Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Meanwhile, new technologies are making it easier for sustainability investments to pay off in the middle to long term. Coca-Cola devotes many resources to creating cleaner water supplies in developing countries. But for those that are ready for the concrete commitment, it can pay off in long-term market leadership.

Execution 12

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

We need dramatic improvements in energy and water efficiency, and massive rollouts of renewable energy and clean transportation technologies. 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., billion people.

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

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

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

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. Editorial driven approaches at MIT Technology Review and Fast Company can trip over hype (recall how Fast Company in 2009 named “Team Obama” its most innovative company ?).

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

Over the last two decades, business leaders in the West have been responding to risks posed by profound changes in the global economy, in technology, and in demographics. They have used advances in information technology, which might have destroyed their businesses, to improve their offerings and cut their cost of production.

Politics 11

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 11

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. 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