Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

No one can say for sure how to get on a corporate board, but many people point to two routes: the first is to break into the "right" network and the second is to seek a progression of board seats that begins with, for example, a seat on a not-for-profit or community board and eventually results in appointment to a corporate board.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

To be sure, much has been written about analysts as storytellers (see, for instance, A Data Scientist''s Real Job on HBR.org) and about creativity as part of the analytical process, but what has not been explored is the storytelling analyst actively participating in co-creating value with others. Here''s how it works in data analysis.

Analysis 8

Analysis Storytelling Brainstorming Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world. The world is getting smaller.

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage Leadership Telecommunications Talent Management 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2018

But as global technology brands penetrate African economies, it is becoming evident that most local startups are experiencing new levels of competition, which could potentially disrupt their operations. Across African markets, information and communication technology (ICT) is facilitating the process of socioeconomic developments.

Globalization 8

Globalization Banking Entrepreneur Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

Or take Harris Corporation, an American telecommunications company founded in 1895. Woolworth Company – companies that were once the best in their field but failed to untangle themselves from deeply embedded routines, and fatally flawed resource allocation processes. Take Southwest Airlines as an example.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Airlines Telecommunications Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

These approaches show how companies are going beyond simply establishing an outpost in Silicon Valley to creating, instituting and sustaining different “operating models.”. Swisscom AG is the major telecommunications provider in Switzerland. Idea Scouting. Venture Investing.

Innovation 8

Innovation Telecommunications Technology Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Starting in the 1970s, the country's ability to create low-cost, quality products helped them dominate key industries, such as automobiles, telecommunications, and consumer electronics. Question whether processes should be improved, eliminated, or disrupted.

Six Sigma 17

Six Sigma Kaizen Govindarajan Telecommunications 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Or take the example of autos. Knowledge and technology have advanced at a such a rapid pace that today that quite a number of medical conditions can be treated using a “process” approach. Health India Operations Productivity' But even with all the constraints, cutting U.S. healthcare costs in half is not preposterous.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Lean Production Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2012

During the annual sales-planning process, managers determine how to invest resources to capture anticipated demand. For example, one peer group might be high-growth micromarkets with limited competitive intensity. Another might be made up of markets with similar operating cost structures. Align sales coverage with opportunity.

B2B 14

B2B Chemicals Analysis B2C 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

Many companies still compete this way and there continue to be successors to Taylorism, including business process reengineering and lean production. Scale drove consolidation and globalization of industries throughout the mid-twentieth century and it still does today, such as in steel, airlines, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Company Lean Production Taylorism 8

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

DECEMBER 28, 2012

In the trucking industry alone, for example, it's estimated that there will be a shortage of over 100,000 drivers in just a few years. Perhaps equally significant for managers is that the new workers — no matter how many of them there are — will operate differently than their predecessors.

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Chemicals Health Care Planning 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

The Sun-Netscape Alliance was formed when AOL acquired Netscape in 1998 but then sought to spin out the software operations of Netscape. At the end of the three years, all operations reverted to Sun and the "collaboration" ended, leaving but a trace of itself in Sun's product line. Not every partnership enjoys these helpful features.

Software 15

Software Licensing Long-term Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

It was one of the first comprehensive studies of the innovation process. While Rogers' examples all centered around innovation in agricultural production, his ideas are just as relevant in media and telecommunications. Some prime examples include Hulu, Youtube, Netflix, Funny or Die, and SnagFilms.

Rogers 15

Rogers Telecommunications Disruptive Innovation Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Their concerns fell into three broad categories: talent, operating in a global marketplace, and regulation and legislation. AT&T, for example, had to switch its focus from traditional telecom services to wireless services, and this shift required employees with different skill sets. Operating in a Global Marketplace.

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

As companies like this one grow from start-ups into larger enterprises, they're often compelled to analyze numerical data to reduce risk, maintain operations, and model predictable outcomes. As a result they developed and successfully pitched the idea of alliance partnerships to telecommunications firms.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Strategy Telecommunications Software 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2014

But the real power of the partnership comes from their ability to bring the best of each of their departments—as well as pricing, operations, and other groups—to bear in exploiting those micromarket opportunities. In addition, the two leaders need to identify disconnection points between the two groups and develop processes to bridge them.

Marketing 10

Marketing Guidelines B2C Analysis 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The phenomenon of fast-track CEO succession appears to be most prominent in the retail, technology, media, and telecommunications sectors—all of which are particularly affected by disruptive business models and new competitors. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

CEO 12

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

3) What processes in an organization affect culture? For example, a teacher driven by purpose values or identifies with the goal of educating and empowering children. For example, a teacher with potential may be doing his job because he eventually wants to become a principal. Take for example the airline industry.

Motivation 8

Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Take, for example, the data you create when you use an app on your smart phone to look up information about a movie. Apple, for example, states in its privacy disclosure that it may need to collect information including U.S. Each data type follows its own route from you to a database and out into the marketplace.

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Wireless Follow-up Information 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Heres a simple but compelling example. Now consider the joint judgment involved in a process of co-creation , whereby companies collaborate with customers or other partners to bring new offerings to market. Heres a simple but compelling example.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

But companies that rush into sophisticated artificial intelligence before reaching a critical mass of automated processes and structured analytics can end up paralyzed. For example, one telecommunications company we worked with can now predict with 75 times more accuracy whether its customers are about to bolt using machine learning.

Company 12

Company Telecommunications Retail Supply Chain 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Consider, for example, a government payment system created in 2016 that was processing 100,000 transactions per month in October of that year, prior to the sudden demonetization. A year later, after demonetization, the same system is processing 76 million transactions per month.

Banking 14

Banking Long-term Short-term System 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2013

I’ve seen this mistake numerous times in other industries — from a customer service fiasco by a major telecommunications company that launched DSL at too large a scale to NASA’s failure to recognize the implications of a foam strike in the Columbia shuttle tragedy. They’re an essential part of the learning process!

Company 8

Company Telecommunications CIO Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2013

These differences go to the foundation of the modern corporate IT department — the infrastructure — which includes the software, hardware, communications, facilities, data centers, operations, and other technical resources a corporation operates.

CIO 8

CIO Technology Telecommunications Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Previously dominated by the likes of newspapers, magazines, gyms, utilities, and telecommunications firms, more products and services are being offered to more people through subscriptions than ever before. For example, Blue Apron rose to become the largest meal kit delivery business in the U.S., Philippe Marion/Getty Images.

IPO 8

IPO How To Metrics Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

I have seen examples of great health care all over the world, but too often the inspiring individuals delivering this care have been impeded, rather than helped, by the system in which they are working. The answer is the organizations in which they work and the pressures, incentives, and regulations under which they operate.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8