Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

In the two decades from 1990 to 2010, our country fell from having the sixth-highest rate of female labor-force participation among 22 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, countries to 17th on the list.

Diversity 66

Diversity Competitive Advantage Participative Committee 66

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

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Team Building 76

Team Building Process Transportation Follow-up 76

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Operation: Starting Gun in Moore, OK, Summer 2013 Photo By: Kirk Jackson, Team Rubicon 1. Since, 2010, Team Rubicon has been instrumental in over 50 missions ranging from South Sudan and Haiti, to Joplin, Missouri and Hurricane Sandy. And, how to be prepared -- physically, mentally and emotionally.

How To 78

How To Analysis Decentralization Mentor 78

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

If you only read one piece, make it this one by David Garvin in 2013 , on how Google sold its engineers on management. To do so, it had to come up with a brand of management all its own, centered around “people analytics,” a quantitative approach to hiring and operations. How Google manages.

IPO 15

IPO Management Engineering Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The 2014 DHL Global Connectedness Index that one of us (Ghemawat) prepares with Steven Altman, and that was released on November 3, indicates that global connectedness started to deepen again in 2013 after its recovery stalled in 2012. Specifically, are companies from advanced economies failing to keep up with the big shift?

Globalization 9

Globalization Altman Sample Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2015

In 2013, I began reporting on a groundbreaking all-women special operations team made up of the finest, fittest and most driven soldiers chosen from across the Army, Guard, and Reserve. The shift began in 2010. Some of the most tested special operations leaders in the U.S. What made this change possible?

Team 8

Team Operations Agility Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The 2014 DHL Global Connectedness Index that one of us (Ghemawat) prepares with Steven Altman, and that was released on November 3, indicates that global connectedness started to deepen again in 2013 after its recovery stalled in 2012. Specifically, are companies from advanced economies failing to keep up with the big shift?

Globalization 8

Globalization Altman Sample Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Employees operate within a hierarchy and are well aware of the guidelines that dictate their behavior. The unique blend of idealism, high profit margins, and rapid growth that came with operating the first certified organic national supermarket in the U.S. Amazon’s culture is a tight one, characterized by structure and precision.

Price 13

Price Decentralization Long-term Self-aware 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

having sacrificed customer intimacy for increased operational excellence gains through widespread cost cutting, are well documented. Organizations worry about fine-tuning their operations to handle the typical situations. Toyota''s fiscal 2013 profits were more than four times its earnings in 2010, and three times 2012''s.

Organization 8

Organization Supply Chain Customer Intimacy Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Of the respondents, 72% said that climate change presents risks that could significantly impact their operations, revenue, or expenditures. billion in mining projects since 2010. ” Improving risk management. Fostering innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

According to the 2010 National Poll commissioned by BIPAC and performed by Moore Information, Inc., overall, our studies consistently and conclusively show employed voters believe (43% in 2008, 52% in 2010) their employer "should be active in promoting public policies favorable to their industries." And I don't see a problem in that.

Politics 8

Politics Policies Survey Information 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

But in 2010 (at $13 million in revenue), management decided that to grow, the firm needed to buy other companies. After a first deal fell through in late 2010, EORM acquired a Southern California firm in 2011. 2013 revenue of about $450 million), knows this well. The San Jose, Calif.-based They created explicit criteria.

Company 8

Company Due Diligence CEO Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In this new operating environment, I find more and more multinationals looking to new frontier markets for growth while demanding profitability from their emerging-market operations. Quantifying the impressive rise of the middle class, FSG calculates private consumption in Peru is set to grow 54% between 2010 and 2015.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Automotive Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

It initially lost about half of its revenues by divesting its copper and zinc smelting business, but by 2010 it had quadrupled its revenues to €2 billion through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth. vehicles decreasing from 40% of total in 2000 to 17% in 2013), by destination (e.g.,

Company 11

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

It details how in 2010, Samsung set up a small consumer-focused innovation team in London, headed by Luke Mansfield. After more than three years of operation, it was clear that the team had worked out how to do this: by late 2013, the total measurable profit contribution from their projects was expected to hit half a billion dollars.

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Many such “Rocket” companies are poised to become the Alibabas and Amazons for the rest of the world: Jumia, which operates in nine countries across Africa; Namshi in the Middle East; Lazada and Zalora in ASEAN; Jabong in India; and Kaymu in 33 markets across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Constraint 8

Constraint Marketing Innovation Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

But by the company’s launch, in 2010, most urban taxi fleets used modern dispatch with GPS, plus custom hardware and software. Indeed, employees at every turn faced personal and professional risks in defying the law; two European executives were indicted and arrested for operating without required permits.

Licensing 8

Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

The quote comes from author, tech thinker, and now public-TV personality Steven Johnson: “The history of the Internet suggests that there have been cool Web sites that go in and out of fashion and then there have been open standards that become plumbing,” he told David Carr of The New York Times in January 2010. billion in less than a year.

Marketing 9

Marketing IPO Venture Capitalist Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

operates in 13 countries, spanning a dozen languages. I began Englishnization in 2010. points in October 2010 to 737.3 out of a possible 990 in February 2013. The more countries you enter, the more languages you encounter, and soon enough, your once lean, streamlined enterprise is slowed by translation issues.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Software Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

based Hotel Tonight , a last-minute online-booking service founded in 2010. Rocket’s competitive advantage often centers on achieving operational excellence in difficult settings (for example, in Amazon clones, getting books to customers in countries with poor infrastructure). Minguela had observed the rapid success of the U.S.-based

Business Model 8

Business Model Hotels Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013. Maybe in 2010 it would have lured a young engineer from Google named Kevin Systrom to create a mobile version of the site. Why did this happen? An easy explanation is myopia.

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

America’s largest insurer, Allstate, announced plans to invest $1 billion in its India operations. In June 2013, Dallas-based Mary Kay exited from India after six years and over $20 million invested. billion in 2010, predicting it would grow at 20% a year for a decade. Two years later sales were stagnant in dollar terms.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% From 1993 to 2013 the cattle herd in the Brazilian Amazon rain forest — covering most of country’s northern region — expanded by nearly 200%, to more than 60 million head.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

After an unprecedented decade of growth, analysts wrote off 2013 as a year to forget for Apple. 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.

Industry 9

Industry Wireless Advertising Content 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

The brand died a slow death, beginning when Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in 2010 and then ultimately when its acquirer, Dish Network, decided to shut down all video rental operations in 2013.

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

In a survey conducted by IBM in 2010 with more than 1,500 CEOs worldwide, 80% of leaders anticipated greater complexity in the future, but fewer than half of them felt confident to deal with that complexity. Based on their experience, Mackey and Sisodia have coauthored a book, Conscious Capitalism , that was published in January 2013.

Ethics 8

Ethics Morale Airlines CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. In 2010 it was $900 million — seventh place. He’s been winning a lot of them lately. He reportedly took home compensation of $1.7 In 2012 it was $1.9 billion , putting him in second place. In 2011 it was $2 billion , good for third place. In 2009 it was $1.3

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I spoke with Patty McCord, the former chief talent officer of Netflix from 1998 to 2013. Sheryl Sandberg, chief operations officer of Facebook, called McCord and Hasting’s presentation the most important document ever to come out of Silicon Valley. Building Empathy. In fact, she literally wrote the book on it. Adapted from.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

In 2010, I wrote an HBR article predicting increased interest in supply-chain transparency: firms needed to develop strategies for knowing and explaining where stuff comes from. Across Europe, the 2013 horsemeat scandal generated widespread panic about contaminated meat. Global operations need consistent global standards.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Reputation Brand Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

” She continues: “Since 2013, two incidents of sexual harassment have been identified. A 2010 study showed that 80% of farm working women report experiencing sexual harassment. These are companies you might have enormous influence over, even if they don’t technically operate under your management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Power Report Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2012

From January 2010 to March 2011, 91% of the state's $35.8 On February 6th, the State's Standing Committee on Investigations and Government Operations is holding a hearing. But all charities receiving state funds were implicated in Cuomo's irresponsible rhetoric. Which might have been smarter. billion in contracts — or $32.6

Execution 13

Execution Letter Committee Policies 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Projections put about 22% of all digital media being automated next year – up from just 4% in 2010. Operational convergence will drive strategy. Technologists, creative art directors, and content producers can no longer operate in separate silos. Open ecosystems will succeed.

Advertising 9

Advertising Industry Technology Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

For example, its accountable-care-organization partnership with Bellin Health, a health care system in Green Bay, Wisconsin, presently has the lowest cost per Medicare beneficiary among 32 pioneer ACOs, and the ThedaCare Physicians group was ranked first in quality performance statewide in 2013 by Consumer Reports. Health Operations'

Health Care 8

Health Care Quality Decentralization Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

This is one of the findings from a recently completed study based on publicly available information on the world’s 2,393 largest corporations for the time period 2010–2014. In 2013 PCC acquired Permaswage SAS, a manufacturer of aerospace fluid fittings, for $600 million and divested its Primus Composites business.

CAGR 8

CAGR Due Diligence Industry Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2013

Gallup''s 2013 State of the American Workplace study found that as many as 70% of working Americans were unfulfilled with their jobs, 18% to such an extent that they are actively undermining their co-workers. We live in a time of chronic dissatisfaction in the workplace.

Career 15

Career Project Planning Skills 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2016

The company is, of course, a massive enterprise, with $75 billion in revenues, over 60,000 employees, and a dizzying array of products, from the core search business to the android operating system to nascent businesses like autonomous cars. One of these, Andrew Ng , a star in artificial intelligence circles, arrived at Google in 2010.

Innovation 8

Innovation Incubator Learning-by-Doing Engineering 8