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. Consumers are registering their concerns about how companies make their products.

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

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

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 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

JANUARY 28, 2013

82% of the CEOs in the survey said they were going to spend time changing their customer strategies in 2013. And third, how do you interact with customers both personally and enabled by technology? After dissecting the issue, we expect that people will be looking at deals in 2013 but they'll be smaller.

Survey 8

Survey CEO Insurance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

There, he introduced the contrasting notions of "infrastructure" and "proprietary" technologies. An infrastructure technology diffuses throughout the economy in support of numerous industries and, in time, becomes available to all. It is difficult to sustain a competitive advantage via infrastructure technologies.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Customer Intimacy Supply Chain Retail 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. The new guys are frequently trying new things that we need to know about.”

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

There doesn’t appear to be any supply chain or heavy machinery to worry about. Absent regulatory barriers, Google can so easily extend its search technology to new regions and countries that would-be rivals struggle to find an untapped location. As a broader observation of this point, consider Rocket Internet.

Business Model 8

Business Model Hotels Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Unfortunately, health care as an industry continues hiring far faster than demand is growing, adding 119,000 new workers in the first half of 2013, for example, with little increase in patient volume. To reverse the decline in health care labor productivity, we must transform the system both on the supply and on the demand side.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Compliance Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

These numbers represent more than three times as much as was invested in 2013. In data-intensive fields like marketing and supply chain management, the results and decisions that robotic algorithms provide is likely to be more accurate than those made by human intuition. . $4 to $5 billion was invested by VCs in AI in 2016.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Supply chain transactions, real estate deals, and even weddings and funerals have been frozen. Indeed, since the chaos erupted, the prime minister has tweeted : “Time has come for everyone, particularly my young friends, to embrace e-banking, mobile banking & more such technology.”

Banking 8

Banking Cost Policies Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2013

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 ?). You can even give a hint – two of the three are technology companies from America’s West coast, and one is from Asia.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Supply Chain Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In your testimony to Congress on May 21, 2013, when you explained Apple’s tax practices, you said: “You can tell the story of Apple’s success in just one word: innovation.” Yes, Apple already has some sustainability initiatives in its supply chain and other areas. But it can do much more.

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. Managing yourself Tech industry Technology'

Trends 8

Trends Kleiner Supply Chain Sports 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The green supply chain gets some teeth: Walmart changes incentives for buyers. This year, Walmart finally added a key element to its impressive green supply chain efforts. Keeping the apparel theme, um, running, check out Nike's new shoe with FlyKnit technology. Five Questions For 2013. on to 2013.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

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 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. A 2013 Pew Research survey found that business executives ranked ninth out of 10 professions in terms of social contribution, only placing ahead of lawyers. Perhaps U.S.

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