The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 19, 2022

It’s nearly a decade since Northwestern’s Robert Gordon pondered whether sclerotic innovation was causing the death of economic growth as we had come to know it. In essence, this is the process by which existing technologies and processes are combined or deployed in new ways. Buchanan highlights that 40% of all parents in the U.S.

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Diversity Entrepreneur Innovation Gordon 137

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 14, 2014

In the 1987 movie Wall Street , Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas, makes the statement that “Greed is Good”. On the other hand, we are not all created equal when it comes to our diverse aptitudes and abilities. Boris Johnson v Gordon Gekko: Guess who said it. . By Guest Author Henry B. families, there are around 1.4

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Gordon Real Estate Guidelines Cooper 108

Leading Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

For example: Emphasize One Goal – Gordon Bethune, CEO of Continental Airlines, recognized that his customers valued on-time performance. With such a diverse clientele, employees cannot simply operate by choosing from a limited number of preselected solutions to guest requests. He set this as the measure of success for the company.

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Leadership Simon Cooper Gordon 282

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2019

Cybercrime is like the mirror image of “white hat” technology use. Monitoring, support, firewalls, antivirus solutions, and the latest technology patches are all key means of fighting cybercrime, as is internal education. IV: Technological Transition Along Moore’s Law Lines. I: Cybercrime. II: Internal Employee Error.

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Technology Contingency Plans Gordon Software 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

True, they pioneered the creative use of technology to open up flexible new ways of renting a car. Accompanying these peer economy companies are others (like Zipcar) which simply leverage technology and lower transaction costs to make flexible renting a viable alternative to asset acquisition.

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Disaggregation Hammer Mass Marketing Gordon 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

In the late 1970s, for the San Jose Mercury-News , I became the world’s first daily high-technology reporter. Gordon Moore – soft-spoken, affable but distant, the most empirical human being imaginable — and, thanks to his Law, a man who likely would be remembered for centuries after Silicon Valley is gone.

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Team Diversity Industry Gordon 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2013

You want a diversity of people in your company. When I think about the story of the productivity revolution, the narrative I''m most familiar with, from Robert Gordon and others, is of waves of technological changes driving big productivity gains. In your telling, these technological changes are secondary to.

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Open-book Innovation Policies Uncertainty 8