Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 25, 2016
Few people realize the important role water plays in our daily energy use, or the energy required to heat, treat, and supply water. Meanwhile, the electricity used for water treatment can be as much as one-third of a city’s energy bill. Most companies’ value chains are heavily dependent on water and energy resources.
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 23, 2010
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Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 22, 2010
But the focus was squarely on "energy saving, environmental protection, and the low-carbon economy" with other emerging areas — infotech, biotech, and modern materials — taking a distinctly secondary role. Then the November 16th issue arrived at my door and the cover story was about alternative energy. And on and on.
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. has the world’s most sophisticated system of financing radical ideas, and the results have been impressive, from Google to Facebook to Twitter. or China should get the gold medal.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 1, 2016
telecommunications or food safety or healthcare or aerospace or energy/environment). Their business school education and their initial experience within narrower company functions ( e.g., marketing, manufacturing, finance) may leave them unprepared. health or energy) or in general cross-cutting subjects (e.g.,
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 6, 2016
This is the virtual network operator (VNO) model used by the telecommunications sector. Ageas contributes its expertise in insurance product design, marketing, finance, and risk management, while the partner, often a well-embedded local financial institution, contributes its customer portfolio, distribution channel, brand, and relationships.
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