The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 29, 2023

In 2005, Vineet Nayar made waves when he announced that the Indian IT company HCL would put employees first. These trends are affecting the labor market, and how employees are treated,” the researchers conclude. It’s a perspective that has received a growing number of supporters, including the likes of Richard Branson.

Leadership Styles 60

Leadership Styles Trends Agility Letter 60

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

EY has a consistently received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) since 2005, demonstrating a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The data also helps EY manage its workforce to meet current and future market demands.

Diversity 52

Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

We used agile method to build the product using the latest open source stack and some mashups with a few online services. Apart from using PPC (pay-per-click) and CPE (cost-per-engagement) based advertisements to jump-start adoption, we have engaged some experts to work on social media marketing.

Blue Ocean Strategy 30

Blue Ocean Strategy CPM Licensing Open-book 30

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

When Amazon announced last week that it will acquire Whole Foods Market, a grocery chain with over 450 retail stores and deep industry talent, for $13.7 on the news, increasing its market capitalization by $11 billion. Back in 2005, Amazon Prime was conceived, developed, and launched in about two months.

Retail 8

Retail Planning Agility Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. Managed by Q, a cleaning and office services company in New York City, decided to pay employees higher wages than the prevailing market rate. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 13

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2015

Finally, they considered how values change, the idea being that firms that don’t shift their values over time may fall behind more agile competitors. They measured all this for the Fortune 100 in 2005, and compared each measure to the firm’s return on assets over the subsequent three years.

Company 8

Company Collins Short-term Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

In November 2005, Paul Graham wrote an essay titled " The Venture Capital Squeeze." Hedge fund investors who deploy capital in large and liquid markets can scale their time well. Still, being astute and agile does not guarantee immunity to disruption. A key constraining resource in traditional venture is a VC investor's time.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14