Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

To stay competitive, organizations need to continually find opportunities for innovation in key processes such as customer service and product development, and adoption of a new process almost always requires the implementation of new information technology. Hammer's thinking was very powerful, but I'd challenge that last point.

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Process Innovation Hammer Resistance 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Led by the writings of Michael Hammer and Tom Davenport , firms realized that they didn't need to organize work the way they used to. Instead, they could leverage new information technologies to reengineer, reorganize and radically streamline their production and service delivery.

Disaggregation 9

Disaggregation Hammer Mass Marketing Gordon 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

When I grab a hammer to install shelving, the distinction between “hand” and “tool” recedes into the unconscious, while completing the job becomes the main object of my thinking; in function and thought, the tool is the extended hand when it works properly. Information & technology Internet Technology'

Hammer 9

Hammer Fashion Sample Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

If you needed a hammer, for example, someone would manually produce one for you. The industrial revolution enabled the mass production of hammers with consistent quality and lower cost. Decision making Information & technology Operations' Centuries ago everything was manufactured by hand.

Company 8

Company Hammer Operations Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

Don’t let technological capabilities dictate the problems you solve. If all you have is a hammer, then everything will look like a nail. To design such an integrated strategy machine, we believe there are six requirements: Relevant, specific strategic aim. Design appropriate to the aim.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

These are Jeopardy's John Henrys except that they aren't going to die or even get a headache by digitally souping up their "hammers" when they compete with a Watson. Can human-aided devices — or is it device-augmented humans — better compete against pure machines?

Hammer 12

Hammer Competitive Advantage Brainstorming Participative 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

.” Keiretsu “was widely seen as a great Japanese strength,” Summers notes, “yet even apart from Japan’s manifest macroeconomic difficulties, Japanese companies lacking market discipline have squandered leads in sectors ranging from electronics to automobiles to information technology.”

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term EPS 8