N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

How do banks switch customer relationships from branch offices to mobile phone screens? For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself. sweetvenom/Getty Images. Insight center.

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Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2014

Since then, leaders from business, government, and civil society organizations have come together to address fire and building-safety issues in the apparel factories. A World Bank study tells us that the cost of land in Dhaka, where hundreds of thousands of garment workers live, is comparable to suburban New York.

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Supply Chain Apparel Bottom-up Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This isn’t all that surprising given the level of innovation activity in these sectors, but directors operating in similarly disrupted sectors should take note. Just over one-fifth (22%) of boards operating in the IT and telecom industry sought tech expertise when filling their most recent board seat, higher than in any other industry.

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Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

This week, Microsoft is announcing an unusual initiative that it hopes will change how the company operates: an internal fee on carbon. As Microsoft takes on more of its customers' operations through cloud-based services, reliance on the utility grid creates real operational and price risk (from outages and volatile prices).

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Price P&L White Paper Energy 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

In another example, GSMA, the trade body representing mobile operators, has developed a framework to collaborate in maximizing their contribution towards the SDGs, in particular improving infrastructure, reducing poverty, providing quality education, and acting on climate.

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Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

It includes changes in how an organization interacts with its customers, citizens, or patients; in operational processes; in business models; in supply chain relationships; and in how employees use information to generate insight. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture. In a major U.K.

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Tools Supply Chain CRM Technology 8