Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

For example, Apple says that whenever it finds an underage worker in its supply chain, it sends the child home safely, continues paying his or her wages, and even finances the child’s education and offers employment once doing so is legal. More diligence is possible.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Ethics Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

This sustained and sophisticated software scam suggests truly pathological levels of managerial desperation and contempt: desperation around a failed promise of clean diesel technology and unsubtle contempt for unsuspecting regulators and customers alike. — their users to potential problems with the products and services they consume.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Automotive NGO Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare.

COO 12

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

If, by contrast, Tesla’s target was merely a $100 billion market capitalization — frankly, a great target for most companies, as it projects a 7% return annually for the next 10 years — then investors might quickly lose their appetite to continue financing the company. They signed up for transformation, not steady returns.

Planning 8

Planning Marketing Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

In terms of people, processes and technologies, Toyota and Google's YouTube have little in common. While lean production has almost nothing to do with video production, the clear message was that genuinely lean enterprise craved innovation that made their suppliers more innovative.

Innovation 8

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

“Technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace and this milestone allows federal regulations and the use of our national airspace to evolve to safely accommodate innovation,” Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a press release that accompanied the announcement. In Washington, business as usual.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

In the past, disruption occurred at the level of discrete product and service technologies that competed to offer better value for customers (e.g., Every industry, no matter how traditional — agriculture, automotive, aviation, energy — is being upended by the addition of sensors, internet connectivity, and software.

Company 8

Company How To Technology Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

has renewed its product lines many times. In its 2013 proxy statement , GE announced that it is searching for director candidates who will bring technology, marketing, finance — and “leadership” experience to the boardroom. Now it is being pressed to renew its governing board as well.

Airlines 8

Airlines CEO Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Jetta Productions/Getty Images. From automotive to semiconductors to pharma to clean energy , America’s innovation centers have shifted east, offering growing evidence that the U.S. annual trade deficit in advanced technology products alone stands around $100 billion. It’s that the U.S. based companies.

Innovation 11

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

ZF, a global automotive supplier based in Germany, was no exception. Digital startups had begun producing virtual products that ZF did not know how to compete against, and engineers in logistics, operations, and other functions were finding that their traditional approaches couldn’t handle the complex issues they faced.

Company 10

Company Automotive Project Chief Information Officer 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

The autonomous economy is where intelligent machines, robots, artificial intelligence, big data, and high-speed digital communication power production. The autonomous economy is extremely labor and capital efficient, sometimes so much so that the prices of its products decline to close to zero. There are 3.5 million jobs would vanish.

Retail 10

Retail Automotive Supply Chain Proposal 10