Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Sustainable businesses are redefining the corporate ecosystem by designing models that create value for all stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, supply chains, civil society, and the planet.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Most plans have fewer than six: one or two financial metrics, such as sales growth or earnings per share, and two or three nonfinancial metrics, in areas such as quality or innovation. Coca-Cola devotes many resources to creating cleaner water supplies in developing countries. Having any more than that risks diluting executive focus.

Execution 12

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 12

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. While cars have been getting smarter and smarter, the removal of human operators is what will dramatically change the law.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Likewise, companies like PCH International and Dragon Innovation are now available to manage contract manufacturing and otherwise “make manufacturing feel easy” to entrepreneurs or small companies, as noted by The Wall Street Journal’s Chris Mims last year.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

In the World Economic Forum''s Global Risks 2013 report, the respondents named "rising greenhouse gas emissions" as the third most likely risk to the global economy (after inequity and deficits/debt). More companies are taking a proactive role in climate policy, and for good reasons.

Policies 8

Policies NGO Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2013

One can naturally debate any system that seeks to crown the world’s most innovative companies. Forbes’s mathematical approach, which calculates an “Innovation Premium” baked into a stock price, suffers from market capriciousness. Both trace their success to bringing new business models to their respective markets.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Supply Chain Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. Rather, they trade in outstanding shares in the hope that their market price will increase.

Innovation 11

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

In 2013, three trends gained purchase and this year, they’ll ascend. . Kleiner Perkins analyst Mary Meeker showed in her influential 2013 D11 address that “wearable computing is coming on strong, faster than the typical 10 year cycle” of tech trends. The second trend is the historic growth in “ wearables.

Trends 8

Trends Kleiner Supply Chain Sports 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

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. Market strategies are not enough; business leaders also need nonmarket strategies. The successful ones have, at least.

Politics 10

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Many Americans would like to help developing economies grow, especially if their higher incomes and stronger global supply chains boost U.S. Between 1993-2013, the value of U.S. Most economists believe that technology, innovation, and consumer tastes are more significant sources of change than is trade. To compete, U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Politics Policies Globalization 8