Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

Along the way it became famous for its reliance on exceedingly difficult interview questions — later abandoned — and its “20% time” policy — reportedly on its way out. If you only read one piece, make it this one by David Garvin in 2013 , on how Google sold its engineers on management. How Google manages.

IPO 15

IPO Management Engineering Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

As I said at the time, it was a case study in poor policy and even poorer execution. The existence of this parallel economy is a substantial drag on the Indian economy: According to recently released data , only about 1% of Indians paid taxes on their earnings in 2013. Innovation and Creativity Emerged Around Digital Payments.

Banking 10

Banking GDP Policies Real Estate 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Californians understand this: according to a recent Los Angeles Times poll , 63% of state voters support the law, saying the state needs to break from "outdated energy policies," reward companies that produce energy from wind, solar and other renewable sources, and decrease U.S. dependence on foreign oil. While leaders in Washington D.C

Price 15

Price Energy Transportation Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The new health insurance market places—the exchanges set up under Obamacare—have become the hot health policy topic. And no one should doubt that what happens in the next few months is extremely important—as former cabinet officer Wilbur Cohen said, good policy is 1% inspiration and 99% implementation. Leading Health Care Innovation.

Insurance 9

Insurance Goal Health Care Long-term 9

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. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2015

Marissa Mayer’s move to ban working from home at Yahoo in 2013 caused a media firestorm over the costs and benefits of this rapidly growing practice. At the end of the experiment, Ctrip’s management team was so impressed by the success of the WFH policy that they decided to roll it out to the entire firm.

Policies 8

Policies Call Center Attitude Survey Hotels 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.

Banking 8

Banking Globalization Credit Rating Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

Most budgets for 2013 were made in 2012, when the prevailing economic outlook was grim. The societal factors that have made America strong in the past continue today: its diversity, thirst for innovation, entrepreneurship, and institutional support for risk taking. But here it is midyear and the signals are decidedly more positive.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Even if the United States implemented all the approaches whose effectiveness has been measured, only 40% of the estimated $1 trillion of wasteful spending would be addressed, leaving a significant opportunity for innovation in all areas of health care. Aggressive supply-side reforms. By also pursuing other concrete opportunities (e.g.,

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2014

An emerging suite of literature and research—including our 2013 Workplace Survey — clearly points to the power of choice and autonomy to drive not only employee happiness, but also motivation and performance. We wanted to take a deeper look at some of the more abstract aspects of workplace design that can impact employee performance.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Survey Motivation Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

It analyzes consumer behavior, microeconomic trends, government policies, market forces, and emerging research within the context of our continually-evolving tech and digital media ecosystem. Smart virtual personal assistants: SVPAs started entering the market in 2013. Innovation Internet'

Trends 8

Trends Retail Learning-by-Doing System 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

And that’s what these guys [the 2013 Nobel winners] did. Another area where these debates have some resonance is in policy —monetary policy, financial regulation and the like. Instead what he says is let’s have financial innovation that is actually helpful. Absolutely.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discount Price Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The problem is that to date there has been little work to document the extent of Arab contributions to American innovation. innovation. innovation system, we ran an exercise matching Arabic first names with international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). In 2013 there were approximately 1.02

Innovation 14

Innovation Analysis Technology Efficiency 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Over one-third of the world's largest companies surveyed by the Carbon Disclosure Project are already seeing the impacts of climate change on their business. But country-level and regional policy moved forward: Australia passed a carbon tax , South Korea approved carbon trading , and California just began its own trading experiment.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Unfortunately for the accused, they are students — not engineers or project managers — and the professor meant to ban such collaboration in his instructions to the test. Traditional schooling frequently fails to prepare students to think critically, innovate, and be creative. But perhaps it is not surprising.

Education 8

Education Incentives Efficiency Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

Thanks to the pace of change in information technology over the last quarter century, we have been conditioned to believe that a single innovative company driven by a visionary entrepreneur can change the world. It would require new data, new cross-sector partnerships, changes to federal policy, and teams to help states implement.

System 8

System Entrepreneur Telecommunications Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In an era when monetary policy seems to have been stretched to the limit, and fiscal policies are constrained by debt and reluctance to spend, businesses and governments around the world need to reignite the spark of trade to fuel economic growth. trade policy and where it’s heading. Between 1993-2013, the value of U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Policies Politics Globalization 8