Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

Today, the company does roughly $50 million in total sales, with the home market accounting for over 80% of them. This is typical of the stage of Big Bang Disruption we refer to as “Entropy,” when the supply chain supporting products and services displaced by a disruptive innovation collapse into a kind of economic black hole.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Supply Chain Technology Parcell 8

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

APRIL 17, 2015

Nike subsequently became an innovator in supply chain accountability and promulgated a rigorous supplier code of conducts, accompanied by third-party factory inspections. Internal advocates for safety and labor rights in the supply chain have become powerful contenders within Nike.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The story was picked up by CNN Money , which reported that Lyft’s internal data suggesting 5,560 canceled rides between October 2013 and August 2014. Strategic talent constraints are typically described in vast interconnected global supply chains and high-tech knowledge jobs like software engineers and research scientists.

Industry 8

Industry Supply Chain Engineering Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Coca-Cola devotes many resources to creating cleaner water supplies in developing countries. Since the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh in 2013, garment retailers such as Walmart have contributed to improving working conditions for workers. Almost all the major car companies are investing in electric vehicles.

Execution 11

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

However, with China’s growth slowing over the past two years, costs shooting up, the government making life difficult for multinational companies, and confusion following the reforms emanating from the Third Plenum in November 2013, some companies are heading in the opposite direction. 2 in the market. Go for Broke.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Retail Chemicals Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

In a 2013 advertisement in The Washington Post, HP claimed that if you measured countries by power consumption in kilowatts, the fifth largest after China, the U.S., What we don’t see behind the scenes in every consumption moment is a long chain of physical impacts and draws on resources. Russia, and India would be the cloud.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Engineering Energy Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

There doesn’t appear to be any supply chain or heavy machinery to worry about. She identified her home country of Spain as a great market to port the model to. Furthermore, Blink Booking had to make the app available in multiple languages to draw in a European market. Insight Center. Growing Digital Business.

Business Model 8

Business Model Hotels Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. These numbers represent more than three times as much as was invested in 2013. will grow to U.S. $5 5 trillion to U.S. $7 ZB by 2020.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Part of this story relates to the provenance, or origins, of its products: Chains that provide more upmarket “fast casual” dining such as Panera, Chipotle, and Shake Shack have brands that speak of freshness, health, and trustworthy sourcing. McDonald’s woes offers three lessons for others about supply-chain transparency.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Reputation Brand Operations 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. 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 10, 2015

For example, in the standalone human capital report from Deutsche Bank (2013), the bank showed trends in its investment in training — and in 2013 investment went down. That could be a bad thing, a step away from investing in talent.

Human Capital 8

Human Capital CFO Banking Report 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

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

In 2013, the multinational contract manufacturer Flextonics — which makes products for Apple and Microsoft — began offering Lab IX , a service that connects startups with manufacturing partners. Other contractors have also begun to engage, seeing real market value.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In the meantime, retail and wholesale markets have stalled around the country. Supply chain transactions, real estate deals, and even weddings and funerals have been frozen. The disruptive action did not originate in a small segment of the market; it was launched nationwide. India uses a lot of cash by any measure.

Banking 8

Banking Cost Policies Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2013

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. Its core e-retailing model, with its hyper-efficient supply chain, turned the retail world on its head.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Business Model 8

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 10

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 10

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

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Simply put, business is the 800-pound gorilla where this issue is concerned: 80% of global trade is orchestrated by supply chains of multinational firms. At the same time, we will localize production in big end-use markets like Saudi Arabia. The private sector has a huge role to play in alleviating anger about globalization.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8

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. companies have had to boost productivity with new technologies and supply chains, while offering new products. sales and production.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Politics Policies Globalization 8