Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions. While doing business online is one of the biggest money-savers (cuts down on travel and meetings), it can also waste time through indirectness, poor timing, too much detail, or messages sent too quickly without thought or polish.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Attending a conference in your field might be a goal for someone who is passionate about sharing their expertise with others. If you are someone who wants to travel the world, gain diverse perspectives, experience global practices, witness your industry from the understanding of outsider perspectives, etc.

Examples 52

Examples Goal Career Short-term 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

It requires a new set of tools: a more open and flexible mind-set, significant process changes, as well as new technology and infrastructure. Big financial services companies are challenged when it comes to connecting with younger consumers, particularly about personal finance. By 2020, half of all travelers will be Millennials.

Company 8

Company Hotels Travel Class 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

His windmill made him famous, and he has since traveled all over the world speaking at leadership conferences. I've traveled around the world and have seen smart people everywhere. Human productivity was low and few technologies, at large scale, were created. He did it through sheer ingenuity, without any formal training.

GDP 10

GDP Travel Innovation Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

You have to consider salaries, marketing budget, office size, technology services, and on and on. If your startup spends a lot on office design or executive first-class travel, consider the impression on your staff. Think about whether you are providing what they need in terms of technology, benefits, and a comfortable environment.

Strategy 8

Strategy Budgeting Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Technology and new concepts of living, as well as progressive notions of urbanization, industrial capitalism, consumerism, ecotourism, and renewable systems, could meld to fashion a new shared-growth paradigm. The technology systems that undergird this effort are far-flung.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Globalization Politics Franchising 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Over the past month, I’ve traveled from my base in Argentina to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to give a series of speeches, and I’ll soon leave for another tour, this time in Italy. The second World War had left business slow and finances strained. Fast forward to the next global financial crisis.

Management 8

Management Uncertainty Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

In this fluid system, Biocon finances CMI's inventive R&D, while using the funds from the Pfizer deal to finance its own R&D and go-to-market activities. Invention is a novel idea or new technology that can be patented or copyrighted as intellectual property (IP).

Shaw 13

Shaw Globalization Innovation Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2015

These well-intentioned professionals travel the world in pursuit of the secret sauce of innovation. Typically, tourism involves guided tours, pitch events, conferences with lots of panels, and well-planned visits to companies, universities, and government agencies tasked with increasing entrepreneurship and innovation.

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Tourism Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

My mother would know, but she's traveling until tomorrow, and Paola said you wouldn't be able to meet later this week.". I'm not a finance person, but that seems too soon to me.". Beatriz Muñoz-Seca is a professor of production, technology, and operations management at IESE Business School, University of Navarra.

Case Study 13

Case Study Franchising Health Care Follow-up 13