Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Research shows that abnormal weather disrupts the operating and financial performance of 70% of businesses worldwide. Two-thirds of small business managers declare to have been negatively affected by weather over the last three years. However, efficient risk management can only take place on the condition that the risks are defined.

Hedge 8

Hedge Apparel Risk Management Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

What links the world together has changed fundamentally — and for many companies, succeeding in this new operating environment will require rethinking many past decisions and assumptions. Today growth in global trade has flattened, and it looks unlikely to regain its previous peak relative to world GDP anytime soon.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain GDP Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2017

What’s more, the subsidiaries operated more or less autonomously, each with separate organizational cultures and norms. This type of orientation can be incredibly valuable to cultivate for anyone working for multinationals or in other global careers, and can also be used by managers to develop employees. ” 5.

Succession 13

Succession Globalization Tacit Knowledge GDP 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

While SSA was predicted to grow above 5% year-over-year in 2015 at the beginning of the year, actual GDP growth is more likely to come in at around 3–4% year-over-year. Companies operating in SSA cannot ignore the country, even though it will suffer substantially from the impact of low oil prices on the currency and business activity.

GDP 8

GDP Politics Marketing Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

Without an acceleration in productivity growth, the rate of global GDP growth is set to decline by 40% from 3.6% MGI has identified sufficient opportunities to boost productivity growth to 4% in the 19 national economies of the G20 group plus Nigeria, which together account for 80% of world GDP. a year between 1964 and 2012 to only 2.1%

Globalization 8

Globalization Productivity Products GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Yet health care, which represents about 10% of global GDP, has lagged behind other sectors. But that is about to change, as big data and the ability to crunch it will deliver actionable insights that will increase health care’s reach, efficiency, accuracy, and value. Mobile Apps and Individuals’ Engagement in Self-Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Content Power GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. Managed by Q, a cleaning and office services company in New York City, decided to pay employees higher wages than the prevailing market rate. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 13

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2014

The tragedy is that countless people died even though both workers and management knew something was wrong. It’s imperative that brands operating in Bangladesh join collaborations like these. But the tragedy of Rana Plaza isn’t that a building fell down. Are they adding value to the company’s reputation and helping mitigate risk?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Bottom-up Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A few outlier industries (notably pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and computers) prop up the sector’s aggregate performance; most others have experienced flat growth or outright declines in real GDP over the past two decades. In some instances, the end results were firm closures and lost jobs. manufacturers are taking notice.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

But as start-ups mature, the grow-at-all-cost narrative will be replaced by a flight to capital efficiency and profitability. In this next chapter, the Philippines — the world’s second-fastest growing economy — will play a crucial role in helping tech companies access the talent to scale efficiently and sustainably.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Technology B2B GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% The industry makes up approximately 6% of Brazil’s GDP. These and other benefits translate into better cost management, agricultural innovation, and increased land productivity and quality.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

In South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, another long-term study found that "more equal education between men and women could have led to nearly 1 percent higher annual per capita GDP growth" in each country. Managing Emotion Effectively Keeps Business On Track. Successful Social Entrepreneurship Combines Mind and Heart.

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Another is that short-term oriented companies are so desperate for margins that they’re hollowing out their operations or eating their R&D seed-corn. Corporate profits have risen relative to overall GDP. But we’ve seen higher profitability for so long that deeper forces are surely at play.

Sull 8

Sull Competitive Advantage Porter Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

But then T&T’s chief operating officer, Jim Zappa, had pulled her aside to tell her the shocking news: A garment factory in Bangladesh that produced and packaged merchandise for T&T and other retailers had collapsed in the middle of a workday. . “What’s your view on keeping operations in Bangladesh?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Case Study Merchandising Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. The constant relationship between management theory and applied technology shouldn’t be too surprising.

Management 10

Management Software BPM Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

economy amounts to more than $3 trillion in lost economic output, or about 17% of GDP. million managers, first-line supervisors, and administrators in the American workforce in 2014. That works out to one manager and administrator for every 4.7 Overall, managers and administrators made up 17.6% of the U.S.

Cost 8

Cost Bureaucracy GDP Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5 times global GDP). Our models suggest that by 2025 global financial capital could easily surpass a quadrillion dollars, more than 10 times global GDP. Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5

ROE 12

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cluster hammers had never been used to such depths — and never in Chile at all — but in a striking display of openness, the managers of the rescue operation tried the suggestion, which proved to be a key decision in bringing all 33 miners to safety. So what is holding these engineers back? Missing the forest for the trees.

Engineering 8

Engineering Project Benchmarking Hammer 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

With fewer breakthrough products to sell overseas, exports as a share of GDP have stagnated at 11%, while imports have soared, forcing the U.S. Household debt averaged 75% of disposal personal income between 1975 and 2000, according to Stephen Roach, senior executive at Morgan Stanley and lecturer at Yale's School of Management.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

The world is not short on capital — a startling $43 trillion of assets is currently under management in the United States alone. Investors from hedge funds to insurance companies are operating in an environment of low yields, near-zero interest rates, and a glut of savings. Insight Center. Innovation in Cities.

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

At nearly 4% of GDP , Israel spends more on R&D — public and private combined — than any nation in the world.) We selected this benchmark because it reflects the phase in which companies have proven product viability, achieved initial product/market fit, and are now expanding sales and growing more complex operations.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

An open, neutral internet has been a force for sweeping social change: democratizing information, commerce, and access to jobs, triggering GDP growth and a rising standard of living. It is outpacing the internet's, and Internet Service Providers', ability to efficiently deliver it. it is cheap to operate and expensive to upgrade.

Fixed Costs 15

Fixed Costs Technology Efficiency Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

An open, neutral internet has been a force for sweeping social change: democratizing information, commerce, and access to jobs, triggering GDP growth and a rising standard of living. It is outpacing the internet's, and Internet Service Providers', ability to efficiently deliver it. it is cheap to operate and expensive to upgrade.

Fixed Costs 8

Fixed Costs Technology Efficiency Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It’s not yet clear what Trump’s election means for issues that impact companies’ efforts to manage environmental and social issues. President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency. Trump Shocked the World. In the U.S.,

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Economists, policy makers, executives, educators, the press, and others must become more adept at anger management. Why does all this matter for the purposes of anger management? Both in terms of operations and organization, this is certainly responsive to a more protectionist environment. On the front pages of major U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8