Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2018

The solution is called CareAi: an AI-powered computing system anchored on blockchain that can diagnose infectious diseases, such as malaria, typhoid fever, and tuberculosis, within seconds. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

Health Care 9

Health Care Technology System Library 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

It recognizes this new reality will spell decline for some commercial activities, but growth for others who find better ways of operating. It is indicative of a new generation of leadership emerging at the top of many of the world's largest organizations. So in one sense, Polman is only being a good businessman.

Globalization 14

Globalization NGO Leadership Development Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Even cutting-edge thinking operates from a binary context: It ties itself in knots trying to figure out how you can have both. You can run the largest NGO on the planet, and if you're being chicken-s**t, then you've squandered the powerful position you've been given. It's mutually exclusive, or so the story goes. Unstoppable?

NGO 9

NGO Banking Learning-by-Doing Construction 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

In most developing countries, if you have a good degree, you get a job. But the number of people that this NGO can place is very small. This sends a powerful signal about Britain’s diversity and openness. Business has learned how to design and operate lean and mean processes under tough global competition.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing NGO Marketing Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

They are developing horizontally, not vertically, with vast areas of low sprawl reaching out for miles from Sao Paolo, Lagos, New Delhi, Guangzhou, Jakarta, and many others. As I travel to urban development conferences, I often hear people bemoan an infrastructure funding gap, but the hard truth is there is no funding gap.

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

When my organization, Education For Employment , began operations in 2006 as a demand-driven answer to Arab youth unemployment, I felt that creating a social franchise model was the best way to meaningfully address an issue of this scale. In regions in turmoil, this can be the difference between expanding operations and closing shop.

Franchising 8

Franchising Uncertainty NGO Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. A deep shift in how we generate and use power has begun. And citizens, using new social media tools and old-fashioned marches, rose up to drive change.

Chemicals 10

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The Obama administration issued new standards to double the fuel economy of cars and trucks , and the National Resources Defense Council (an NGO) proposed using the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from power plants by 25%. On May 26, Germany set a world record when it produced 50% of its electricity needs from solar power alone.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Anyone following developments in the African IT space from afar can be forgiven for thinking that it’s all about the consumer, and that applications and services for business lag far behind. Presumably, the same logic operates in places like Bangladesh, Nicaragua, and Papua New Guinea.

CRM 8

CRM Marketing Supply Chain NGO 8