Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The most important way to mitigate risk is to become excellent at either engineering, product, selling, or operations and management. Lean Product Development and Customer Development processes) decreases the chance of a startup’s failure. Develop deep expertise — your best risk-mitigation strategy .

Career 8

Career Company IPO Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Managers constantly try to fit new market needs to existing processes and routines. automakers took decades to adopt lean production methods despite the obvious benefits from increased productivity and lower work-in-process inventory. More importantly, managers need to monitor the tool innovation roadmap.

Technology 8

Technology Depreciation Christensen Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

While in Kansai, Japan's second economic engine based around the city of Osaka, I found things operating pretty much as normal. Japan is famous for its lean production systems and efficient supply chains. The most serious failure, though, has been the management of TEPCO. Which cycle will emerge next?

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Long-term Lean Production Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

2 in its market; he also insisted that every business provide value no competitor could match, and that they all should be able to gain leverage from GE's distinctive strength in complex, engineering-intensive industrial enterprises — or they wouldn't fit. GE has its strengths in the management of large-scale industries.

Welch 8

Welch Diversity Hedge Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

Generally, what we see is the country where the final assembly of a product took place. Almost every sophisticated manufacturer uses some kind of lean production system that pulls raw materials in from a warehouse. While production is approaching all-time highs, the percentage of parts that come from U.S. Far from it.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Globalization Cost Efficiency 8