The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The number of industrial robots in operation around the world has grown rapidly in recent years, but nowhere more so than in China, where some 30% of the world’s robots are in operation. It looked at the role technology plays in economic recoveries, both in terms of economic growth and the number of jobs.

TCO 73

TCO Decentralization CAPEX Industry 73

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

While security executives have a reputation for stymieing operations and product development with the burdens of technical operations, their role is actually to enable business. The plan should include marketing and legal personnel to handle public relations efforts or comply with government regulations on publicly disclosing breaches.

CAPEX 8

CAPEX Chief Financial Officer How To Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

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. But exactly how do today’s companies create or update an operating model to match adaptations or wholesale changes in strategy?

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

Of course, this response would be fine if the challenge were merely to deploy technology (on time and to budget) and ensure it continues to function properly for as long as required. Technology? This only results in technology being deployed on time and to budget and works. IT management Information & technology'

CIO 8

CIO CAPEX Budgeting CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

So why do companies spend millions on big data and big-data-based market research while continuing to ignore the simple things that make customers happy? Big data is today's panacea, the great new hope for unlocking the mysteries of marketing. We all have. Shut down their customer service on weekends?

CAPEX 15

CAPEX Balanced Scorecard Hedge Software 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Executives who wouldn’t hesitate to automate a factory now flinch at the prospect of deep-learning algorithms dictating their sales strategies and capex. Even better, they would respond 10 times faster to market moves than existing processes while requiring minimal human intervention. That was the challenge. All-In Autonomy.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8