Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Highways and bridges are in desperate need of repair, making travel slower—and more dangerous. “Expect delays” has become the recurring theme of our transportation system. “Expect delays” has become the recurring theme of our transportation system. Air freight isn’t the answer.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Many of our target wood-burning customers lived on the outskirts of town and had no reason to travel to the central market, where our store was located. In addition, stoves are difficult to transport from demo to demo. Local experts, attentive networks, and an easy way to transport stoves — what more do you need?

Marketing 8

Marketing Microfinance Retail Development 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

Earlier this week, the space-transport start-up SpaceX had its most successful launch test yet with Grasshopper, the first fully and rapidly reusable rocket. Working against NASA as well was a heritage of exploration: unique space missions that pushed technologies and space travel to the edge. SpaceX has learned. They think big.

Cost 8

Cost Innovation Long-term Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Priceline introduced the “conditional price offer,” an economic notion developed by the company’s founder, Jay Walker, who put his undergraduate economics training to good use to form a company that has revolutionized travel. Economists and finance. But there are some very important exceptions.

Strategy 12

Strategy Black-Scholes Airlines Price 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2013

Philadelphia is 101 miles from Manhattan, and the current travel time between the two cities is about 1 hour and 50 minutes. But these decentralized households can easily travel to the major cities for unique shopping and restaurant options. The one way commute time would decline to 35 minutes. Effect 2: dispersed population.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Cost-Benefit Analysis Decentralization Training 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

IBM identified a set of “Grand Challenges” facing the continent that could be addressed through superior data analytics, including water and sanitation, energy management, financial services, transportation, public safety, healthcare, and agriculture. Last month, IBM launched a dialogue with the government of Nigeria. It’s neither.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

In 2009, GE’s transportation unit developed a new sodium battery for a hybrid engine for locomotives. People in finance at GE, typically focused on return on investment and payback periods, love FastWorks because they get a better throughput of ideas. They have branded it “FastWorks.” Partnering: getting ideas from start-ups.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2013

Resistant forms continue to thrive, and increased travel makes the global threat very real. Without adequate financing, ministries of health and even private hospitals in developing countries often don''t have the resources needed to purchase diagnostic equipment, train workers, and ensure access to appropriate treatment.

Health Care 8

Health Care ROI NGO Long-term 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Reading transports us to a place beyond ourselves. For instance, I am traveling to Seattle to work with leaders soon, and will use several profound notions of Dr. Doidge’s applications about rigid routines that could change with a few adjustments to the brain’s plasticity. All my best Jim. So here are my books 1.

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization. To collect the check she would have needed to travel to a government office. Then, of course, she would have needed to travel again to a bank to cash the check.

Banking 15

Banking Long-term Short-term System 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

The traditional economy provides us with most of the basic necessities of life: food, shelter, health care, clothing, transportation, and energy. How it will impact business, industry, and society. Money spent on these necessities account for 70% of middle-class expenditures. Property managers forecasted an 8% increase in rents in 2016. (For

Retail 9

Retail Automotive Supply Chain Proposal 9