Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

The former states that digital technology and robotics are advancing at such a pace that: “Professions of all kinds — from lawyers to truck drivers — will be forever upended. Shifting work to places where labor is cheaper is one way to improve this in the short term. Technology'

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Outsourcing Technology Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

Advances in technology — especially digital technology and the increasing role of software in products and services — are demanding that large, successful organizations increase their pace of innovation and make greater use of resources outside their boundaries. Innovation Strategy Technology' So how does it work?

Venture Funding 14

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. Yet our research also found that, in the shorter term, these fears may be overblown.

Company 12

Company Survey Finance Engineering 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

For example, it took Umicore, a global materials technology group, five years (2002–2007) to lay the basis for its transformation from a commodity supplier of base metals into a premium provider of emission control catalysts, rechargeable battery materials and other value-added solutions. Allow time and persevere.

Company 10

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

Hathaway and Litan stay close to the data in this work and stop short of speculating about causes of this trend. As of 2013, the top ten banks had 70% of the market. In chemicals, energy, technology, beer and more, you can see a multi-decade trend toward the consolidation of behemoths. So allow me. In the guitar business , too.

Pharmaceuticals 11

Pharmaceuticals Banking Chemicals Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

A short-lived economic revival followed, helped by international assistance from European countries and multilateral institutions, and high prices for Zimbabwe’s commodity exports. After Mugabe claimed victory in a disputed election in 2013, however, corruption increased , while the strengthening U.S.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

What, another clarion call urging executives to fundamentally rethink their business models through digital technology? Yet huge opportunities exist in using digital technology to evolve your business model by rethinking your existing products, economic models, and digital assets. The business media have had no shortage of these.

Business Model 8

Business Model Insurance Technology Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Strategic alignment, for us, means that all elements of a business — including the market strategy and the way the company itself is organized — are arranged in such a way as to best support the fulfillment of its long-term purpose. Many poor business decisions resulted in an accumulation of unsustainable toxic debt.

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Amazon entered India in 2013 when two local Indian companies, Flipkart and Snapdeal, had already established themselves as market leaders in eCommerce – and still rose to become the #1 online retailer in India. India has added new customers at the fastest rate for Amazon in its history of operations across the world, including the U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization CAGR Class Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

This is very different from the way large businesses have operated for decades. What does it mean to operate in a digital business ecosystem? Digital business ecosystems dynamically create and operate value chains that extend their participants'' markets. But CIOs also need to not get caught up in the technology trap.

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

Better Place''s most visible and best-publicized innovation was its switchable battery technology, a novel way to overcome the short-range limits and long recharge times dictated by existing battery technology. EV advocates are quick to note that technology improvements in batteries will one day eliminate the range problem.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Transportation Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

The penalty for falling short isn’t insignificant. In 2013, about 96% of eligible heart attack Medicare patients received this basic medication, which means 5,761 patients admitted for heart attack did not. In 2013, only 71% of the patients surveyed highly rated their recent hospital experience. Hospitals risk losing 1.5%

Survey 8

Survey Health Care Process Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. In the 1990s it subsidized venture capital, incubators, university R&D, and technology transfer programs. billion in 2013. That’s disappointing for a country with so much potential.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

Here, the shareholder value philosophy, which determines so much of how our corporations operate these days, is the perfect example. Of course we know that constantly dialing down expenses and investments to boost short-term margins inevitably damages the long-term health of the company.

Management 9

Management Short-term System Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Drawing on lessons from the auto industry, banking and beyond, he offered provocative prescriptions for coping in a world in which “the real challenge is to decide what you are doing” in the face of tremendous “technological change or market change.”. But, as was his wont, Drucker didn’t just provide answers. Think BlackBerry, for example.

Drucker 9

Drucker Bottom-up Rogers Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. Digital technology is widespread and spreading fast. Digital technologies are poised to change the future of work. In 2013 85% of the world’s transactions were in cash. ” More than 1 billion jobs and $14.6 Digital markets are uneven.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

operates in 13 countries, spanning a dozen languages. That''s fine for short bursts of communication, but would you trust a more complex discussion to the software? The most talented individuals in industries such as technology and finance spoke English, either as a first or second language. My company, Rakuten, Inc.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Software Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Among their trophies in 2014 was a complete housecleaning at Darden Restaurants, the largest operator of full-service restaurants in the U.S. ” Good means directors who exercise independent oversight and who are deeply engaged in the company’s long-term strategy. companies in 2014 and show no signs of letting up in 2015.

Airlines 8

Airlines CEO Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The challenge is obvious: the quickening pace of technological change has shrunk the shelf life of skills acquired by today’s university graduates to just a few years. In a 2013 Deloitte survey of executives at large companies, 39% said they were either “barely able” or “unable” to meet their needs for talent.

Skills 8

Skills Company Core Competence Career 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Google and Intel rely on experts in social science and biomechanics to develop transformative products by better understanding how people think about and use technology. In 2013, Accenture suggested that 20 to 30 percent of the total workforce falls outside the organization’s traditional full-time, permanent employment relationship.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The result was this : Using the search terms “ad blocker” and “Do Not Track,” we see that interest in Do Not Track trailed off while interest in ad blockers hockey-sticked. See PageFair’s 2013 and 2014 reports). In the past we had to accept the one-sided terms provided by websites and services.

Advertising 8

Advertising CRM Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Longer term, the travails of the Trans-Pacific Partnership underscore the critical need for presidential administrations to negotiate and close trade deals with an eye toward timing and congressional support. Between 1993-2013, the value of U.S. The few reviews revealed small, inconclusive, or short-term effectiveness.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Politics Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Finally, under the harsh conditions of a renewal environment, a firm needs to first conserve and free up resources to ensure its viability and then go on to choose one of the other four approaches to rejuvenate growth and ensure long-term prosperity. • Adaptive: Be fast. • Visionary: Be first. • Shaping: Be the orchestrator.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8