Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

Since 2013, utility executives have announced the early retirement of twelve reactors and Wall Street estimates reveal another dozen to be at risk; raising the question: Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market?

Payback Period 50

Payback Period Power Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The result, I think, is a set of ideas that together are important, useful, and original, and that feel like quite an accurate account of the management concerns many of us shared in 2013. Special Forces Innovation: How DARPA Attacks Problems. Technology offers real hope for Africa’s economic future. Let Them Eat MOOCs.

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Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 19

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Take technology providers' technical support, with its long hold times "hopelessly complex interactions." You do it by asking, what customer problem are we trying to solve, and how do we solve it in a far more efficient manner? for 2013, the fourth year in a row of relatively flat growth.

Disruptive Innovation 22

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Pharmaceuticals Class 22

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Small businesses are also instrumental to our innovation economy; small firms produce 13 times more patents per employee than larger firms and employ more than 40% of high technology workers in America. The majority of small businesses rely on such loans, and in the fall of 2013 alone, 37% of small businesses applied for credit.

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Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2016

Some innovative local governments have realized this and are using technology and a customer-focused mind-set to innovate and better serve citizens, whether for setting up a business or renewing a driver’s license. The ones who are really innovating aim bigger. Innovation in Cities. Insight Center.

Technology 8

Technology Audience Call Center Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

What's striking about Fast Company's 2013 list of the world's 50 most innovative companies is the relative absence of large, established firms. It's not surprising that younger entrepreneurial firms are considered more innovative. So why doesn't innovation thrive in mature organizations?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Take technology providers' technical support, with its long hold times "hopelessly complex interactions." You do it by asking, what customer problem are we trying to solve, and how do we solve it in a far more efficient manner? for 2013, the fourth year in a row of relatively flat growth.

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Disruptive Innovation Innovation Pharmaceuticals Class 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

During those two years, I got to see and be part of a great, mission-driven company’s effort to grapple with moving into the 21st century, trying — for the first time in its existence, really — to be innovative and find new paths to growth. It was also a resounding failure. But the exercise wasn’t a complete failure.

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Innovation Bottom-up Organization ROI 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

A recent article in The Economist , citing the work of Ryan Raffaelli at Harvard Business School, points to what it calls a “paradox” in the aftermath of disruptive innovation. That vestiges of old technologies linger on, capable of being resurrected into viable businesses again, doesn’t seem strange to us. cut of sales.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.

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Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

More US bank branches closed in 2013 than ever before. Rather than going the way of Tower Records, leading banks are reinventing themselves with innovative mashups of digital technologies and physical facilities, a combination we call “digical.”. More than 85% of retail banking transactions are now digital. In our view, no.

Banking 10

Banking Retail Open-book Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2018

But that doesn’t mean that new technologies aren’t going to usher in a lot of disruption to the financial system. Traditional economists (and, yes, that label could well describe both of us) often ignore a crucial separation between money (the “what”) and the payment technology (the “how).

Banking 8

Banking Technology System Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Innovative products like fitness trackers and Google’s Nest thermostats are demonstrating the potential for both consumers and enterprises. Early adopters in these verticals are using the IoT to pioneer new product areas and to find efficiencies that save money or reduce demand for resources. Information & technology Internet'

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Early Adopters Information Technology Long-term Industry 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

But ongoing changes in policy, technology, and industry culture are now creating unprecedented opportunities for those with just the right kind of crazy. Four dynamics are driving this new era of health care innovation: Finally, there is a financial incentive to innovate. billion in 2013, up 39% from 2012.

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Health Care Venture Funding Entrepreneur Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

What, another clarion call urging executives to fundamentally rethink their business models through digital technology? Business model innovation is hard. There is another way to make money from business model innovation. To many people, this kind of change doesn’t feel like it’s real business model innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

It means embracing a new culture and mindset, where hierarchy fades and innovation happens through networks. At a more macro level, the possibilities opened up by connected, more efficient production and new business models are also highly promising. In 2013 Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. No wonder employees like them.

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Maturity Drucker Osborne Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In 2013, the company released a service called Virtual Technician to help existing drivers while also enabling new business models and revenue streams. But the savings go beyond efficiency. In Daimler Trucks North America, the CIO is responsible for innovation, not just for IT. This cuts down the time tremendously.”

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Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In 2013, the company released a service called Virtual Technician to help existing drivers while also enabling new business models and revenue streams. But the savings go beyond efficiency. In Daimler Trucks North America, the CIO is responsible for innovation, not just for IT. This cuts down the time tremendously.”

Engineering 9

Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

In the 1960s and 1970s, he was already anticipating some of the implications of the Big Shift just beginning to emerge: the transition to an information economy, the centrality of knowledge work, and the transformative impact of digital technology on all types of work. It is up to us to pick up where he left off.

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Drucker Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Only a small percentage came up with anything that was truly innovative. Until now, the goal has been to standardize and optimize transactions among these components to reduce costs and achieve efficiency. This is very different from the way large businesses have operated for decades. Most of these benefits have been achieved.

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CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

To be fair to the CIO, CEOs have created this problem by emphasizing efficiency and cost-cutting over value creation. It is clear that CIOs must lead their organization in discovering and then providing balance between efficiency and efficacy. Only 46 percent of CEOs think their CIOs understand the business.

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CIO Hamel Technology Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Just as America''s visa rules enabled the rapid growth of India''s information-technology companies over the last two decades, the Obama Administration''s recent drive to reform immigration regulations could prove to be a turning point for them. In the same way, India''s information technology giants must bite the bullet today.

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Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Steel did in an earlier era of manufacturing, Aquion and innovative firms like it are spearheading economic and employment growth across the country. This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective.

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Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Avis has taken an interesting (and bold) step by acquiring Zipcar, absorbing an innovative but struggling competitor at what is likely to be seen as a bargain price while acquiring a small but desirable customer base and gaining a foothold in the rapidly growing world of collaborative consumption.

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Disaggregation Hammer Mass Marketing Gordon 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

Is there any aspect of your daily life and business that is not significantly affected by digital technology? years in 2013 from 60.3 First, with the rise of the digital economy, we are entering a new era of managerial innovation with both opportunities and major risks. Boards Technology' Not likely.

Business Model 8

Business Model Technology Long-term Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

With guidance from Paul English, chief technology officer of Kayak, we borrowed a common tool from business — professional virtual communities (PVCs) — and adapted it to leverage the wisdom of the crowds. As of July 2013, there were 50 private communities. The Launch. What features would make the site inviting, accessible, and useful?

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Globalization Health Care Information Technology Chief Technology Officer 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Fostering innovation. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

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Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

The Conversation is also a 1974 film by Francis Ford Coppola whose themes include the role of technology in society and being so focused on what you are doing that you forget why you are doing it and become oblivious to what is happening around you. made me break out in cold sweats. CIOs today must adapt or risk being marginalized.

CIO 8

CIO ROI Agility Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Since 2013, an estimated 16.4 Technological challenges. Rollout in late 2013 was rocky for the federal exchange (and for some state exchanges when they first launched). Some technological challenges remain for all marketplaces in 2015, but in Rhode Island we have largely worked through them. Fostering innovation.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Policy signals from California, the world's 9th largest economy, are clearing a path for energy innovation. Businesses that innovate and invest in these technologies will gain a competitive edge and enhance their bottom line. dependence on foreign oil. While leaders in Washington D.C

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Price Energy Transportation Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2015

years in 2013. Changing customer behaviors driven by digital technology have altered the way consumers want to buy. To do this, life insurers need to be able to bring products to market quickly and more efficiently. Increasing efficiency. Then there is the “longevity paradox.” years in 1950 to 81.1 households.

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Insurance Policies Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In fact, MGI analysis of financial data shows that large publicly traded US manufacturing firms, most of them multinationals with revenues greater than $500 million, averaged returns on invested capital of 22% from 1997 to 2013. It’s clear why pain in the domestic supplier base matters from a policy perspective.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

But even though they know they must innovate in response, they don''t know how to do so in the complex global market. Toys become total ecosystems of innovation, collaboration and adaptation. Many of our assumptions about what motivates and dissuades people are wrong-especially when knowledge, creativity and innovation are desired.

CIO 8

CIO CEO Outsourcing Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Kept in 'women-type' jobs, they have not efficiently used their aptitudes, intelligence, education, and skills. Technology in the carpal tunnel era changes at the speed of our flicking fingertips, but equal opportunity merely plods along. Watch for our January-February 2013 issue, which revisits this study.). More >>.

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Restructuring Disruptive Innovation Health Care Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

Without such data it is simply too easy for competitors to let you do the hard work of innovation, then copy your insights and erode your competitive advantage. There, he introduced the contrasting notions of "infrastructure" and "proprietary" technologies. This logic applies directly to data. Others don't have access to these data.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Customer Intimacy Supply Chain Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2015

But with robust growth rates and economies unburdened by legacy structures of the last century, Africans can innovate beyond what others are doing. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is the most visible organization tasked with shepherding that inclusive innovative growth. Innovating away from past exclusion.

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Banking Globalization Credit Rating Short-term 8