Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

Earlier this week, the space-transport start-up SpaceX had its most successful launch test yet with Grasshopper, the first fully and rapidly reusable rocket. Musk quickly zeroed in on the one area ripe for innovation: cost reduction. The complexity of the Shuttle and its reliance on 1970''s technology drove costs up.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

The use of FinTechs allows suppliers to access funding at the multinationals firm’s lower cost of capital.). The supplier gives the buying firm a discount on the invoice amount at the buyer’s lower cost of capital. This is similar to the way third-party logistics companies (3PLs) arrange transportation.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Most big corporations follow global development trends. That is the reactive approach to economic development. CEOs are proactively engaging with emerging market government to spur economic development and create opportunities for their companies. They are playing development to win. General Electric is a good example.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Department of Transportation estimates that 15% of the country''s roads are in an unacceptable condition and says that road congestion costs the U.S. of GDP (PDF) is necessary to raise infrastructure in the region to the standard of developed East Asian countries. an estimated $100 billion per year.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2017

Given how central automotive transportation is to our cities, commerce, and daily lives, saying that AI will change life as we know it is no understatement. This distinction is important because the driver is typically the most expensive part of a transport business, be it taxi services, last-mile logistics, or long-haul trucking.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In addition, stoves are difficult to transport from demo to demo. Inspired by Domino’s motorbike deliverymen in Mumbai, with boxes that can maintain the heat of the pizza, our boxes attach to Burners’ motorbikes, making it easy to transport stoves to demonstrations or home deliveries. I am the cofounder and CEO of BioLite.

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Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

This would all be fine and dandy, except for three little reasons: 1) they cost money and therefore create massive problems of their own, 2) they generally don't work, and finally, 3) they generate secondary consequences (some would say "unintended" consequences, but given the power lust of many bureaucrats, one wonders).

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

The costly and complex operations of transporting energy have made utilities natural monopolies, while regulatory barriers and the high fixed costs of building and maintaining regional electrical grid infrastructure have also kept much competition at bay. Consider how Uber opened up the transportation market.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

To renew and reinvent our aging transportation infrastructure, we must turn our attention to coalition-building. Developing and deploying new technology requires building a supportive ecosystem surrounding it. Engineering innovations lowered the cost. Classic leadership lessons apply. Consider new software for cars.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 24, 2019

Not only is the degree cheaper, but your living costs are likely to be more affordable if you’re staying at home. You also won’t have any unnecessary moving costs, any worries about transportation costs and any costs when it comes to maintenance. You Can Fit It Around Your Own Schedule.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

based companies that they finance,” according to a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. But New Orleans offers both culture and an affordable cost of living. In 2011, demographer Joel Kotkin developed a list of the U.S.’s to live on the sort of shoestring budget that startups demand.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

It may do to physical goods what cloud computing is now doing to digital services; what the PC, internet, and smart mobility have done to personal computing; and what outsourcing did to software development and business processing — take mass distribution and innovation to the next level while realigning the very geography of work and trade.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

When one of us (Vivek) and his team launched Roivant Sciences in 2014 and began developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease — they were determined to learn from the pharma industry’s innovation issues and build a more sustainable innovation engine. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the lowest number since 2007.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

Sloan kept the corporate staff small and focused on policy making, corporate finance, and planning. Ford’s Model T cost just $260 ($3,700 in today’s dollars) and Ford held 60% of the U.S. He had each of the divisions start systematic strategic planning. Modern Corporation Marketing. auto market. car market.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

My conversations with executives, particularly those from western multinationals, often focus on the high cost and difficulty of doing business in India as one of the biggest disincentives for them to invest in the country. Other than the well-documented differences in language and development, demographic differences are also significant.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2017

By developing visible, high-impact apps or improving data analytic capabilities separately from core IT systems, companies can roll out new offerings where they will most strongly change perception and put pressure on digital rivals — even if their back-end systems still need years to catch up. How the best companies get up to speed.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

But clinical and nonclinical staff at the Rotterdam Eye Hospital have improved patient care and raised staff morale at a very modest cost: 10 minutes a day and a special deck of cards. Creating better outcomes at reduced cost. And we mean everyone — not only the inpatient and outpatient teams but even people in HR and Finance.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2017

But it is also one of the most amenable to simple, low-cost behavioral interventions. This program, our Fresh Food “Farmacy ,” has had clinical impacts superior to those provided by medications that cost billions of dollars to develop, and has done so at dramatically lower cost.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2011

This flight of talented students to work in finance harms all of us because it means that we have fewer "positive spillovers" from innovative activities. Allocating our best talents to finance risks damaging the long-term innovative capacity of our economy. This is what the U.S. Markets will not generate enough innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Almost every industry is already being affected, from agriculture to transportation. They can predict how best to grow the business, make customers happier, or cut costs. Luckily, though finding the right talent may be hard, the tools that developers need to build this software is readily available. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2013

First, real estate developers respond by building new housing towers in close proximity to the new public transit stops. The bullet train simultaneously alleviates some of the congestion costs associated with urban growth in the mega cities and triggers the growth of the nearby second and third tier cities.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

But had they looked at themselves from the point of view of their customers, they would have seen that they were really in the transportation and logistics business and would have better understood the challenge, and the opportunities, represented by the growing airline industry. And short-term numbers at that.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Consider first the increasing use of auctions, which have a distinguished history in the development of economics. All businesses seek to control costs; they don’t need an economist to tell them why it’s important or how to do it. Economists and finance. Here a few notable examples. Economics and logistics.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

Last week, the Tata Group , producers of the Tata Nano car , announced the launch of an ultra low-cost, flat-pack house designed for rural India. We need to think big and deploy disruptive technologies and financing mechanisms to house 100 million people by the end of the decade.". dollars).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

When "the core functions of IT — data storage, data processing, and data transport — have become available and affordable to all," he wrote, IT would cease to be a source of competitive advantage. Kimberly Clark utilizes Salesforce''s Chatter to connect to its customers for development of products. Why is this?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This makes sense, because the alternative is for behavioral insights to be tried out by individuals or specific departments, and their knowledge and skill are likely to vary: Someone in marketing might use their behavioral knowledge to develop more-effective campaigns, while at the same time someone in HR uses theirs to focus on employee engagement.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2016

So how do you evolve an outdated business model to one that offers better revenue growth, greater profit margins, and lower cost? Under Immelt, GE decide to make rather than buy , and develop the needed capability in-house. The ability to adapt is more important today than it ever has been. Start with yourself.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Transport on the line was so unreliable that crops in the areas it served were routinely left to rot in the fields during the harvest season. Next, ALL's CEO assembled a cross-functional team to develop simple rules for prioritizing capital spending. Aligning activities with corporate objectives. reuse existing resources.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

He had developed an extensive plan, and had the promise of grant money behind him. The problem with the effort, of course, was that building both the necessary African infrastructure and the logistics network needed to transport the non-indigenous crops was going to be a very expensive proposition indeed.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

As an advisor to CEOs, there is little doubt that I’m passionate about personal and professional development, and there is one simple reason why – it works. Great leaders are like a sponge when it comes to the acquisition of knowledge, the development of new skill sets, and the constant refinement of existing competencies.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Coe's offered a monthly payment schedule and a shorter contract period (12 months versus four or five years), which meant higher fees each month but a lower cost of the eventual purchase. And Latin America might be a relatively inexpensive place to do that, considering the lower transportation, labor, and real estate costs," Stan said.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Hailed in the 1960s as bastions of sophisticated management, they used cheap financing to acquire, then rationalize, many family-owned firms. With GE’s recent announcement to split off its remaining finance operations , and Honeywell also considering divestment, the pressure on these groups remains in force.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

For many of us, it’s finances that keep us from making a career change. Look at your major spending categories to identify cost-saving opportunities. Can you cut your commuting costs by using public transportation? Your adventure into frugal living might look like Steve’s, or you might cut costs elsewhere.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Medicine is fraught with anachronistic administrative structures, as well as competing and redundant decision-making processes involving many stakeholders (the hospital, doctors, nurses, compliance, finance, and others) who often work in silos and have differing goals. physician assistants) in the ED. The data were startling.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization. In fact they are always greatest over the long-term, while the costs are concentrated in the near-term. Digital Transformation in Government Does Not Happen Quickly.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. This would mean, for example, working in R&D to lead pharma innovation, new product development for high tech, and product design or merchandising for fashion retail.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2016

In some cases, it makes sense to go for a certificate, which means completing all the coursework and usually costs money. For instance, if you commute using public transportation, you might decide to watch the videos on your way to and from work, leaving only the assignments for nights and weekends.

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