Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Fostering diversity in demographics is one pathway boards can use to ensure that a wide range of viewpoints and areas of expertise is represented. Between January and June 2016, we worked with Harvard Business School’s Global Research Centers to increase the response rate outside of the United States.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

In a new Peterson Institute for International Economics working paper , we present the results of our survey of nearly 22,000 firms globally. Their lack of gender diversity affects the bottom line. So why do women remain hard to find in the corporate boardroom and the C-suite? of Japanese C-suite executives were women.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Diversity Policies Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Increasingly, Western companies are developing products in countries like China and India, and then distributing them globally. To compete, global corporations must be just as nimble innovating abroad as they are at home. Therefore, they focused on winning market share by adapting global offerings to meet local needs.

Glocalization 12

Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 12

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

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. We concluded that in order for women to reach their full potential in the global marketplace, governments and business leaders must help them move beyond microfinance.

Microfinance 9

Microfinance Flextime Globalization Telecommunications 9

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. The research also provides a snapshot view and analysis of gender diversity across countries and industries. Leaders who had access to global and more visible experiences are more likely to advance.

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

We have reviewed hundreds of corporate announcements and websites, interviewed numerous leadership experts, and conducted an analysis of CEO changes and successions over the past five years at S&P 500 and Global 100 companies. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

CEO 13

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 13

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Likewise, leading telecommunications and other equipment providers now have to compete by offering “network solutions” involving many products formerly sold separately. The demand by customers in widely diverse industries for integrated solutions rather than stand-alone products is not a fluke or a fad.

Telecommunications 111

Telecommunications Franchising Consultative Diversity 111

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Their concerns fell into three broad categories: talent, operating in a global marketplace, and regulation and legislation. 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. We were not a global company yet.

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

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. Our findings indicate that women investors in Asia are in many ways ahead of their counterparts in the U.S.

Survey 8

Survey Diversity Telecommunications Focus Group 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

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. Advanced industries are our most globally competitive industries, accounting for a full two-thirds of U.S. Applying this standard, we identified 50 U.S.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

Western generational models cannot be applied broadly to a global workforce. Educational opportunities were a key differentiator for this generation globally. Each country's unique social, political, and economic events shape specific views and attitudes among today's adults.

Education 15

Education Compliance White Paper Politics 15

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. As one CMO told me, “AI tools are the only way I can scale ‘helpfulness’ to a global community of 200,000-plus users with a team of two.” And that test has already been passed.

Marketing 8

Marketing Tools Follow-up Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2016

In addition to lifting some travel restrictions, American financial institutions can establish accounts with their Cuban counterparts and telecommunication firms can export to and install equipment on the island. Under such a scenario, multinationals would see expanded opportunity across diverse sectors.

GDP 8

GDP Telecommunications Scenario Planning Travel 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. In fact, in two practices in particular — "firing" and "leveraging diversity" — many companies fail dismally.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

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% In developing countries, those differences are even greater. But the gender gap problem doesn’t stop there. in the least developed countries.

Globalization 8

Globalization Participative Telecommunications Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Imagine the global potential if these local pockets of excellence could be harnessed for the benefit of whole populations. I am one of the 15 health experts on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Health Sector. Insight Center. Leading Change in Health Care. Sponsored by Optum.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Democrats are less pessimistic about the economy: 10% of Democrats expect a global economic slowdown in the next three years, compared to 18% of Republicans. Overall, directors from both sides are bringing diverse strengths to the table. aerospace & defense, industrial conglomerates, textiles); IT & Telecommunications (e.g.,

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8