Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

Without operating in the former, they won't be able to attain economies of scale; sans the latter, they're unlikely to continue developing state-of-the-art technologies. Moreover, it forgot that it will continue to do well in China and India not just by keeping costs low but also by developing new technologies.

Globalization 14

Globalization Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology 14

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

the well-known test preparation company, where he developed and launched the online college that offers Associates and Bachelors degrees and certificates in Business, Information Technology, Nursing, and Law. He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc.,

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

So just when electric systems need to operate flawlessly — whether to power air conditioners, pump water, or heat homes — long-term challenges to power grids are multiplying. By 2030, the BPC predicts , utilities in the United States will need to hire 150,000 additional workers in information-technology intensive roles.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Engineering Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

It makes much more economic and operational sense to create and leverage a central cadre of professionals than to ask each clinical unit, on its own, to acquire such expertise. HSS has multiple groups that drive efficiencies in discrete parts of a patient’s episode of care (i.e.,

Health Care 8

Health Care Management Cost Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

Increasingly, customers demand more after-sale service; this is the norm now in business-to-business sales, but will spill over to consumer goods, too, thanks to some of the technology advances we'll talk about below. All over the world, automakers are mastering new drive train technologies.

Globalization 9

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

In cardiology alone, for example, the country spent $273 billion in total direct costs in 2010 and will spend an expected $818 billion in 2030. Computerized clinical decision support with embedded evidence-based practice guidelines can fill in information gaps.

Health Care 8

Health Care Organization Incentives Metrics 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

A recently released survey reveals that 86 percent of firms face increasing complexity in their operating environment or organizational structure over the past three years. Complexity stemming from globalization or technology rank much lower in the list of causes. Businesses are focusing on technological solutions to tackle complexity.

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Crisis Survey Analysis Finance 78

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work. Over the next few months, well each be authoring posts in this blog to test-drive ideas and invite input as the research progresses.) All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing is an affiliate of Harvard Business School.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

An effort under way at the Mayo Clinic shows how such technology can be used to improve outcomes and lower costs in health care. Customer service Customers Health Information & technology Technology' Defining the care a patient can expect to receive and what the road to recovery will look like is crucial.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

At their most fundamental level, all organizations can be thought of as “information processors” that rely on the technologies of hierarchy, specialization, and human perception to collect, disseminate, and act on insights. manufacturing nearly tripled between 2005 and 2010, from 11% to 30% of plants.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Technology Objective Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2016

Currently, modern technology — fueled by software, the internet, and the cloud — makes it possible for a challenger to enter the market at minimal cost. From around 1990 to 2010 Microsoft arguably ruled the information-technology industry.

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First-mover Advantage Advertising Marketing Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The first concerns the challenge of creating the meaningful use program for the HITECH Act when I served as national coordinator of health information technology from 2009 to 2011, at the beginning of the Obama administration. Two personal stories illustrate these points. Insight Center. Transforming Health Care.

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

What many don't realize is that as part of those funds, the incentives created to digitize medical records were massive — amounting to $40,000 to $65,000 per physician and $11 million per hospital for the "meaningful use" of health information technology. That's quite frankly still how U.S. health care performs.

Health Care 12

Health Care Incentives Quality Cost 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

Organizations have always depended on data — to manage operations, to communicate with customers, to pay employees and suppliers, to plan their futures, and so forth. Route guidance, based on GPS in cars, and the mountains that turn blue on a can of Coors when the beer is cold are classic examples.

Business Model 8

Business Model Price Competitive Advantage Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

Most of the digital giants in both countries are investing in artificial intelligence and other technologies that will facilitate their entry into yet other industries. Indeed, from 2011 to 2017, the GAFAM companies (Google/Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft) acquired more than 65 leading-edge European technology companies.

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Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Is digital technology a democratizing force, allowing smaller, newer companies to compete against giant ones? Despite those trends, our research suggests that technology can in fact provide an advantage to small and new firms. Pivothead is a firm with 25 employees producing wearable technologies to help the blind and visually impaired.

Technology 9

Technology Agility Fixed Costs Software 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

These must qualify as “specialty occupations,” which typically require a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) and are found in fields such as science, engineering, information technology, medicine, and business. There is other evidence of a strong demand for workers with tech skills.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

has created no net new jobs for those whose highest educational level is a high-school degree (or less) since the job market bottomed out in 2010, but it has created 4 million jobs for people with a bachelor’s degree. information technology companies to disclose their proprietary source code, which is their core competitive advantage.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Offshoring Retail Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

Technology, on the other hand, makes it much easier. And while you might scoff at these as something that only early adopters use, even late adopters of digital technologies leave behind an incredibly detailed trail of their lives. But the technology alone isn''t the problem.

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