Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Managing one location has it's own challenges like keeping up with all of your departments including Human Resources, sales, marketing and the like. The right software will unite your workforce whether they are in finance, distribution or manufacturing so that everyone is up-to-date on all processes. Remain flexible for growth.

Tips 50

Tips Globalization Compliance Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Due to the drop in costs for solar technology and increases in electric utility rates , solar photovoltaic-generated electricity is now less expensive than grid electricity, and adoption is rising rapidly throughout the U.S. To understand why, we have to start by looking at the market for solar. We suggest that a blanket federal U.S.

Technology 8

Technology Energy System Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Over the past 18 months, Sergey’s experience has been echoed in offices in Ukraine, South Africa, Turkey, Brazil, and many other emerging markets that have faced substantial currency depreciation due to the drop in commodity prices and the flow of capital to the U.S. Normally, MNCs raise prices in the emerging market, (e.g.,

Price 8

Price Globalization Depreciation Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

The top 10 companies in the Global Empathy Index 2015 increased in value more than twice as much as the bottom 10 and generated 50% more earnings. The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies, 2015. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Whole Foods Market.

Tourism 8

Tourism Telecommunications Automotive Company 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

There has been a truly dramatic retrenchment from foreign markets, making banking a rare case of an industry becoming less, rather than more, global. For instance, before the crisis, the three largest German banks had two-thirds of their total assets in foreign markets; today it is only one-third. And it is not alone.

Banking 8

Banking McKinsey Finance Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

By all accounts, the Chinese state is on all-out drive to move the country up the technological ladder. Yet, along other dimensions, the state is unwittingly hindering China’s emergence as a technological giant. in 2015 and is on track to reach a targeted 2.5% in 2000 to 2.0% ” But what’s the effect?

Innovation 8

Innovation Drucker Policies Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department.

Company 12

Company Survey Finance Engineering 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Given the pace at which digital innovation is disrupting industries globally, it’s not surprising that most CEOs feel pressure to find and deploy the right technology as fast as their budgets will allow. Many are discovering, however, that becoming a digital leader isn’t simply a matter of technological savvy.

CEO 12

CEO Agility Technology Industry 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Small startup firms are already developing proprietary technologies — such as machine vision, deep learning, and other innovations —– that could help large investors evaluate opportunities and risks with far greater accuracy and efficiency than was previously possible. But right now that’s not happening.

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

greenhouse gas emissions peaked in 2007, and by 2015 had declined by 10%. emissions from electricity generators fell 20% from 2007 to 2015, while emissions from other sectors fell more modestly. The reduction in total emissions has been driven by the electricity sector.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Policies Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

and European companies have spent the past 20 years concentrating more and more of their manufacturing in East Asia to reduce costs by exploiting labor-arbitrage opportunities and address the promise of that rapidly growing market. Advances in manufacturing technology. It’s time for them to rethink their supply-chain strategies.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In 2015, Global Trade Alert, an independent trade-monitoring group, cited at least 644 discriminatory trade measures imposed by the G20 economies with the U.S. Meanwhile the Institute of International Finance forecasted net capital flows for emerging markets in 2015 would be negative for the first time since 1988.

Globalization 8

Globalization Banking Policies Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

In effect, they all had skin in the game, which remains one of the most elusive elements of modern finance. 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.

Insurance 11

Insurance Industry Policies Market Penetration 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

The marketing, underwriting, and servicing of SME loans have largely taken a backseat. banks are going to survive the coming wave in financial technology (fintech), they’ll need to finally take digital transformation seriously. Other sectors of retail lending have not fared much better. Sometimes David can triumph over Goliath.

Banking 11

Banking Stage-Gate Credit Scoring Competitive Advantage 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.” ” Once one of Africa’s most developed markets – with a solid education system, good infrastructure, and a relatively large middle class – decades of mismanagement have cost Zimbabwe.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. Well, 2015 has now arrived, and earlier this month, investors, entrepreneurs, and other drone supporters gave two cheers when the agency at last released a draft of its proposed regulations.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

As the electric power industry shifts from a model where individual local utilities have a monopoly on electricity provision in a region to a much more dynamic market, these prosumers will be able to make and sell a variety of obscure new products and services like frequency regulation. California, Texas, and most of the U.S.

Energy 8

Energy Licensing Efficiency Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For most of 2015, I was the director of Rhode Island’s SBM, known as HealthSource RI, which more than 32,000 Rhode Islanders use to purchase health insurance. California’s model is perhaps the most influential: It has affected prices and choice in the market by standardizing plans and aggressively negotiating insurance rates.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. While much has changed even since 2015, there are roadblocks on the journey that have remained surprisingly resilient. Digital technology is widespread and spreading fast. Digital players wield outsize market power. Digital markets are uneven.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Instead they are waiting for the technology to mature and for expertise in AI to become more widely available. They are planning to be “fast followers” — a strategy that has worked with most information technologies. Even more recent technologies like deep learning are based on research that took place in the 1980s.

Company 8

Company Maturity System Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. Roland Berger applied its methodology to the French labor market and estimated that 42% of French jobs could be at risk. After all, when HR people routinely talk to finance staff, they are effectively working as members of a cross-functional team.

Maturity 8

Maturity Drucker Osborne Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

Liberate and accelerate data by creating a data supply chain built on a hybrid technology environment — a data service platform combined with emerging big data technologies. bank adopted such a technology environment to more efficiently manage increasing data volumes for its customer analytics projects. For example, a U.S.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. Model 2: Asset capacity pooling.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

It’s why brands invest heavily in marketing, pricing strategies, and store positioning to raise awareness, encourage engagement, and drive sales. million apps as of July 2015. Overall, over 20,000 app developers and companies will have made over $100,000 in revenues — or $8,333 per month — from their apps in 2015.

Development 8

Development Advertising Download Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

I recently conducted an extensive research project involving more than one-hundred vice presidents of sales at top technology companies (software, cloud, computer hardware, and telecommunications) to better understand the art and science of managing a sales organization today. SMB Specialization. Inside Sales Roles.

Metrics 11

Metrics Telecommunications Telemarketing Software 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

And equipment must be maintained in a world that is becoming virtual and augmented by technology (VR and AR). For further evidence of this, we examined the 2015 S&P 1500 Index , a mix of small-, medium-, and large-cap stocks, and separated the index based on industry sector according to FactSet’s industry classification.

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Business Model Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

We find that over the last decade, global flows of goods, services, finance, people, and data have contributed at least 10% of world GDP, adding $7.8 For businesses, these open platforms create efficient global markets with a huge base of potential customers and built-in ways to reach them. trillion in 2014 alone.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain GDP Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

That''s been the finding of economists Barry Eichengreen of UC Berkeley, Donghyun Park of the Asian Development Bank in Manila, and Kwanjo Shin of Korea University in Seoul in two recent studies of growth slowdowns in emerging markets around the world. China Economy Finance' Remember, these difficulties are the fruits of success.

GDP 9

GDP Banking Finance Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

It teaches young people the dress, demeanor, and collaboration skills expected in a professional setting as well as the technical skills for careers in IT, operations, finance, sales and marketing, or customer service. A 2015 study that we conducted with the U.S. Defining Strategic Roles.

Organization 8

Organization Chief Operating Officer Education Software 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Meanwhile, even middle-class Americans are being priced out of the housing market in states like California, where average low-tier property prices went up by 10% in 2015. could harness technologies like 3D printing to build affordable houses faster and cleaner and make them accessible to most Americans.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

And a recently released report suggests that Europe’s digital divide problem extends way beyond the Atlantic; Europe is a distant third behind North America and Asia for $100 million plus financing for VC backed companies. ” The proposal is to create a “Digital Single Market” in the EU. million jobs.

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

But peruse some of the recent headlines about Iran , and you might wonder whether the market’s potential was overstated. However, despite a weakened economy, political tensions, market uncertainty, and the lingering effects of sanctions, Iran remains an important opportunity for multinationals in emerging markets.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D. For example, Qualcomm’s CDMA mobile technology was a breakthrough that led to its IPO in 1991. tax jurisdiction.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2016

Crowdfunding has been growing explosively, with over $2 billion raised via equity and reward crowdfunding in the United States in 2015 alone. In connecting creators and entrepreneurs directly with customers and funders, it transforms the opaque and oligarchical market for early-stage fundraising into a more democratic, open one.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Project Diversity Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

By now, we have all heard a great deal about marketing to Millennials. population ; they’re a big part of many companies’ market base, and pretty soon they will be the part that counts most. The New Tools of Marketing. But more than anything else, younger consumers like their technology. Where do they shop?

Company 8

Company Hotels Travel Class 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Moreover, Twitter is used by virtually all big Western companies either for marketing or to respond to customers—and sometimes both. The energy, finance, and technology sectors tend to tweet using a male-biased tone of voice. A third of the companies in our study have separate accounts for customer service and marketing.

Company 8

Company Airlines Brand Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

They became a tight group as they went down to the factory floor and built products together and looked at market research together. They’re now working on version 8, which they will produce in October, and version 10, with better lighting, and there is a design projected for 2015. They intend to launch new products every year.

Ries 10

Ries Waterman Finance Competitive Advantage 10