Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

Ethical consumerism is the broad label for companies providing products that appeal to people’s best selves (for example, fair trade coffee or a purchase that includes a donation to a charitable cause). This pessimistic stance stems primarily from the lower sales of ethical brands. We cannot shop our way to a better world.”

Ethics 8

Ethics Marketing Brand Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

This means self-driving cars have shifted from a period of wild experimentation directly to market adoption — what Paul Nunes and I describe in our 2013 HBR article as “big bang” disruption. legal system is already having trouble keeping up with the pace of developments in transportation.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Kalanick and other top executives signal by example what is and is not acceptable behavior, and they are clearly responsible for the company’s ethically and legally questionable decisions and practices. It was Lyft that first invited drivers to provide transportation through their personal vehicles. Fixing the Problem.

Licensing 8

Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. billion in 2013, and operating profits increased 65% to $422 million. billion to $8.6

Retail 12

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

growth in digital ads between 2013 and 2014. Ethical Quandaries. Even more disturbing, one in six say they''ve been personally bullied into doing something counter to their ethical values or their customers'' interests. It''s an attractive value proposition: It''s projected to be a big part of the 13.4% Organizational culture'

Advertising 8

Advertising Video Ethics PR 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

” To hit the aggressive growth targets (750 by the end of 2013 and 1000 by November 2014) Waldo had to rewrite some GE rules. The Silicon Valley software ethic of running experiments to fail fast and learn has been a cultural challenge for GE, where failure has been frowned upon.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

Smart virtual personal assistants: SVPAs started entering the market in 2013. In the coming year, we will also begin questioning the ethics of how algorithms can be used, and we’ll scrutinize the tendency of some algorithms to go awry.

Trends 8

Trends Retail Learning-by-Doing Banking 8