Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

For existing health care companies, the operative words in that mandate have been “health care”; for Amazon, the operative words likely are “service that needs to be delivered to a customer.” At its root, health care is a service that needs to be delivered to a customer. So where is the link to health care?

Health Care 10

Health Care Retail Operations Insurance 10

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

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). Foreign investors have flocked to the country’s shores as many of the world’s largest manufacturers have established operations there. percentage points in 2003-2012.

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GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 13

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Nothing gets done in organizations without followers, as they are people closest to the customers and issues, creating the products, taking orders, and collecting payments. Research has consistently shown that more engaged employees are harder working, more productive, and more likely to stay with organizations than those who are disengaged.

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Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

This is both because the resulting knowledge might walk out the door, as employees join other firms or start their own, and because you can acquire firms who have the needed technology. Although the setting was law firms, rather than technology firms, all the assets in those firms reside in human capital. In fact, this is unlikely.

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Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

To make big improvements in productivity and customer service, people in an organization must collaborate across corporate hierarchies, functions, companies, and geographies. Emerging social networking technologies offer new ways to overcome these boundaries. This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Making Collaboration Work.

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Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

Is there any aspect of your daily life and business that is not significantly affected by digital technology? in 2003, an all-time high. (Of The digital transition needs to both protect profitable operations and assets, while making the transition to a new digital business or digitally enhancing part of the existing business.

Business Model 8

Business Model Technology Long-term Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Executing this strategy required seamless integration of IBM's product capabilities with its geographic reach. This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. Directness. He's personable, but blunt.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

While advances in health care in the developed world often emphasize new technologies, in developing lower- and middle-income countries simply expanding the reach of basic primary care services is crucial to improving health. That is 6 million lives – 100 football stadiums of children – that could be saved each year.

Development 8

Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Product and business models are evolutionary by nature, but we see four things a young company must get right: The founding team. Unbalanced teams grow more so over time, as like hires like, resulting in an operation with lopsided competencies. Crystal Pepsi; MySpace 2003-2007). The core values. Where the company is located.

Company 16

Company Short-term Engineering PR 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2014

ISRO used indigenous components and technologies that are far cheaper than foreign imports. Companies based in developed economies can learn much from the Mars mission about competing and operating in emerging markets: Create an audacious, inspiring goal. Global business India Innovation Product development'

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Innovation Constraint Engineering Automotive 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

But there wasn't much activity until six months later when Mike Karol, vice president of operations, told his managers to make it their responsibility. Some of the managers underscored the importance of the ideas to surviving the video technology change from VHS to DVD and losing work to other plants. Consider the story of Technicolor.

Process 13

Process How To Attrition Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2014

General Mills’ CEO recently blamed the winter for less-than-expected earnings , saying that “severe winter weather…disrupted plant operations and logistics…We lost 62 days of production…which hasn’t happened in decades. It might have actually generated increased revenue as well, if it meant operating while competitors couldn’t.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Strategy Risk Management Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2017

At the same time, we’re also seeing the decentralization of power production. Countries that manage to transition effectively to low-carbon generation technologies will be home to competitive energy solutions and manufacturing firms that are more resilient to energy shocks and weather disruptions.

Energy 10

Energy Decentralization Industry Power 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

In North America, less than 1% of all the resources we extract from the earth are actually used in products that are still around six months after their sale. But recycling — melting down products and making new ones — is energy intensive. And current recycling technology is limited.

Resources 8

Resources McKinsey Globalization Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

And this factor is likely to loom even larger in the future because many of the benefits of new technologies increase as more people join in. Partly this is an operational capability — how do you quickly shut down avenues through which information is escaping? You cannot afford defenses that will fully protect you.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage PR Information Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2015

If you think more about industry, you might imagine a mechanical arm programmed to install parts on a production line. By 1973, there were 3,000 industrial robots in operation. By 2003, there were 800,000. Technology' If you have dirty floors, you might think of a Roomba. What do these and other robots have in common?

Definition 8

Definition Ethics Industry Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

Leaders need to be productively paranoid. The successful CEOs in our study displayed an odd behavior that we labeled " productive paranoia." Prior to the Oslo terrorist attack, we saw the exact opposite of productive paranoia — a leisurely attitude. As Bill Gates said, "Fear should guide you."

Management 14

Management Licensing Crisis Hedge 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In each iteration, we spent a lot of time thinking about what might make the best use of our existing product. In November 2003, after due diligence, we announced our agreement to purchase 3721 for $120 million. By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

Data promises a lot of new value, from insights that lead to better-targeted advertising, to ideas for new products, to "this changes everything" discoveries — the "expensive" half of Brand's observations. I use the term "proprietary data" after the 2003 HBR classic, "IT Doesn't Matter," by Nicholas Carr.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Customer Intimacy Supply Chain Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. Clearly, something else, beyond the disruptive technology itself, is behind the demise of companies like Kodak.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Fed by consultants, gurus, technology vendors, and academics, their enthusiasm for a particular process improvement method takes on a religious tone (as I described in my last post.) This approach addresses the many shortcomings of our previous initiatives.". Under the guidance of external coaches, the $7.2

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

A former campaign manager, Strasma started his company in 2003 to find a better way to predict who the true persuadables are in a campaign, and to find smart ways to target messaging towards them. In this election, the campaign has a very large in-house data team dealing with all kinds of targeting analytics and also the online operations.

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Survey Politics Information Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Tata Consultancy Services, the India-based information technology (IT) services and solutions company, operates in an environment it can neither predict nor change. Visionary firms win by being the first to introduce a revolutionary new product or business model. As of 2014, its stock was up 800 percent from recession lows.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

After all, it grew from $7 billion in 2003 to $171 billion in 2013 by entering established (albeit still-emerging) markets with superior products — something the model suggests is a losing strategy. Apple has seemingly served as an anomaly to the theory of disruptive innovation.

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Industry Wireless Advertising Content 9

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

I had the privilege to be part of a group there in 2003. It made me sit down and think… Just yesterday I attended the opening of the second Columba 1400 Leadership Centre here in Scotland. The bottom line for C1400 is to help young people from “tough realities&# to reflect on their personal leadership.

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