Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2011

Forbes recently published our list of the world's most innovative companies in which we ranked companies based upon their innovation premium. But why do some companies have a high innovation premium while others do not? This expectation helped foster an innovation focus throughout the company.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Disruptive Innovation Restructuring 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2011

As Steve Jobs steps down as Apple's CEO — and Tim Cook takes over — many folks are wondering whether Apple can keep its innovation engine humming. During Jobs' absence from 1986-1998, Apple's innovation premium dropped by 30% as the company quit innovating and its investors lost confidence. Can he do it?

Innovation 13

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Restructuring Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

I and others believe that the recession may have precipitated or accelerated certain long-term changes in employment patterns that will mean slower job creation, lower total returns to labor, higher skill requirements, and issues with income inequality. Technology to the rescue? million, were the largest in U.S. manufacturing output.

Technology 8

Technology Offshoring Marketing Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

The chart may appear to show merely that Cisco’s patent filings lagged its R&D spending by three years, but in fact the decline in spending and the rise in patents were part and parcel of a deliberate strategic shift by the company in 2001. In fact, we think Cisco is one of the all-time best at this corporate skill.

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Yet many employers still struggle to fill certain types of vacancies, especially for so-called middle-skills jobs — in computer technology, nursing, high-skill manufacturing, and other fields — that require postsecondary technical education and training and, in some cases, college math courses or degrees.

Skills 8

Skills Company Health Care Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Learn new skills. Intrigued by technology and innovation, Achan took the initiative to develop two iPhone apps. Entrepreneurial side ventures can be a powerful way to learn new skills and distinguish yourself from the competition. Liane Davey. 4 Ways to Become a Better Learner. Monique Valcour. Build your network.

Execution 8

Execution Hedge Career Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2012

Today, the new Chief Customer Officer role — a position that I believe most smart companies will create in the upcoming decade — is well-suited to the skills of a CI leader. What skills should CI leaders hone to succeed as CCOs? Turning Customer Intelligence Into Innovation. Become "tempered radicals."

Company 14

Company Business Intelligence CRM Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

In the race for opportunity and influence in Africa, no competitor looms larger than China, which has increased its total trade with Africa twenty-fold since 2001. has the potential to create more skill, technology, and innovation in Africa than a Statist partner could. Can the U.S. disrupt our competitors’ models?

Comparison 8

Comparison Policies Influence Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

I recently met a top executive at a major enterprise technology firm who runs an $8 billion dollar product line and describes himself as the "Chief Product Designer" for his division (even though his title is SVP and General Manager, and he has never before considered himself a "designer"). He was right there in the middle of it. All of it.".

Leadership 10

Leadership Ries CEO Productivity 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2016

Salvanes of the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration reported that the productivity gap between firms had risen in the UK between 1984 and 2001, and that this phenomenon was linked to income inequality. “Back in the 1980s, college graduates and low-skilled people would be in every firm,” said Bloom.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Document Engineering Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. And academic research has found that rising industry concentration correlates with the patent-intensity of an industry, suggesting “that the industries becoming more concentrated are those with faster technological progress.”

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8