Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

A production process turns inputs into outputs and distributes them through a tightly controlled supply chain. As an example, hotel chains like Marriott or Hilton create value chains that deliver rooms and related services to their customers. Human capital. After all, we call the department human resources.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Women''s entrepreneurship has hit a media tipping point. Consider three aspects: Reinvestment: In emerging markets, women reinvest a staggering 90 cents of every additional dollar of income in "human resources" — their families'' education, health, nutrition (compared, by the way, to 30-40% for men.

Globalization 13

Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

But in the report " Sustainability Nears a Tipping Point ," MIT and BCG prove their point with a fast-rising graph of companies that recently put sustainability "on the management agenda.". Most large companies have now appointed a lead on sustainability, but have provided limited financial support and fewer human resources.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Business Model Trends Quality 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Unlike marketing, manufacturing, human resources, and other functions, a good strategy should cover the entire activity system of an organization. But when a company needs the support of a supply chain partner, for example, it must also give the potential partner a compelling reason to back the strategy.

Blue Ocean Strategy 8

Blue Ocean Strategy Strategy Execution Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

If I could choose one meeting effectiveness tip that would make almost all teams more efficient it would be to schedule a regular overflow spot on the calendar. This is the appropriate home when Human Resources wants to do a talent review or when finance wants to share a new budget process. Fifth, plan for overflow.

Operations 8

Operations Short-term Supply Chain Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

When Burt studied managers in the supply chain of Raytheon, the large electronics company and military contractor based in Waltham, Massachusetts, he discovered that the company had no trouble coming up with good ideas but considerable difficulty turn­ing these ideas into reality.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8