Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2023

These include seismic testing, directional services for drillers, transport services, and more. The oilfield services market has been booming due to the growing energy demand. They also offer technological solutions that improve upstream and downstream business processes. Many positions require physical strength and stamina.

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Short-term Industry Technology Long-term 81

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Consider factors such as population density, local competition, zoning regulations, access to transportation, and parking spaces. Understanding the local market can give you a better idea of the types of services and pricing that you should offer. Additionally, it’s important to stay competitive in your market.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 23, 2023

At a quarterly earnings call on August 1st, 2023, Alain Bedard, CEO of TFI International, revealed that the transportation company had achieved a 15% decrease in their year-over-year shipping expenses. The use of technology in the educational system has become increasingly popular in recent years.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As a project manager for a marketing agency, I noticed a significant increase in my team’s productivity when we transitioned to remote work. Anon, Marketing Industry Improve Employee Satisfaction One of the most significant benefits of remote work is that it can lead to improved employee satisfaction.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The more people you could cluster together, the more diverse the range of experiences they could blend together, the greater the local market for any products those people might deliver, and the greater resources that would be available to help them do so. For many years, innovation was thought to be a matter of agglomeration. Transitioning.

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Real Estate Transportation Industry Innovation 86

HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2021

The current surge in the gig economy has been influenced by rise of digital technology and the use of on-demand platforms. There’s more to the gig economy than work being mediated via technology. The lower costs have implied expanded take-up of these services, changing transport practices around the globe.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 1, 2013

Visit the airport in Beijing and ride the train that transports passengers from terminal to terminal. We are in a time of massive, technology-driven, transformational change, pregnant with opportunity. Young and old alike are actually excited about their future. The atmosphere crackles with an optimistic, can-do energy.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

New York , NY With the financial sector reeling, New York is counting on technological innovation to save the day. Specifically, the state is pinning its hopes on small business, with a portion of federal R&D funds “set aside for small business to develop and commercialize innovative technology.&#

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HR Digest

JANUARY 15, 2022

The main reason remote work is here to stay is thanks to cutting-edge technologies and the need to stay ahead of competition. . That’s because working from home allows them to cut down on transportation expenses. . For example, if you run a marketing agency, you may work alongside clients on projects.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 4, 2019

Often we think of these in terms of markets, but perhaps a more useful application is through the lens of what marketers refer to as the ‘big seven’ These are the seven industries that are believed to account for around 94% of all consumer spending (in the United States at least).

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Innovation Influence Cost Transportation 64

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

Technology to the rescue? One of the promising areas supported by technology is at the intersection of the internet and online technologies with the physical world: the “internet of things” (IoT). The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

We had our own boom and bust cycle of people seeking rooms for the event, along with constant speculation about the number of people involved, and how the city’s transportation and services would hold up. Washingtonians are not the only ones in transition; companies are reorganizing, restructuring, and adjusting their plans for 2009.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Europeans were paralyzed by debt crises and transportation shutdowns caused by volcanic ash and disgruntled workers. Yet, even in the midst of gridlock in Washington, economic anxiety around the world, and government liquidity crises in Europe, technology marched on, seemingly impervious to global events.

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Technology Innovation Offshoring Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

Many mature industries are experiencing significant technological disruption. Leaders in every industry are no doubt keeping a vigilant eye on such developments, yet one very important aspect of this disruption has been largely overlooked: technology fundamentally changes what makes your brand premium. Data-Driven Marketing.

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Automotive Brand Technology White Paper 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

At the end of each year, I apply a framework to surface the most important emerging trends in digital media and emerging technology for the year ahead. Those attributes help us identify a set of likely trends on the horizon. Then, we put each trend through what we call The Five Questions: Where/how are people wasting their time?

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Trends Retail Learning-by-Doing Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2012

It's that time of year again — time to take a stab at what's going to matter in the year ahead as technology continues to influence how we work and live. In previous years , I've looked at trends under the "social media" lens because that has been the major disruptive force, creating both opportunities and threats.

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Trends Content Technology Follow-up 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Pew reports that 64% of American adults own a smartphone, and that they use it for every imaginable activity — banking, ordering food, watching movies, reading books, managing all manner of transportation from navigation to ordering taxis. As consumers’ attention lives with their mobile device, so must marketing strategies.

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Marketing Download Marketing Strategy Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Due to the drop in costs for solar technology and increases in electric utility rates , solar photovoltaic-generated electricity is now less expensive than grid electricity, and adoption is rising rapidly throughout the U.S. To understand why, we have to start by looking at the market for solar. We suggest that a blanket federal U.S.

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Technology Energy System Cost 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Supply chain management has immense potential to enhance business operations, improve productivity, and increase a business’s agility to changing market trends and customer demand. Increased communication between these parties is vital for a business to increase market agility and reduce production and dispersal delays.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

This constantly increasing rate of technological advancement and social change is speeding up the pace of business and life itself, leaving most of us feeling time-poor. This desire to decelerate is a major trend with implications for companies, organizations and society. The next date is a swipe away. How are people coping?

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Tourism Hotels Transportation Fashion 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

But despite the prominence of today’s driving culture, disruption has planted its roots firmly in the transportation industry. Innovations in ride-sharing, car-sharing, and long-distance transportation are bringing us closer than ever to a world in which car ownership is a choice—not a requirement.

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Transportation How To Software Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

Haystack provides a solution to a key market failure in popular parking areas: meter prices are too cheap, which results in excess demand. Is this an emerging trend? Technology allows Uber to strategically flex prices and just as importantly, inform its customers of the current price. Absolutely! But is this fair?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

that the nation’s transportation infrastructure urgently needs investment. For proposed projects to gain traction, various stakeholders must be aligned; chief among these are the companies that rely on transportation systems to connect them to customers and suppliers, and the government planners responsible for building these trade arteries.

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Planning Scenario Planning Transportation Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2015

Transportation is one of the world’s largest industries. Today, new transportation vendors like Uber, Lyft, Zipcar, and Grabtaxi are changing our relationship with cars. Information technology, however, is one of those industries. The same shift can be anticipated in transportation. The first is convenience.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

Musk’s compensation plan, which will give him close to $56 billion in stock and awards if Tesla’s market cap reaches $650 billion, is designed to communicate a particular value proposition to Wall Street. Maintaining that patience requires constant focus on that north star of a half-a-trillion market value.

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Planning Marketing Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

Over the past two decades, there have been many attempts to reform the electric utility market. But recent technological advances and new business models are now allowing nimble players to compete and provide consumers with cost-saving alternatives. Consider how Uber opened up the transportation market.

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Energy Transportation Software Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2012

Erratic capital markets, systemic risk, tax policy, and regulatory uncertainty have all been offered as culprits, and all play their parts. Why are CEOs having just as much trouble finding talent now as they did in tighter job markets? Why aren't U.S. businesses leading the global economy to recovery? But beyond that, for U.S.

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Retail Competitive Advantage CEO Banking 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

They failed to come up with any, unable to imagine horseless transportation. Extrapolating from past trends is useful but limiting in a world of accelerating technological change. It piled up on streets and in vacant lots, and in 1898 urban planners convened from around the world to brainstorm solutions to the impending crisis.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2021

In principle, it doesn’t really matter if you do this through old-school leaflet drops or ecommerce marketing. Prior to COVID19, it seemed like nothing could stop the trend towards leaner, more agile businesses. It was, however, also due to issues with transport, especially long-distance transport.

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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.

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Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 10

HR Digest

APRIL 26, 2023

Technological advancements, shifting expectations of workers and employers, and changes in the global economy are all contributing to the future of the new world of work. Everything to Know About the New World of Work The new labor market is characterized by a set of trends and disruptions that are changing the nature of work.

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Trends Transportation Short-term Technology 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

While all of those perspectives are relevant, the most revealing aspect of GM’s announcement may well be what the layoffs say about broader technology trends. ” In that vein, last week’s layoffs surely were a response to changing near-term market conditions. What should be done instead? ”

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Industry Technology Engineering Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Africa shows every sign of being the world’s next big growth market. It is home to more fast-growing economies than any other region, hundreds of successful big companies, and an urbanizing consumer market whose spending outstrips that of India. lucydphoto/Getty Images. billion by 2050. billion by 2050. Further Reading.

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Brand Case Study Globalization Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

The middle class, long the bread and butter of consumer companies of all kinds, is shrinking as a percentage of the population in mature markets. And in emerging markets, where many consumer companies have been laying their bets for the future, growth has started to slow. Do they seek to be on the cutting edge of consumer trends?

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Maturity Advertising Marketing Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Despite the East Coast roots of technology entrepreneurship and venture capital (VC), by the 1990s Silicon Valley had gained a major advantage over the Cambridge-Boston area. The same underlying technologies (e.g., Silicon Valley dominates these platform technologies. stood at 22.6%, more than twice New England’s 9.9%

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

But as global supply chains become more complex, and the drive to harmonize global trade rules slows down or goes into reverse, the ability to answer these questions could become crucial for any business that hopes to grow in international markets. In 2016 the trend began to reverse. How technology is transforming transactions.

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