Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 1, 2014

The program pairs start-ups with government workers to improve government services in areas including transportation, energy, data services, and the environment. As one remarked, “After eight years, I had built the foundation and expertise in markets and finance. Cities and states are becoming the R&D engines of the U.S.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Politics Budgeting Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

We have been deploying technology, re-engineering, training, and adopting modern IT-enabled management platforms to help our workers improve their productivity, hence their income. By competing on products, we respond to the market. We pride ourselves on finding ways (through R&D) to use less energy and water in the production process.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

It is worth remembering that strong business support helped secure passage of the House climate bill in 2009, and though that effort failed in the Senate, no serious legislation can move without the backing of men and women in the engine room of the American economy. Start a clean energy race. Reduce climate accelerants. Some 30 U.S.

Cost 8

Cost Price Energy Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

A platform connects providers and users in a multisided market. A platform can be a business platform (a multisided market), a software platform (a cloud-based subscription service), or an engagement platform, (a user-generated community). Then change what you measure to align incentives and track your progress.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

Who was the energy giant’s most important customer? Then one of the engineering executives, a fracking enthusiast and unconventional extraction technologies champion, spoke up. State satisfaction mattered more than market disruption. With apologies to Ted Levitt , a new “Marketing Myopia 2.0”

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Levitt Tourism Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

First, let's make sure we're focused on the two biggest pressures on joblessness and job generation: the would-be new entrants — the 16- to 24-year-olds — lacking the necessary skills and experience to land gainful employment, and the post-55-year-old mature workers, intent on remaining in the labor market, or scrambling to get back in.

Politics 10

Politics Maturity Mentor Offshoring 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2011

If progress is more important than incentives or other motivators, does that mean that managers needn't worry much about compensating people well for their work — as long as progress supports are in place? Like many of her coworkers, this engineer had left for greener pastures within the year.

Engineering 11

Engineering Hotels Bottom-up Motivation 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

No special incentives. No definition of specific areas where the company should focus its energy. Executives often get fooled by inspiring stories of engineers at companies like 3M or Google coming up with germs of ideas in the 15-20% of their time they allocate to side projects. And that was it. No tools or training.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Six Sigma Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Likewise, where mechanical engineers once predominated, the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are increasingly looking for software engineers, energy management experts, and data scientists able to build electric and self-driving vehicles. To that end, Trump called on GM to close one of its plants in China.

Industry 8

Industry Technology Engineering Automotive 8

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Indeed, many of the gleaming facilities are crying out for the throngs of people and energy that most characterize the very best innovation hubs around the world. R&D Tax Incentives , with their data suggesting that reducing the cost of R&D by 10% results in an increase in innovation by 10%.

Resources 89

Resources Innovation GDP Education 89

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2014

In the words of Empson and Alvehus they have gained “legitimacy to lead through market success.” So there is something about needing to keep all 500 partners happy which brings a level of politics, which you wouldn’t get if we were an engineering company or a pharmaceuticals company.”. Consulting Leadership Leadership development'

Politics 8

Politics Pharmaceuticals Consultative Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

In these cases Rwanda had eroded assets, but there was a foundation and a proof point, a market test that these areas could be successful and they could be competitive. Rwanda is winning international awards and marketing globally, and tourism is booming. We need energy. How do we upgrade? What are the bottlenecks?

Porter 8

Porter Tourism Politics Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The latest “report card” from the American Society of Civil Engineers gives the U.S. We’ve only scratched the surface of ideas such as the internet of things; smart cities, homes, and energy grids; autonomous transportation; and much more that entrepreneurs will think up. EU digital divide ).

Wireless 8

Wireless Policies Proposal Banking 8