Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Technology is reconfiguring traditional roles and divisions of labor. Telecom operators often provide the backbone communication networks required to run systems and applications. Now some are deepening their existing relationships with local governments and branching out into other types of smart technology implementation.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 9

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Further, they need to limit their focus to, at most, six capabilities, and make those capabilities work together as a mutually reinforcing system that perpetuates competitive advantage. We believe coherence confers a substantial premium, and we’ve measured it. SD : What is the ‘coherence premium?’.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

Would you look to your information technology organization for ways to improve customer service? David Bogaerts and Jael Schuyer are process improvement experts (" Lean Master Black Belts " and "Agile coaches") in the IT and operations group at ING , a leading bank based in the Netherlands. Probably not. How are they doing it?

Process 14

Process Innovation Agility Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The biggest obstacle to using advanced data analysis isn’t skill base or technology; it’s plain old access to the data. Embracing data as a competitive advantage is a necessity for today’s business, so why is it so hard to get access to the data we need? Second, data confers insight and advantage.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Software CIO Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

This conversation has generated a lot of interesting conversation via blog comments, emails, and face-to-face interactions at conferences and meetings and has revealed a few more insights that should factor into our evolving thinking. CIOs need to understand business better, but the C-suite should understand technology''s potential better.

CIO 8

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. Most conference evaluation forms are lightweight and ask for surface rankings.rather than for nuggets of knowledge learned. They embrace technology, rather than ideas and concepts. Workplace literacy.

Education 50

Education Company Succession Mentor 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency. This role is common in technology, engineering, and life sciences companies, where domain expertise in narrow and arcane areas can be crucial to market success. Essential Experts.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Michael Porter and Mark Kramer argue that shared value encompasses corporate policies and practices that enhance the competitiveness of a company while simultaneously advancing social and economic conditions in the communities in which it operates. So Audi has decided to become a trampoline.

Porter 14

Porter Supply Chain Energy Competitive Advantage 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The challenge of strategy is to develop an integrated view of the workings of your business and how it creates and captures value within its operating environment. In plotting your position in the market, defining how you’ll create value and for whom, you also need to define your operating model.

Entrepreneur 12

Entrepreneur Strategy Competitive Advantage Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

And academic research has found that rising industry concentration correlates with the patent-intensity of an industry, suggesting “that the industries becoming more concentrated are those with faster technological progress.” ” Carr distinguished between proprietary technologies and “infrastructural” ones.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8