The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

in 2013, compared to 2.5% It’s a challenge dialysis technology startup Advitos, a member of the EIT Health accelerator, have been struggling with, as resource constraints mean they have to focus their efforts on larger municipalities, and indeed in markets that they know well.

Innovation 104

Innovation Productivity Products Technology 104

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 21, 2013

When a business is able to boast the best employees, then it has a better chance of success. For example, in the field of medicine, new technologies are constantly being developed to help aid and assist patients. It’s not necessarily that other jobs do not want to pay well, but they are unable to because of financial constraints.

Education 59

Education Letter Competitive Advantage Talent Management 59

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

The term “unicorns,” coined, in 2013, by Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures , is commonly used to identify venture-backed private companies valued at $1 billion or more. They attempted nearly 34 projects that failed before developing an iPhone app called Picaboo, which was subsequently rebranded as Snapchat.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2015

In a 2013 survey of nearly 700 executives across a variety of industries, our firm asked respondents to rate the effectiveness of the top leaders of their companies. The five acts of unconventional leadership also provide an opportunity for deep and powerful leadership development. DAVE WHEELER FOR HBR. How many excelled at strategy?

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Constraint Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Put the most strategic pieces into the hands of up-and-comers passing through the leadership-development revolving door? Financial capital was recognized as the scarce resource and its shortage a significant constraint on growth. Lynanne Kunkle, VP-Global Talent Development and HR-Asia for Whirlpool, is a case in point.

CFO 12

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

The people we choose to surround ourselves with often matter a great deal to our success — especially when we are trying to thrive as entrepreneurs. That’s because spending time alongside other motivated and successful people can have positive effects on our own success.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Banking Training Goal 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Today, the term increasingly serves as a corporate bogeyman that warns executives of the need to stand up and respond when disruptive developments encroach on their market. 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.

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The mega forces driving sustainability deep into business — such as climate change, resource constraints, and transparency — are getting stronger. The math and physics of a planetary constraints get clearer. Five Questions For 2013. The math and physics of sustainability got some serious attention as well.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

In March 2013, a U.S. How can we hire, retain, and develop the best people — regardless of race — if we are not even aware of the forces that dominate the choices we make? Second, we have to develop tactics that help us make decisions more consciously. or in a courtroom , it still leads to racial injustice.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Metrics Kahneman Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

“Your biggest constraint is how many hours you have to devote to this side project, so commit to an end-date [when you’d ideally like to leave your job] and solve backward from there,” he says. “If you’re cash-rich and time-poor, look for opportunities to trade money for time,” he says. Patch weak spots.

Project 8

Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

On the other hand, you have the media pointing out the country’s shallow middle class, growing inequality and joblessness, and a trail of multinationals frustrated by the lack of China-like success in India. Consider two success stories in India’s consumer economy: Amazon and Renault’s ultra low-cost Kwid car.

Globalization 8

Globalization CAGR Class Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

” And the road to success was in many ways the same. The HITECH Act also included constraints — many about timing. The problem was that it had multiple, homegrown, electronic health records onto which local physician-developer teams had layered a wide variety of specialty specific applications. This was a $1.2

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Politics, regulations, and levels of economic development play a major role in shaping the digital industry and its market attractiveness. In 2013 85% of the world’s transactions were in cash. Most of the developing world is overwhelmingly cash-dependent; in Malaysia, Peru, and Egypt, only 1% of transactions are cashless.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

The successful ones have, at least. Rather than being undercut by new, lower-cost competitors in rapidly developing economies, such as China and India, companies have globalized their supply chains or offshored their production. Globalization’s Winners and Losers. But even worse sociopolitical outcomes are in the cards.

Politics 11

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 11