Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, IoT is at the peak of Gartner’s 2015 hype cycle, which suggests the next phase will be disillusionment, and it will be years before we see real productivity gains. We believe data-driven manufacturing is indeed the next wave that will drive efficient and responsive production systems. Security Challenges.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Engineering System Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

So far, 2015 has produced 30 unicorns. But as start-ups mature, the grow-at-all-cost narrative will be replaced by a flight to capital efficiency and profitability. The Philippines has a huge business process outsourcing industry. It employs over a million workers and is expected to hit $25 billion in revenues in 2016.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Technology B2B GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

While SSA was predicted to grow above 5% year-over-year in 2015 at the beginning of the year, actual GDP growth is more likely to come in at around 3–4% year-over-year. In high-opportunity and resilient markets, companies should find ways to improve the efficiency of their local operations.

GDP 8

GDP Politics Marketing Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

In 2015 over 113 million Americans health records were exposed, and in 2016 the number was over 16 million, according to reports submitted to the U.S. consumer first encountered chip cards in a significant way in early 2015, when card issuers began to widely distribute them. Copy the chip card approach. Experiment with blockchain.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Insurance Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Thus a trust and efficiency engine like blockchain technology has the potential to drive radical change in the insurance industry while improving transparency and outcomes across the entire value chain. In 2015 these top three players generated 48% of the revenues among the top 50 brokers in the U.S.

Insurance 8

Insurance Industry Market Penetration Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2013

Astra Zeneca has replaced virtually all of its field sales force support for its mature brand Nexium with a 300-person inside sales team. First, B2B sellers feel competitive pressure to cut costs, and they''re seeking more efficient ways to sell. Many B2B companies are making inside sales a priority.

B2B 8

B2B Power Market Segmentation Customer Intimacy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Retailers can also share productivity-enhancing knowledge and techniques to help farmers increase their production efficiency and boost farm product quality. By waiting until lamb reached their full weight, Sainsbury’s boosted UK-grown lamb availability for customers and prevented potential farm losses.

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

I believe that industry consolidation may be the death throes of mature industries as they struggle to compete with America’s return to a more entrepreneurial, craft economy. A recent USA Today piece noted: “At the end of June [2015], there were 3,739 breweries in the U.S…that’s At that rate, the number of U.S.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Pharmaceuticals Industry Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

The Freedom to Marry campaign, for instance, which helped win the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize gay marriage in 2015, has now become Freedom for All Americans, mobilizing to end all discrimination against gay and transgender citizens. In some cases, the result is a volunteer base so capable that it can be reused in perpetuity.

Management 8

Management Short-term Learning-by-Doing Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Our partnering skills were maturing, so we became more precise in our evaluation process and expectations. Take Silver Cross’s joint operating committee with RIC, which convenes on a quarterly basis to review Balanced Scorecard metrics on quality of care, patient experience, volume, and efficiency. Willingness to compromise.

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Balanced Scorecard Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

IBM is leading the charge for a radical (and therefore risky) transformation in its client companies: using automated expertise on a large scale to efficiently solve problems too huge and complex for humans to conquer on their own. The first is simply the profound scope and depth of the change. the AS400 minicomputer and the PC).

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Short-term ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

We introduced the Digital Evolution Index in HBR in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. Today’s Digital Landscape.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

In this adaptation from the new book, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy (HBR Press, 2015), BCG strategy experts make sense of the all the different, and competing, approaches to strategy: Which strategy is right for your business? The right approach for a fast-evolving technology unit is unlikely to be the same as for a more mature one.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

JC Penney spent no money on television advertising during the 2015 Super Bowl, yet its “mittens” campaign was one of the most watched. Consider Trump’s first words in the June 2015 announcement of his candidacy: “Wow. Bigger marketing budgets may not pay off. That is some group of people.

Media 9

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 9