Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market? Since 2013, utility executives have announced the early retirement of twelve reactors and Wall Street estimates reveal another dozen to be at risk; raising the question: Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market? to achieve its climate change goals.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. You need to think like a portfolio manager, allocating resources both to innovate in your core and for the future.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

The parallels with business are clear: Stars are a crucial but perhaps fragile source of innovation and competitive advantage. Both these efforts help the payback period arrive sooner, making collaboration a smarter investment for the next wave of people. Likewise, your actions can make the benefits start to flow sooner.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Still, if you''re dependent on coal-powered energy — or your value chain is — it''s time to rethink your energy strategy and reconsider the payback periods on clean energy investments. Walmart is the largest private user of solar power in the country, and has set goals to increase that amount 6-fold by 2020.

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