Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Since the 2008 financial crisis, policy makers, professors, politicians, and others have expressed concern over America’s best and brightest minds electing to work in finance instead of pursuing potentially more socially valuable careers in science, medicine, and engineering. of MIT graduates taking jobs in finance after graduation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

Nevertheless, few would argue that information technology permanently increased unemployment. While hiring less-skilled workers hurts a firm’s productivity, the data shows that companies still did this in order to take advantage of the fact that hiring these workers is so much cheaper.

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Skills Education Policies Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

That's because information technology — not just the Internet, but also mobile devices, " big data " for intensive data-crunching, and other computer hardware and software — will render even some of today's most proficient business processes obsolete by the end of the decade.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s. It told how American Airlines and others had introduced systems to help their customers choose their products and services. Similar waves of innovative applications of technology (e.g.,

Competitive Advantage 8

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

I''m often struck by how many articles exclusively focus on new or emerging technology and their productivity or efficiency effects. Every discussion on the role of IT and CIOs should start with the question: "What are the potential uses of this technology that will guarantee we stay in business?" Generating Top-Line Growth.

Enterprise Architecture 8

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Following are tips organizations can follow to drive a horizontal focus on analytics and achieve their desired business outcomes, such as customer retention, product availability, or risk mitigation. to better understand the effectiveness of a new product launch). to better understand the effectiveness of a new product launch).

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m willing to bet it’s the same logic; the more you work away from the office, the more likely you are to violate your IT department’s policy–and justify the increased risk to company data by your own increased productivity). Generational issues Information & technology'

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2016

In fact, that exact conclusion is one that Thierry Breton, CEO of the France-based information technology services firm Atos Origin, arrived at several years ago. So, he took steps to eliminate what he believed were negative effects on company productivity. In February 2011, Breton announced that he was banning email.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

When I do get a name, it often differs depending on who I asked—a marketing executive points to one person, while finance identifies someone else. However, if the CAO reports to the CMO, then other business units such as product development or customer service might not feel that they get equitable treatment. That isn’t good.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

All companies and their salespeople are well versed on the logical arguments for selecting their product. However, the decision to make a major purchase is also influenced by internal politics, how the decision-makers receive information along with individual biases and personal desires. Win-Loss Analysis Studies.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Her lab had discovered new ways to convert carbon emissions into useful products, and they believed the technology had enormous commercial potential. If you have an idea to apply mature technology to a well-understood problem, it’s relatively easy to get it financed.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2013

Who, for instance, would have guessed that global NGOs spend nearly 80% more to track their finances and employ nearly twice as many finance staff as comparable for-profit multinationals? The absence of efficient financial management systems reflects comparatively low spending on information technology.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

But with the rapid implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), CNOs are now expected to master new trends in health care information technologies to engage hospital leaders in strategic discussions about major technology investments. The primary driver for new learning is increasingly complex and essential technologies.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

For many businesses, this is equivalent to overspending on energy by that amount to achieve current production levels. You’d think that increasingly sophisticated technology would help reduce this waste. However, overspending is often the result of decentralized and siloed decision making over the utility budget.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2012

Google's big stack of chips will finance good hands and big bets. Google resources and expertise will finance bolder plays than Motorola might otherwise have made. The money also allows funding breakthrough product development, such as Motoroloa's Advanced Technology and Projects group led by Regina Dugan, the former director of DARPA.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Design at its best is more than just a beautiful interface, it synthesizes complex technology with a deep understanding of end users' motivations and abilities into a unified, intuitive product experience. The internet and, more broadly, technology, progress developmentally. Why has the era of the designer only arrived now?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Design at its best is more than just a beautiful interface, it synthesizes complex technology with a deep understanding of end users' motivations and abilities into a unified, intuitive product experience. The internet and, more broadly, technology, progress developmentally. Why has the era of the designer only arrived now?

Venture Capitalist 19

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Your boss's boss has a broader perspective on your organization than you (or your boss), and can see more of what's coming down the pike — be it new products or possible new assignments. If you can't answer these questions, then getting to know this leader could advance your career.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2014

The first is to design products that shift control of personal data toward consumers (and away from data-brokers and gray markets ). The second is to empower people with personal analytics tools to understand the information being collected about them and safeguard their privacy. Entrepreneurship Government Information & technology'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Instead they are waiting for the technology to mature and for expertise in AI to become more widely available. They are planning to be “fast followers” — a strategy that has worked with most information technologies. We think this is a bad idea. Algorithms will also have to be continuously monitored for bias.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2018

The model was honed by Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, with new portfolio restructuring strategies and a headlong expansion into finance. In that strategy , the country uses state enterprises, industrial policy, and the power of its domestic market to dramatically increase the country’s industrial production.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Capturing data-related opportunities to improve revenues, boost productivity, and create entirely new businesses puts new demands on companies — requiring not only new talent and investments in information infrastructure, but also significant changes in mind-sets and frontline training. Information & technology Leadership'

Chief Financial Officer 8

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The article shows how the Dutch firm AkzoNobel is growing in China, particularly through products that help customers reduce environmental footprint in the shipping and building sectors. Each major government ministry in China was pitching green products and services at the tradeshow. No selling of products or services.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

Ironically, autonomy in corporate computing does not necessarily lead to greater productivity. In fact, our laissez faire approach to computer education — little guidance, hands-off, freedom to make decisions — leads to lower productivity absent a system for accountability. IT management Information & technology'

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

The Internet of Things, for example, is being stymied by the Federal Trade Commission’s valid but vague concerns about privacy protections, while crowdfunding and other innovative forms of finance await overdue rules from the Security and Exchange Commission. Information & technology Innovation'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The digital work crisis is this unnerving pace of technological change, complex global networks, and lists product and service variation in almost infinite work streams, a whole tone of digital distractions, and fundamental access to more data than humans can handle. Think about this, if you think about a legacy product company.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

But it’s dangerous and naïve to assume that better technology and more data guarantee better outcomes. LTCM was founded, in 1994, by some of the best minds in finance theory, including two Nobel Prize winners. Remember Long-Term Capital Management ?

Strategy 8

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

How many organizations would rely mainly on intuition when taking a new product to market? When successful, these companies improve the productivity and capability of their workers — and that's a good thing. What type of work needs to be done and how can we become more productive and competitive in accomplishing it?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Some, like the development of specific technology for a new product, largely benefit one firm. The former tends to be conducted by corporations to develop products they expect will be profitable, and the latter tends to be more exploratory. National competitiveness Finance & Accounting Research & development'

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest franchise bottler of Coca-Cola beverages in the world, set the stage for this learning two years ago when it created centers of excellence (COEs) to drive transformation in each of its functional or process areas, including supply chain, distribution, commercial, finance, HR and IT.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Taxpayers can aggregate businesses or trades which abide by at least one of the following: They provide products, property, or services that are the same or customarily offered together; They share facilities or significant centralized business elements (like personnel, accounting, legal and/ or information technology resources); They operate in coordination (..)

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Complexity stemming from globalization or technology rank much lower in the list of causes. The report also explains the wide range of measures companies are adopting to tackle the complexity; from cutting down management layers to simplifying product portfolios and processes. About the Economist Intelligence Unit.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

No one would claim that new product design does not or should not involve wise judgment. No one would claim that new product design does not or should not involve wise judgment. No selling of products or services. His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work. No multimedia.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

” It might be hard for people in HR to hear, but only 20% of those who responded said that their HR function was enabling them to transform, ranking them even lower than finance — an area not exactly known for its agility. The most disrupted industries typically suffer from a perfect storm of two forces.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Build your strategy on a foundation of continuous innovations, both new products and new processes. Rather, they rely on teams whose members include the tech-savvy along with the marketing-savvy, the finance-savvy, and so on. Once you have discarded the myths, what would be a better approach?

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