Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This narrative has rested on three propositions: that globalization is a major driver of growth and prosperity; that technological progress enriches our lives; and that shareholder returns reflect businesses’ contributions to societal progress. This approach was credible as long as economic inequality was kept within reasonable bounds.

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Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Four years ago, GE initiated a strategy to compete more effectively in Africa, one of the fastest growing regions in the world in terms of GDP. The company’s leadership moved proactively to accelerate it and shape it. “If Furthermore, the returns on investment are long term.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

What seems special about the term is that, seemingly simple, it is actually complex and subtle. As Thomas Lee noted in the New England Journal of Medicine, “no one can oppose this goal and expect long-term success.”. An efficient business gets the most output possible, given current technology, from every dollar spent.

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Health Care Porter Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Competition has become more complex too, with companies increasingly sourcing or manufacturing globally, facing technology-based rivals trying to disrupt incumbents, and taking on emerging giants with unexpected sources of competitive advantage. Professional soccer learned this lesson long ago, not least because many players are young.

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Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Competition has become more complex too, with companies increasingly sourcing or manufacturing globally, facing technology-based rivals trying to disrupt incumbents, and taking on emerging giants with unexpected sources of competitive advantage. Professional soccer learned this lesson long ago, not least because many players are young.

Cooper 8

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

My research on rail, air, roads, cars and trucks, public transit systems, and model infrastructure projects for my book Move confirms a lesson about leadership for change: Incremental innovations can pave the way for breakthroughs. Take rail transportation. Simple ideas can revolutionize industries. Small wins can have big impact.

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Transportation Project Innovation Training 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Another benefit is that much of the content produced in this medium is not from the typical industry pundits, but rather true “in the trenches” thought leaders that see things coming long before journalists report it in the news, or the so-called gurus publish it in their latest book. Reading transports us to a place beyond ourselves.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2011

This post is part of a three-week series exploring the re-invention of the social infrastructure of cities, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Thanks to leadership from the Obama Administration — in the form of a $3.7 Learn more about the Advanced Leadership Initiative.

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Tools Transportation Short-term Innovation 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance. For example, Qualcomm’s CDMA mobile technology was a breakthrough that led to its IPO in 1991. But it was exploiting this technology’s growth potential some years later that put Irwin Jacobs in our top 10 tech CEOs between 1995 and 2014.

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CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 8, 2023

The benefits of remote working are obvious—less commuting, fewer transport emissions, better quality of life with more time with family and friends. However, the terms of the right to disconnect are quite different in Portuguese law. One of the laws at the workplace that has changed the way we work is the right to disconnect from work.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

The failure last month of green-tech start-up Better Place, which promised to free drivers and nations from oil dependence and revolutionize transportation, has generated both attention and derision. EV advocates are quick to note that technology improvements in batteries will one day eliminate the range problem.

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Mass Marketing Transportation Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Five thousand years ago, use of the wheel began to spread from Mesopotamia across Eurasia, revolutionizing transport and enabling chariot warfare. Over the past three centuries, the spread of industrial technologies gradually weakened Britain while stimulating the United States. It pledges $1.5 The contrast between the U.N.'s

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First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

World demand for oil is expected to grow on an annual basis by at least one million barrels per day, driven by the developing economies of the world and growth in transportation, which is forecast to increase from one billion cars today to two billion in 2050. It serves nobody's purpose for our political leadership to vilify oil producers.

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Policies Energy Transportation Politics 12