The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 23, 2020

This differentiation was abolished in 2004 to comply with EU trade regulations. However, in Norway, where trade unions have strong influence over wage bargaining, we see that it is employment levels that are most affected.” in more central areas. ” Local employment.

Incentives 83

Incentives Analysis Policies Insurance 83

Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Stew Friedman: Mike, you have a background in marketing and degrees in both business and law. Trust — that merger influenced me, Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen American Capital. Finally, I had a very unusual situation happen where my wife, Katie, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, and ovarian cancer in 2004.

Influence 150

Influence Career Power Education 150

Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Example 1: During the 2004 election season, I connected with a new friend through a grassroots Asian Pacific Islander political group. EVEN MORE: Yet another example: a good friend of mine from the 2004 Dean campaign, who was active in the 2008 Obama campaign as well, put in a request for web developers through his Facebook e-mail.

Press Release 174

Press Release Discount PR Media 174

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 10, 2020

At a firm level, this is usually translated into higher wages for employees at the most innovative firms, with new research from the London School of Economics showing that over 12 years, from 2004-2016, the typical worker in a non-innovative firm in the U.K. market however, things weren’t quite so straightforward.

Skills 79

Skills Emotional Intelligence Stress Storytelling 79

Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

I reprise it today for three reasons. To celebrate the life of the late President Reagan on what would have been his 100th birthday.

Leadership 195

Leadership Workshop Blog Video 195

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. Some may be engineers, marketers, finance directors, or salespersons. A 2001 study by the Hay Group indicated a 2.5x revenue increase for companies with high engagement levels.

Leadership Development 322

Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 322

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Here is the research he cited : A 2004 Yale study found that a highly likeable sales rep will earn 40% more than an equally educated or experienced counterpart. Here’s some data to “prove&# it though. It comes from Tim Sanders and his great blog – in a post a few weeks back.

Leadership 205

Leadership Blog Workshop Covey 205

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." Lastly, he's done an incredible job marketing himself.

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For instance, in 2004 a group of employees travelled to Mexico, where they rebuilt an orphanage and a community center. When Steve Miller—now a Market Partner—came to interview, he came with a trophy, which read: Resume of Steve Miller. ###-###-####. He loves when roadies and future employees are innovative. Of your second concept”.

Taylorism 71

Taylorism Taylor Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 71

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

The idea of customer discrimination influencing the labor market stems from the economic theory of taste-based discrimination, or when some individuals prefer not to interact with people from certain demographics. Consumer discrimination in the labor market has not been extensively studied, but other research has borne this out.

Sample 8

Sample Survey Retail Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2011

But perhaps the most surprising thing this company does is try to influence its customers to buy less meat. In 2004, a golden marketing opportunity came along with the launch of the documentary Supersize Me , which followed director Morgan Spurlock as he ate only McDonald's food for 30 days.

Strategy 14

Strategy Brand Marketing Company 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

They said that it might be possible to go to the FDA, add warnings to the label, and keep Vioxx on the market, but they believed that the most responsible course of action in the interests of the patient was to voluntarily withdraw the drug. In 2004, the circumstances were different. To my surprise, the stock price went up 2.9%

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Long-term Short-term Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2012

"A general who fears to unsheathe his sword is not a good general," says Mr. Li Jiaxiang , Chairman of Air China from 2004 to 2008 and the #1 performing corporate leader in China according to our new ranking (just published in the Harvard Business Review China and the centerpiece for the magazine's launch events in Beijing and Shanghai).

Long-term 13

Long-term Short-term Globalization Reputation 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Five years later, under the banner of "The Girl Effect," Nike Foundation and its many partners, such as the NoVo Foundation the World Bank, DFID and the UN Foundation, have successfully influenced the global agenda and helped launch multi-million dollar programs to empower adolescent girls around the world. Early results are encouraging.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

An example of strategic burnout can be found at Lego around 2004. Leading disk-drive manufacturers found it nearly impossible to maintain their success when the technology and market structure began to change. Set up for stress: Proactively think about how emerging autonomous projects can influence your strategy and its execution.

Strategy 8

Strategy Strategic Planning Stress Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2017

The usual argument is that our peculiar mix of government policies, private health insurance markets, and the design of public health insurance have produced a health care system that, in the words of economists Alan Garber and Jonathan Skinner , is “uniquely inefficient.” ” Does this sound familiar?

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Insurance Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Technology, of course, has also been a powerful influence on the Re-Generation, so much so that Bill Gates proposed that we call this next wave Generation I, for Internet. And as the smartphone market continues to explode, more parents are passing their phones to their offspring as tools to educate or gadgets to pacify.

Technology 15

Technology Wireless Stage-Gate Content 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2014

One of the things that surprised me when I was working in Ukraine during 2004’s Orange Revolution was how many of my colleagues I saw at the Maidan. Superior capital, technology, and market share no longer confer the benefits they once did. I noticed the same trend during last year’s protests in Turkey, where I have also lived.

Crisis 8

Crisis Strategy Politics Media 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The term "social media" was popularized by Chris Shipley in 2004 , as she described the impact of influencers and bloggers in shaping product adoption, more so than traditional media outlets. Because it includes the word media , and the genesis is marketing, most people think of this as the stuff the CMO and their team worry about.

Media 9

Media Supply Chain Tools Porter 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2014

drop, from 2004 to 2009, in female engineers. For many of the very largest market opportunities, technology is merely an enabler. Imagine how powerful that influence could become if those women got to actually work for one. There has also been a 5.2% It can be hired or bought. The impact on men would be equally profound.

Attrition 8

Attrition Diversity Sports CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

It is rare to find an American company that is not developing a market strategy to benefit from the rapid growth of emerging markets such as Brazil, India, and China. These include, among others, access to foreign markets for investments, protecting intellectual property, or visas for skilled, temporary staff. Instead, U.S.

Strategy 9

Strategy Globalization Politics Telecommunications 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

There was a heartening rally between 1996 and 2004, when growth returned to its 1950s/1960s levels of 3% — a performance almost universally attributed to the efficiency gains from information technology. markets was to systematically reduce prevailing price levels. in the 1980-1995 period. Many US firms in many U.S.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Price Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

Here's a case in point: In 2004, my HBS colleague Gary Pisano and I conducted a project at a leading manufacturer of highly sophisticated production equipment for the electronics industry, which I'll call "Exotech." But the environment can greatly influence our behavior and can compensate for our irrationalities.

Team 12

Team Software Project Tools 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

This set has influenced them to place way too much emphasis on maximizing shareholder value and not enough on generating value for society. The stock market is short-term-oriented. The market favorably receives projects with long-term payoffs, particularly those in research and development.

CEO 15

CEO Short-term Long-term Restructuring 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Consider the soul-searching that must have gone on at Merck in 2004 when its management finally made the decision to remove Vioxx from the market. Thus, good leaders recognize unignorable moments as opportunities to have unprecedented influence. Why do we do the work we do? Will I have to change my behavior?

Company 13

Company Crisis Crisis Management Video 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2011

Every year since 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a report on the state of competition in the wireless market. Or, if not, what negative effect its dubious conclusions might have on regulatory policy in wireless markets. If firms are not exercising market power, competition reigns.

Wireless 12

Wireless Report Price Analysis 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

Still, market research suggests that future markets for its products and services could be huge — with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals forecast to generate market opportunities of over $12 trillion a year by 2030 (and that’s considered a conservative estimate). .”

TBL 11

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

He is poised to become the leader in this segment of a multi-billion dollar market. Corporate procurement processes are opaque, secretive, and can be influenced by political pull as well as pure performance. Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Though many would call that decade NASA’s golden age, we’d argue that NASA’s innovation and influence is even greater today. The Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984 (and amendments in 1988 and 2004) called for government agencies such as NASA to support the development and growth of commercial space.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Technology Innovation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Norway was the first to adopt a quota for female board members (40%) in 2004. Growing Recognition that Market Forces Won’t Fix the Problem. Market forces won’t make it happen.” More than a decade ago, countries in Europe began to take measures to increase the gender diversity of their corporate boards.

Diversity 8

Diversity Resistance CEO Goal 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

market, the single biggest problem by a wide margin was Toyota, which gobbled U.S. When Bob came on board in 2001, he inherited a mainly crummy set of 2001-2004 car launches. market: small and mid-car. The success formula is part car guy, part bean counter, and part strategist. — as it did — than if it grew.

Company 12

Company Franchising Fixed Costs Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Marketers like to repeat the quote, “I know I waste half of my ad budget, I just don’t know which half.” So it shouldn’t be surprising that marketers like the idea of “influentials,” seemingly ordinary people who determine what others think, do and buy. Science finds little evidence to support influencer marketing.

Influence 10

Influence Marketing Katz Media 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

from 2004 to 2007. Success in the function did not always translate to success in the new role; sometimes an authoritative style that worked there was ineffective across boundaries, where an ability to influence is often key. The role had little influence : Some companies appointed process owners at middle management levels.

Process 15

Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15

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. It’s time for them to rethink their supply-chain strategies. A shift toward protectionism.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Political campaigns are marketing campaigns, messages aimed at selling a product. Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. It focused its efforts on earning a majority share of Europe’s digital classified advertising market (a product that connects buyers and sellers). Bigger marketing budgets may not pay off.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11