative Telecommunications Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Previously dominated by the likes of newspapers, magazines, gyms, utilities, and telecommunications firms, more products and services are being offered to more people through subscriptions than ever before. There are over two thousand consumer-focused subscription businesses capitalizing upon customers’ diverse tastes.

IPO 8

IPO How To Metrics Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

I have seen examples of great health care all over the world, but too often the inspiring individuals delivering this care have been impeded, rather than helped, by the system in which they are working. But no country is delivering these transformational changes.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8