The Horizons Tracker

JULY 20, 2020

Similarly, some retailers have begun experimenting with Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology, which allows customers to collect and pay for items without requiring a checkout service. Digital transformation of healthcare. While the discussions took place in a pre-covid world, the findings are nonetheless illustrative. Unnecessary hurdles.

Innovation 103

Innovation Govindarajan Short-term Banking 103

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

These people are the information economy's mom and pop business owners , just more technologically leveraged and profitable than their brick & mortar predecessors. Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry?

Venture Capitalist 15

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

These people are the information economy's mom and pop business owners , just more technologically leveraged and profitable than their brick & mortar predecessors. Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry?

Venture Capitalist 15

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In many industries, drones are poised to generate what Paul Nunes and I call Big Bang Disruptions, with the FAA itself estimating $100 billion in new business growth. In stark contrast, the last four years have seen continued improvement in drone technology, much of which cannot be put to use. In Washington, business as usual.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Each morning at my hotel I received the China Daily , the countrys main English-language newspaper. Throughout the news and business coverage, the feeling that sustainability is crucial to the future of the country and its industries is palpable. This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention. And on and on. In the U.S.

NGO 14

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

For a brief period, as they were being built into the infrastructure of commerce, all these technologies opened opportunities for forward-looking companies to gain real advantages. Nor do they understand the CIO''s role or, typically, the technologies that the company deploys. million passwords), LinkedIn (6.5 million records).

CEO 8

CEO CIO Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2017

Today Dubai also boasts the world’s tallest building, artificial islands, the first hotel with a rain forest, and the largest indoor theme park on earth. Sponsored by DXC Technology. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide. How the best companies get up to speed.

Planning 8

Planning Agility System Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

More than once you’ve probably looked at some new digital or technological development and asked yourself, “How did we miss that?” Such trends are more than shiny objects; they’re manifestations of sustained changes within an industry sector, society, or human behavior. Here are eight to note for 2016.

Trends 8

Trends Film Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

Companies can also rent their business applications (for accounting and finance, human resource management, marketing and sales, collaboration, project management, and so forth) on-demand from companies like Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Workday, Hubspot, Yammer, Dropbox, Basecamp and others. Microsoft, IBM, and Google offer similar services.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Airlines Construction Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

We recruited a panel of expert judges (see the list below), who evaluated the companies through the lens of their own expertise and gauged which transformations were most durable and had the highest impact in their industries. Has this transformation had impact on customers and its industry in the past decade?

Franchising 12

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. more competition to reduce consumer prices, sharing international best practices, technology transfer, public-private partnerships) needed to boost the economy’s health. However, remaining U.S. financial system for bank transactions related to Iran.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

Last year, Citi produced a powerful study of the costs and benefits of shifting the energy system toward low-carbon technologies. When investors look at climate risk – if they do at all – they’ve focused mainly on what worldwide action to reduce carbon will do to the fossil fuel industry.

Cost 8

Cost Real Estate Depreciation Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. Now, however, students’ college and pre-MBA experience is more likely to be in a finance area or perhaps in coding. Take, for example, the impact of online technology.

Education 8

Education Levitt Retail Training 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

No matter what business you're planning on starting, you have numerous factors to consider: the economy, how that industry is performing, start-up costs, overhead, payroll and so on. Term loans , SBA loans , lines of credit and invoice financing are just a few of the options available to small business owners. That's okay!

Tips 95

Tips Franchising Cost Travel 95

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

The company is now pervasive - with 65 million unique visitors each month scouring the site for reviews of hotels, restaurants and sites around the globe. Then, 9/11 hit and the travel industry was decimated. Every time a consumer clicked on a hotel to book a room, TripAdvisor would charge the hotel something.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Currently, impact can mean anything from venture investments in new health technologies to microfinance loans in Peru; from affordable housing in the US to renewable energy in India; from social impact bonds to private equity funds that create jobs. Or third, and more common, is that they sit on the impact-investing sidelines.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

In my hotel, the TV remote controller was marked in Chinese. Africa has become a place where financial institutions are financing real estate projects. The British ruled the world with knowledge during the industrial revolution. Ndubuisi Ekekwe is a founder of the non-profit African Institution of Technology. If the U.S.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Education GDP Hotels 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

We also found that industry matters. Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8