Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Between October 1 and 17, the federal government ceased all nonessential operations because of a partisan stalemate over Obamacare. Among the effects: 703 fewer new and competing research projects. Cuts to 2013 budget : $285 Million or 5%. Cuts to 2013 budget: $11.08 Cuts to 2013 budget : $209 Million or 5%.

Health Care 8

Health Care Budgeting Pharmaceuticals Review 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

We investigated this topic when we studied how Nokia executives dealt with the company’s severe strategic challenges between 2007 and 2013. Recall that Nokia dominated the mobile and smartphone markets in 2007-2008 when Apple launched the iPhone and Google the Android operating system.

Strategy 8

Strategy Analysis Operations CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

They saw it as an opportunity to completely transform the operation to improve care and the patient experience and to lower costs. To that end, they decided to have a team study how care is delivered, identify the barriers to smooth operations, and fix the barriers. It was fully integrated into emergency room operations at St.

Technology 8

Technology Mayo Health Care Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today, many high-profile companies— Cisco , Google , IBM , Samsung , Siemens , Disney , Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank , to name a few—contain such roving consulting groups to help solve the most critical strategy and operations problems throughout the business. This also forces us to deliver great quality on every project.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

If you only read one piece, make it this one by David Garvin in 2013 , on how Google sold its engineers on management. To do so, it had to come up with a brand of management all its own, centered around “people analytics,” a quantitative approach to hiring and operations. How Google manages.

IPO 14

IPO Management Engineering Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

Industry research, for example, shows that companies spent more than $24 billion on leadership and management training worldwide in 2013, an increase of 15% from 2012. product pricing, operational efficiency, customer service, etc.). Someone else designed an experiment to get a plant operation down to zero accidents.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership Supply Chain 8

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

Actually, this project started probably three or four years ago when Paul’s last book came out, which is called Jumping the S-Curve. Everybody was expanding and growing and you had this really crazy stuff going on, people who didn’t know how to operate in a competitive market. The managers just don’t have the tool set often to operate.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

But the development landscape is littered with projects that never got past the pilot stage. When the seed funding from philanthropies or governments runs out, if projects haven’t signed up enough paying users, there’s nothing to fuel growth. As simple as it sounds, development projects need revenue.

Technology 8

Technology Globalization Project System 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

All of Banner’s C-suite leaders served on the leadership team for the G&A project. The pilot culminated in a day-long meeting of the senior leadership in which 123 recommendations were reviewed and 116—valued at $104 to $133 million annually or 18 to 24 percent of Banner’s G&A expense—were approved. Capitalize on success.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

The team’s mission was to come up with new products for the European market — and then, significantly, to convince senior management in South Korea to invest in those projects — several of which, it turned out, required Samsung to deviate from their current strategy within the product categories in question.

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

A recent headline, “JCPenney Releases 2013 Sustainability Report,” reads like the punch line to a bad joke. One that is exemplified by efforts like GE’s Ecomagination project, which involves developing alternative-fuel engines and other products that address today’s environmental crisis and drive economic growth.

Brand 12

Brand Supply Chain Price Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Then came ill-advised decisions — like making a flip phone when market research showed that no one wanted flip phones — and an accretion of layers of management that operated by consensus. At most big companies, would-be innovators have to submit their proposals to review boards and then wait months for funding.

CTO 8

CTO Apparel Ryan Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2016

Unicorns operate in industries with big, entrenched incumbents, but they’re able to grow quickly by focusing on a good—sometimes big—idea. Smaller competitor Box already is working on other innovations, including a project management app. Both are true to some extent and much has been written in this arena.

IPO 8

IPO Innovation Price Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In 2013, my partners and I conducted a combination of surveys and interviews with over 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings, and one of the things that repeatedly fell into the dislike column was politics. Need more evidence? However, she’s always out in the field.

Politics 8

Politics 360-Degree Feedback Skills Seminar 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

In this excerpt from their book, Agile Talent , Younger and Smallwood explain how to align your organization with the needs and expectations of a workforce that is increasingly external, project-based, and flexible. Adapted from the Harvard Business Review Press Book Agile Talent: How to Source and Manage Outside Experts.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Meanwhile, in a survey of 89 institutional investors by Callan , 43% of respondents said they incorporate sustainability factors into their investment decisions — up 21 percentage points from 2013. The UN, for example, has outlined 17 broad Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

Execution 11

Execution Incentives How To Committee 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Beginning in 2013, a handful of tech companies (including Yelp, where some of us work, Google, LinkedIn, and Facebook) began to research and release data on the diversity of their workforces. The numbers were grim. For instance, in 2014 only 10% of Yelp’s engineers were female. Yelp now sets explicit targets for diversity.

Diversity 8

Diversity Engineering Committee Brainstorming 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

They had a fuller discussion in 2013–2014 — around the time when media reports of the illicit behavior first surfaced. Stumpf testified that he personally became aware in 2013 when, after two years of ineffective solutions within the business unit, the volume of fake accounts was still increasing.

Banking 10

Banking Committee Leadership Ethics 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

At one of the company’s sustainability ”milestone meetings” in 2013, one senior exec said the initiatives would “help us keep our stores up and running no matter how bad the weather is or who else might be down.” Consider Walmart’s significant commitments to energy efficiency and renewables.

CEO 8

CEO ROI Environment Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

More than 2,500 developers and start-ups have reached out to the IBM Watson Group since the Watson Developers Cloud was launched in November 2013. We can provide the entrepreneurs with access to early adopter customers in the 170 countries in which we operate. So how does it work? First, with multiple business models.

Venture Funding 14

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

As Quartz reported last year: Members of the Glass operations team have been on the road showing it off to companies and organizations, and they told Quartz that some of the most enthusiastic responses have come from manufacturers, teachers, medical companies, and hospitals. Glass is different. But ultimately Google is Google.

Strategy 10

Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Of the respondents, 72% said that climate change presents risks that could significantly impact their operations, revenue, or expenditures. billion in mining projects since 2010. ” Improving risk management. Fostering innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Back in 2013, a much-touted survey suggested that by 2020 — just over a year from now — a whopping 40% of the workforce would be so-called contingent workers, a number that would include contractors, temps and the self-employed. The measurements can vary a lot and so can the predictions for how much it’s likely to expand.

Quinn 10

Quinn Entrepreneur IPO Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

At times, I’ve been critical about the sometimes-loose definition of what GE “counts” as an ecomagination project (making oil sands production a bit cleaner, really?). Sustainability Data Operations' What if, deep down, the move away from GE capital is really about the increasing potential for ecomagination products?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Engineering Energy Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013. Iran presents an important opportunity for multinational companies that operate in emerging markets. However, remaining U.S. financial system for bank transactions related to Iran.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

As an organization or project grows, and as its challenges change, it not only needs to recognize new priorities, it needs to delete or deemphasize old ones. Sales doubled in 2013. Until 2013, the rocks were reevaluated every 90 days. The average order size is 1,500 pounds. The average order size is 1,500 pounds.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Brainstorming Proposal CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

In his article “ Why Conglomerates Thrive (Outside the U.S.) ” in the December 2013 issue of the Harvard Business Review , J. In our opinion, which of the two is the more successful depends on the context in which the business operates. Quite a respectable performance for a company operating in a fairly mature industry.

Social Capital 8

Social Capital Chemicals Industry Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

billion in 2013 – up about 15% from the year before, according to our 2013 Marijuana Business Factbook. Earlier this year, we projected that sales will hit $6 billion by 2018. Banking and payment processing are significant issues, and many businesses that handle marijuana directly have to operate as all-cash businesses.

Industry 10

Industry Retail Banking Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

However, in recent years a parallel explosion of digital tools and services has taken place in the manufacturing realm as well, drawing in computer-assisted design and 3D printing equipment to open-source operating systems, the cloud, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Second, a number of important inputs have gotten cheaper.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

They didn't understand how to sell their project internally and were unable to garner senior executive sponsorship. From the customer's standpoint, the cost of the salesperson's solution was prohibitive because the perceived value of the operational benefits did not justify the price. Price versus Value. 800 Pound Gorilla.

CRM 16

CRM Telecommunications Price Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

At the same time, alternative approaches to accessing capital and funding projects proliferated, forcing financial decision-making to become increasingly sophisticated. While we disagree with Charan’s solution, we think he’s on to something when he asserts that the best CHROs have line and/or operational business experience.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Specifically, our analysis found that the net benefits to ranchers ranged from $18 million to $34 million (12% to 23% of revenues) in net present value projected over 10 years. For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% of revenues).

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

When a new project comes in, the manager does not devise a plan to complete it. billion in revenue in 2013. Operators set their work schedules and their vacations, design and monitor their own performance indicators, do their own maintenance, and are consulted on the choice of new machinery. Instead, she asks the team to do so.

Team 14

Team Scientific Management Taylorism Taylor 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2015

On the face of it, that seems to be two entirely different markets, with Facebook at Work playing in the workplace productivity market (competing with the likes of Microsoft Office, Webex , and project management software) while LinkedIn is part of the headhunting industry. After all, Facebook’s $7.87

Business Model 8

Business Model Advertising Human Resources Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2015

“Do a test run on a project that is a bit less urgent and give your team full accountability and see how it goes,” Chatman says. ” Another way to ease out of micromanaging is to discretely seek feedback from other coworkers about how your team is operating, says Dillon. Step back slowly. ” Build t rust. .”

Micromanagement 8

Micromanagement Team How To Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2016

They organized the network around 7,500 open communities representing the various projects that required collaboration. Atos’s operating margin increased from 6.5 percent in 2013, earnings per share rose by more than 50 percent, and administrative costs declined from 13 percent to 10 percent. percent to 7.5

Company 8

Company Stress Participative Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In this new operating environment, I find more and more multinationals looking to new frontier markets for growth while demanding profitability from their emerging-market operations. Case in point: Ford is planning to introduce at least five new models after seeing a 33% increase in sales in the first half of 2013 in Nigeria.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Automotive Supply Chain 8