Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

Rather than panic, London's leaders have been both innovative and fearless in finding ways to "make more from less." This is not even a marketing partnership. Games leaders have worked hard to award contracts to smaller suppliers across the country and tracked this as far down the supply chain as possible.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Tourism Banking Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

For them, sustainability is a thing to tackle, a functional area; it's a what , like marketing or product development. But sustainability needs to be viewed as much more of a how concept, like quality or innovation. There's no "ideal" structure for sustainability efforts, just as no two companies would tackle innovation the same way.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Business Model Trends Quality 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Young firms face many existential threats related to managing internal financial and human resources and external relationships with customers, suppliers, investors and competitors. Generally speaking, entrepreneurs may need to rethink their risks to improve the chances that their innovations succeed. In the U.S.,

Insurance 8

Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

Voices we heard in this “market research” told us that pregnant women may walk for miles through dangerous floodlands and game reserves to get to a place where they can deliver. On one level, they need to learn and implement basic business essentials such as financial management and human resource development.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Health Care Self-aware Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

His group’s data science, procurement, and supply chain teams crafted algorithmic ensembles that, by all measures and simulations, would save hundreds of millions. Even better, they would respond 10 times faster to market moves than existing processes while requiring minimal human intervention.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

And given the dynamism of the net , the innovations will have to come more quickly. In many and diverse sectors of the global economy, new web-based business models being hatched for the Internet of Things are bringing together market players who previously had no business dealings with each other. Innovation Internet Strategy CES'

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Business Model Software Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Energy, agriculture, insurance, retail, human resources — no industry is unaffected. This was a notable success — but what if we combined the insights and resources of a life science company and health provider that were both focused on, say, acute cardiovascular diseases? The options are tangible.

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Just as the A's used analytics to find undervalued players who got on base at a disproportionate rate, your company can crunch data to find the offers your customers will respond to best, the price points that will move the most products, or the supply chain configurations that will wring out most cost.

Company 12

Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Film 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

companies manage their supply chains with diligence to ensure suppliers meet their standards for quality and affordability, but the vast majority don’t behave in this fashion when purchasing health care services. Innovating for Value in Health Care. They are taking control of their health care supply chains.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Price Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Make you more innovative. The sidebar “The Innovator’s Network Dilemma” presents convincing data that bears out this observation. The Innovator''s Network Dilemma A study by University of Chicago sociologist Ron Burt demon­strates the cost of inbred networks. Learn more about your market value.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Before companies could fully recover, massive flooding in Thailand caused further disruptions in Asian supply chains. Total losses from those two disasters were very likely greater than the savings companies had won, over the preceding years, by squeezing out costs and making their supply chains so efficient.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Supply Chain Christensen Crisis 8