Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In past years, we heard mostly from startup founders and academics — people who pay attention to early, far-reaching trends in technology. Almost every industry is already being affected, from agriculture to transportation. (We prefer the more neutral term “machine intelligence” over “AI.”).

Software 8

Software Transportation Tools Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

In the 1900s, French mathematician-economist Leon Walras envisioned prices in a market economy being set by an auctioneer (since known as the “Walrasian auctioneer”) conducting continuous auctions for all kinds of commodities. Economists and market design. Economists and finance. But there are some very important exceptions.

Strategy 12

Strategy Black-Scholes Airlines Price 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

“Expect delays” has become the recurring theme of our transportation system. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. The shortage of transport capacity relative to demand will have a profound effect on businesses. With growing congestion a global megatrend, companies have a choice.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2011

This flight of talented students to work in finance harms all of us because it means that we have fewer "positive spillovers" from innovative activities. Allocating our best talents to finance risks damaging the long-term innovative capacity of our economy. Markets will not generate enough innovation. This is what the U.S.

Politics 15

Politics Innovation Incentives Credit Rating 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

When "the core functions of IT — data storage, data processing, and data transport — have become available and affordable to all," he wrote, IT would cease to be a source of competitive advantage. Organizations that capitalize on this trend will ensure that as information eats the enterprise, they''ll be the ones satiated.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 29, 2014

The study explores net growth in private-sector business establishments from 2001 to 2012, ranking the best and worst states for new establishments post-recession and shedding light on national trends. A business establishment 1 is defined as a single physical location that produces some form of economic activity.

Real Estate 97

Real Estate Health Care Insurance Construction 97

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

In my view, these events speak to a larger trend underway in natural resources that will affect every company in the sector. The response mechanism I've observed in most companies is isolation: Create a channel of isolation through which the company can extract, process, and transport the commodity. Isolation is a compelling paradigm.

Industry 8

Industry Politics Operations Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Nonetheless, CareMore’s leaders decided to move ahead and launched a Medicaid care-delivery program in Memphis and Des Moines, serving 8,000 to 10,000 patients in each market. We described our early progress in this 2015 HBR article.

Health Care 8

Health Care Metrics Cost Operations 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

With the plethora of reading material on the market today it is not a simple thing to make sure that you’re covering all the bases in a time efficient fashion. However being aware of industry trends, competitive positioning, who the thought leaders are, etc. Reading transports us to a place beyond ourselves.

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2016

And yet there’s room for even more industry growth, and more savings for American consumers: a recent study my team conducted found that antiquated regulations are costing the growing solar market an additional $70 billion. To understand why, we have to start by looking at the market for solar. We wanted to know how a new U.S.

Technology 8

Technology Energy System Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

and European companies have spent the past 20 years concentrating more and more of their manufacturing in East Asia to reduce costs by exploiting labor-arbitrage opportunities and address the promise of that rapidly growing market. Our argument has been that a number of trends have leveled the playing field around the globe.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 10