Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Admittedly, continuous improvement once powered Japan's economy. Starting in the 1970s, the country's ability to create low-cost, quality products helped them dominate key industries, such as automobiles, telecommunications, and consumer electronics. Question whether processes should be improved, eliminated, or disrupted.

Six Sigma 18

Six Sigma Kaizen Govindarajan Telecommunications 18

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

They tend to play vendors off against each other and shy away from partnerships that require some sharing of power. The Sun-Netscape Alliance was formed when AOL acquired Netscape in 1998 but then sought to spin out the software operations of Netscape. Google uses a different approach to working with multiple external parties.

Software 15

Software Licensing Long-term Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

I have repeatedly stated that the next wave of innovation will come from companies that harness the transformational power that too often lies latent inside their organizations. Telecommunications companies can create a small secondary network where they can test ideas without running the risk of interrupting service to millions of customers.

Ries 8

Ries Telecommunications Business Model Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2014

But the real power of the partnership comes from their ability to bring the best of each of their departments—as well as pricing, operations, and other groups—to bear in exploiting those micromarket opportunities. Create a technology engine that powers the front lines.

Marketing 11

Marketing Guidelines B2C Analysis 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Their concerns fell into three broad categories: talent, operating in a global marketplace, and regulation and legislation. Operating in a Global Marketplace. Eight of the CEOs pointed to the challenges of operating in a fast-paced global marketplace. Talent pipelines were also a concern. ” Regulation and Legislation.

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

The latest developments around PRISM and the NSA dragnet operations uncovered by Edward Snowden, in my view, severely damage the fragile fabric of the new global ecosystem, which we so sorely rely on in order to collectively tackle truly urgent global issues such as energy, pollution, food, climate change, (cyber-)terrorism and inequality.

Globalization 10

Globalization Technology Information Technology Telecommunications 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

3) What processes in an organization affect culture? We saw this play out in retail, banking, telecommunications, and the fast food industry as well. What processes in an organization affect culture? So here is one: Culture is the set of processes in an organization that affects the total motivation of its people.

Motivation 8

Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Consider, for example, a government payment system created in 2016 that was processing 100,000 transactions per month in October of that year, prior to the sudden demonetization. A year later, after demonetization, the same system is processing 76 million transactions per month.

Banking 15

Banking Long-term Short-term System 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2013

These differences go to the foundation of the modern corporate IT department — the infrastructure — which includes the software, hardware, communications, facilities, data centers, operations, and other technical resources a corporation operates. The Real Power of Enterprise Social Media Platforms.

CIO 9

CIO Technology Telecommunications Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

I have often been struck by the way companies operating in industries as diverse as telecommunications and transport manage to collaborate in a competitive environment, yet health organizations find collaboration difficult even when they are not competing. Its structures and processes have been reengineered to maximize value.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8