Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

That's what we found when we studied the top management teams of companies in Europe over the past three years. Of the 97 largest listed companies in the UK and the Eurozone in 2010, only 37 had a COO in their executive ranks. The answers may not be as self-evident as many executives think. What do you think?

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COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

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Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. Even more important, it takes management time to align all teams, including those of the acquired businesses, to the transformation initiative.

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Company Chemicals Short-term How To 10

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. But midsize companies such as EORM shop carefully, making sure the deal is in line with their core strategy.

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Company Due Diligence CEO Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. ” Improving risk management. ” Improving risk management. On the contrary, academic research and business experience point to quite the opposite.

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Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

When I joined Facebook in 2010, it was already well established that sustainability was central to the way that we operated. Before 2010, most of the energy powering these data centers was coming from coal. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. Andrew Liveris.

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Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

For example, it increased both the number and status of safety personnel, and it strengthened safety operating procedures. Then there’s the explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, an accident that killed 11 workers, injured 16 others, and caused an oil spill of epic proportions.

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Organization McCombs Pharmaceuticals Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

According to estimates from McKinsey, consumers in these markets could be worth $30 trillion by 2025 — a significant step up from the 2010 value of $12 trillion. Olam , an agri-business with seed-to-shelf operations across 65 countries, has already organized its efforts around two of the global goals. of the time.

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Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Sasson himself told The New York Times that management’s response to his digital camera was “that’s cute – but don’t tell anyone about it.” Maybe in 2010 it would have lured a young engineer from Google named Kevin Systrom to create a mobile version of the site.

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Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2016

A few years later, she joined a start-up called BioAmber, producing chemical intermediates using sugars instead of fossil fuels. “Managing career cycles with flexibility and non-linear trajectories is important for us. It was a meaningful shift, allowing her to push for more sustainable alternatives to petrochemicals.

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Career Real Estate Learning Curve Education 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Yet, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, around 4 million people earned their living working with computers in 2010. Our economy is shifting, as it has done many times before, with sectors like energy, biotech, medical devices, healthcare, advanced robotics, automation, and supply/value chain management growing quickly.

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Intellectual Capital Magazine Pharmaceuticals Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

But, it also describes what happened after the April 20, 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Of course, such plans will have to adapt to actual events, but without a robust plan, "seat of the pants" crisis management won't work. Yet, neither BP and the U.S. Public or Private Responsibility?

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Crisis Management Crisis Management Chemicals 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

What failures of the BP board of directors and its senior management led to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico? We need a much broader and deeper understanding of the role of board and senior management in a large, complex corporation. It was not able to assess the failure of Cameron's blow-out preventer.)

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Analysis Report Operations Document 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Ok, this one is cheating a bit, but on a fundamental level, the top themes in green business haven't actually changed too much ( see the 2010 list ). The best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham. In January, China "seized" its rare earth metals (meaning it wouldn't export them anymore).

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

A 2010 Mercer survey of about 3,000 companies found that same-sex benefits were offered by 72 percent of companies employing more than 20,000 people. In June, it was reported that Apple's new mobile operating system, iOS6, will include gay and lesbian couple icons as emoticon selections.

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Advertising Market Segmentation Diversity Chemicals 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

We now have three years’ worth of reports in hand, and our analysis , published in the Academy of Management Journal, shows that giant multinational corporations often have little idea where their raw materials come from. It’s no wonder so many consumers have no idea where their favorite brands come from. We wanted to find out.

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Supply Chain Productivity Products Company 9