Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C Engage employees, through awards and incentives, to innovate, find operational savings, and develop products that cut customers’ emissions as well. °C (3.8°F)

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

It's the growing fidelity demands of today's internet population, as they transition from text, image, and standard-definition media-sharing, to high-definition (and even 4K) file transfer. Today, billions of people are increasingly using the same pipes to deliver billions of HD media files. We're facing a congestion crisis.

Fixed Costs 8

Fixed Costs Technology Efficiency Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

companies spend over $900 billion on their sales forces, which is three times more than they spend on all ad media. Companies fail to get the most out of the $12 billion a year they spend on sales enablement tools and the billions more on CRM technology. Sales is, by far, the most expensive part of strategy execution for most firms.

Execution 8

Execution Cost CRM Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

You can’t read the pages of the mainstream or business media without being impressed by the opportunity. The biggest obstacle to using advanced data analysis isn’t skill base or technology; it’s plain old access to the data. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Software CIO Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion. We now have entire conferences dedicated to the analytics of our business and our basketball operations. Asset valuations in our league have really grown over the years.

Price 8

Price Team Sports Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Standing on stage on September 9, 2014 at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), Tim Cook announced, “We’ve created an entirely new payment process, and we called it Apple Pay.” Each of these mobile payment schemes relied on technology that only worked at merchants that had NFC terminals.

Retail 8

Retail Business Model Press Release Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

In 2006, 26-year-old Frank Wang started up DJI in a dorm room at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. As part of his graduate thesis, he perfected an electronics flight controller, a critical element of drone technology. Western media has been quite critical of the Chinese miracle. Unlike in the U.S.,

Innovation 8

Innovation Engineering Business Model Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Some companies don’t have the systems and technology to segment and profile customers. At Hootsuite, the social media management platform, marketing and human resources executives collaborate to do this. .” Why do so many companies struggle to get customer centricity right? ” Hire for customer orientation.

Short-term 12

Short-term Learning-by-Doing Participative Human Resources 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

media has come under intense scrutiny, with analysts , politicians, and even journalists themselves accusing it of bias and sensationalism — of having failed us — in its coverage of the presidential election. The media did exactly what it was designed to do, given the incentives that govern it. A caveat is in order.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11