Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

This healthy, innovative sector holds out vast promise, but missteps now could cost the United States its lead. has underwritten much of the technological innovation behind clean energy's progress. has underwritten much of the technological innovation behind clean energy's progress. The clean-energy field is evolving rapidly.

Energy 11

Energy Competitive Advantage Price Constraint 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Each brand’s strategic business plans now include a LIFE plan, with actions and targets laid out for the next five years. The most innovative part of LVMH’s carbon strategy is the use of an internal carbon fund. Krug also uses a fun, innovative tracking system to share information with consumers.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Payback Period Brand Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

— who use targeted technical innovation to cheat to compete from home against human contestants. People will constantly revise, enhance and extend their devices in a never-ending Red Queen's Race of innovative effectiveness. They turn their devices and themselves into Jeopardy cyborgs — Jeopborgs?

Hammer 13

Hammer Competitive Advantage Brainstorming Participative 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Telecom and financial services are poised to lead the way, with respondents in these sectors planning to increase their AI tech spend by more than 15% a year — seven percentage points higher than the cross-industry average — in the next three years. Believe the hype that AI can potentially boost your top and bottom line.

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

But because we failed to hammer out exactly how we would operate (including our respective roles and responsibilities), infighting distracted from operating, cash became a concern, and the business slowly, then quickly, imploded. She told me repeatedly: you need to better articulate the business plan, especially the decision-making process.

Due Diligence 14

Due Diligence Magazine SWOT Christensen 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Following are three such innovative approaches for connecting with top talent. ” Such innovative solutions have paid off: Fortune magazine recently named Highfive to its list of the 10 Best Small Workplaces in Technology. Don’t keep relying on the same old social media platforms.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Hammer Media 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

This can take many forms — an agreement that an employee can use office space and resources outside normal business hours to hammer out a side project over time, for instance, or a month-long sabbatical to let them dig into their passion all at once. These sorts of incentives take planning and should be incorporated into annual goals.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Incentives Hammer Project 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The buds of innovation are fragile, and are easily squashed by critique or a view of the competitive market environment. It’s impossible to drive a desired end-to-end experience without considering, and planning for, an interaction design framework that works across an entire system.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Reis Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2015

Reflecting this broader viewpoint, the company began to expand its market footprint, by, for instance, investing in a start-up that planned to sell furniture via the internet. When the brand does “good things,” such as introduce a highly innovative new product, a deposit is put into the brand bank account.

Brand 8

Brand Banking Apparel Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Don’t think you’re going to sit down and hammer it out in an hour. Career planning Job search Managing yourself' . “There’s nothing quick or easy about crafting an effective resume,” says Jane Heifetz, a resume expert and founder of Right Resumes. She felt challenged to keep rewriting and improving.

How To 15

How To Career Sample Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

To us, the key about intentionality is that it must focus on a business model, a business plan upfront, with both economic and social impact. What we study in the classroom about economics and about business doesn’t always play out the way that we plan or hope in the real world. We don’t want to go there.

Insurance 9

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Process gurus such as Michael Hammer , Jim Champy , Geary Rummler , and Alan Brache have long maintained that companies must appoint process owners to ensure that processes are improved across functions. Brad Power ( bradfordpower@gmail.com ) is a consultant and researcher in process innovation.

Process 15

Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15