Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2013

He was speaking at an HBR Brasil conference on Brazilian competitiveness, and his message was pretty gloomy. But productivity growth also comes from other, harder-to-pin-down sources — technology, government regulation, management techniques, education, societal norms. Disruptive innovation Economy Productivity'

GDP 12

GDP Disruptive Innovation Sharpe Productivity 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Last week I attended an Executive Sustainability Summit hosted by Xerox , Waste Management (WM), and Arizona State University. The short conference brought together public and private sector managers working on environmental and social issues. billion "managed print services" (MPS) industry ( according to research firm IDC ).

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Christensen Document 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

I recently employed this principle with a large asset management firm. However, management was not convinced. Still, management remained unconvinced, believing that workers must be directed, tightly managed, and never allowed to set their own pace. Creativity Disruptive innovation Organizational culture'

Disruptive Innovation 9

Disruptive Innovation Hotels B2C Price 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Call 2014 the year of innovation. Google Trends reveals that interest in disruptive innovation crept up to peak levels this year. It seems that every time you hop on a quarterly earnings call, the CEO mentions innovation. Many of the reasons for this are well documented.

Long-term 11

Long-term Innovation Company IPO 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

Way back in the first decade of the new millennium, when Craigslist seemed like the biggest threat facing newspapers, founder Craig Newmark paid visits to lots of media companies and media conferences. Yes, his site was definitely taking classified advertising away from papers, he would say.

Advertising 8

Advertising Christensen Media Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

That's the driving question behind the Management Innovation eXchange (MIX), , a web-based open innovation project dedicated to mustering the daring and creativity of the broadest base of thinkers and practitioners to reinvent management for a new age. The first phase of the competition, the Management 2.0

Hamel 15

Hamel Company McKinsey Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

The Apple TV will whisk us to work, to school, to conferences, to the city, to Second Life, to our memory palace and virtual library, to shared worlds like Eve and Halo. But even great management cannot protect these airlines. Disruptive innovation' I have written admiringly of Richard Anderson at Delta.

Disintermediation 8

Disintermediation Hotels Airlines Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2012

In a store, they can gauge a particular diamond's sparkle with their own eyes, or they can confer with the jeweler, relying on his artistry. Though my friend recognizes that he was in part managing his own emotions, he didn't want to lose any sleep over his purchase by "optimizing cost over confidence." does it ride smoothly?)

Retail 8

Retail Price Brand Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2011

Then the middle managers left, and the gloves came off. The company appropriately describes itself as "the world's simplest real-time conference Q&A tool on the mobile.". The discussion was cordial, and the junior people in the room stayed quiet. Then the top brass left.

CTO 13

CTO Audience Consensus Innovation 13