Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2017

Kennedy’s famous book. Our research attempts to shed light on this debate, by focusing on the history of immigrants as technological innovators. We also looked at the technology areas in which immigrant inventors were active. But medical technology accounted for just 1% of all U.S. Yet the role of immigrants in U.S.

Innovation 9

Innovation Long-term Technology Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

In an era of intense globalization, rapid demographic change and accelerating technological progress, the best companies for leadership recognize the value of innovation, putting it at the heart of their corporate culture and using this targeted, focused innovation to drive shareholder value and improve efficiency.

Innovation 15

Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2017

The book was one of the rare instances where an economist was able to capture public imagination and focus debate on big-picture economic issues. Galbraith’s book is worth revisiting, since its subject is back in the news. For others, that meant utilizing newfound tools in marketing and persuasion to create demand from consumers.

Power 8

Power Bureaucracy Advertising Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention. In the U.S.

NGO 14

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

Sarah Williamson is the CEO of FCLTGlobal (formerly Focusing Capital on the Long Term), an organization cofounded in 2016 by BlackRock, CPPIB, Dow Chemical, McKinsey, and Tata Sons to encourage a longer-term focus in business and investment decision making. This means in an industry of 100 firms, you can expect a new firm every 17 years.

Long-term 9

Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Their marketing departments. Marketing promotions don't resonate and can't be tied to measurable results. In doing research for my book , I found that companies who are attracting buyers in today's hyper-connected world are developing new approaches and competencies that focus on one thing: customers. Here's how.

CEO 8

CEO Airlines Marketing Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

Think of them as “selvesware,” analogous to recommendation engines for books to read or movies to watch. Just as they do for physical fitness, technologies tracking steps and heart rates already capture actionable inferences about individual energy levels and moods.

KPI 8

KPI Directory Human Capital Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

I would go even further to contend that multinational corporations— more than governments, and more than NGOs and nonprofits—have the human and financial capital, technology, international footprint, power of markets, and financial motivation to solve the world’s most daunting problems.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Health Care Resources Education 8

Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 12, 2018

To do that it has made use of imaging technologies such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and positron emission tomography (PET), along with brain wave analysis technologies such as quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG). This makes empathy a handy data-gathering tool that’s employed in the decision-making process.

Organization 247

Organization Self-aware Stress Leadership Styles 247

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

As Carlos Tavares, chair of PSA Peugeot Citroën, explained to me, “Unit sales will remain important, but this shouldn’t be our driver… To be ready, we must experiment and learn as markets change.” Brands such as Borders Books and Best Buy spent enormous funds and attention on enhancing in-store capabilities.

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

You can read about it in recent issues of The Economist , The New York Times , and in the book The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. True, emerging market countries are getting better at what they do, and even Europe is on the upswing. eat our lunch.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Magazine Pharmaceuticals Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

So you look at past projects, gather and analyze relevant market data, make predictions about how much revenue you’ll be able to generate, decide what resources you’ll need, and set milestones to reach your targets. McGrath recalls the painful experience of working with a big chemical company that wanted to diversify its business.

Planning 8

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Because the "unmentionable" subject of menstruation is taboo, the market failure — supplying cheaper pads — had never received the attention it deserved. In countries like Mozambique and Rwanda, where the per capita GDP is under $1,000, the average annual cost of $33 (12 months x 5 days x 5 pad/day x.11/pad)

Franchising 12

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The clean tech markets keep growing fast: three of the world’s biggest economies — the U.S., In addition, electric and hybrid cars are about 4% of US auto sales now, a doubling of market share in the last couple of years. Will we get better at valuing natural capital (and will companies and markets care)? Let’s dive in.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

“The phenomenal number of interacting parts, interacting people and continuing changes in technology mean that we will always have failures, full stop.” While working on her 1989 book on GM, she shared this story that an engineer imparted: “They were having a problem with enormous warranty claims for a window washer motor.

Root Cause Analysis 8

Root Cause Analysis Edmondson Industry CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

How can we create $12 trillion a year in market opportunities by 2030? But a recent report concludes that meeting the goals in just four out of 60 sectors (food and agriculture, cities, energy and materials, and health and wellbeing) could indeed open up market opportunities worth up to $12 trillion a year in less than 15 years.

Chemicals 10

Chemicals Long-term Business Model Bottom-up 10