Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

Nokia, today’s telecommunications networking company, has made corporate transformation into an art form. As the company explored new markets, it began to make additional investments in pre-cellular mobile radios and other componentry in the emerging market for mobile communications.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Crisis Committee Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

Yet, the trend is not free from potential downsides as the case of a large multinational telecommunications company illustrates. After four years, systems had been tinkered with so much that new product launches became not only prohibitively expensive but also needed a very long time to market. The Building Blocks of Successful IT.

Technology 9

Technology CIO Agility Software 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Lou Gerstner’s arrival at IBM in 1993 is a classic example of leadership through a liminal period. It was the summer of 2000 and the company had quickly lost $85 billion in market capitalization. But Darren never saw the change required as only a matter of capitalizing on new technologies and developing new products.

Leadership 9

Leadership Telecommunications Education Consensus 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

We have reviewed hundreds of corporate announcements and websites, interviewed numerous leadership experts, and conducted an analysis of CEO changes and successions over the past five years at S&P 500 and Global 100 companies. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

CEO 15

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

Companies fail to get the most out of the $12 billion a year they spend on sales enablement tools and the billions more on CRM technology. And hiring the right candidates also becomes a problem, especially as new buying processes, driven by online technologies, reshape selling tasks.

Execution 8

Execution Cost Telecommunications CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Then I read Clay Christensen and Joe Bower's 1995 article "Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave" in HBR. This process leaves companies vulnerable to competitors who develop new forms of technology that initially fail to serve the "best" customers well, but quickly improve.

Disruptive Innovation 9

Disruptive Innovation Christensen Telecommunications Incubator 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. Ndubuisi Ekekwe is a founder of the non-profit African Institution of Technology.

Books 14

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.” ” Once one of Africa’s most developed markets – with a solid education system, good infrastructure, and a relatively large middle class – decades of mismanagement have cost Zimbabwe. Years of economic mismanagement.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support. They employ 12.3

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

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.

COO 13

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

And in business life, CEOs incentivize and promote those senior executives who can get new ideas to market more quickly than competitors. It started life as an ironworks company, pursued vertical integration by entering coal, eventually moved into pressed steel wheels before diversifying into front wheel drive technology and beyond.

Competitive Advantage 11

Competitive Advantage Airlines Telecommunications Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

The sad but simple truth was that Cisco — arguably the world's premier internet network technology company — didn't deliver a Wi-Fi-enabled device. Cisco's leadership is very smart and Wi-Fi is part of the firm's core competence. The company knew digital devices were all becoming telecommunications tools.

Wireless 12

Wireless Management Telecommunications Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

You even people talking about UX as the way in which a consumer connects to a business — all the touch-points from marketing to product development to distribution channels. It also provides the executive leadership with a steady stream of "demos" to show off at CES. The value of UX as a corporate asset is no longer in question.

Strategy 13

Strategy Six Sigma Engineering Bottom-up 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

The only sure thing, especially when it comes to technology, is continuous discontinuity. How can you build your organization’s ability to sense and respond to rapid improvements in technology? Consider General Motors, which is looking to Silicon Valley for innovative ideas and technology that could give it a competitive edge.

Innovation 8

Innovation Telecommunications Technology Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We had it all — strong capital markets, rich natural resources, unparalleled higher education, and geographic separation from two devastating wars. Although well-intentioned, these programs often have the unintended consequences of benefiting the wrong businesses, favoring sub-optimal technology, and creating market distortion.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Licensing Telecommunications Incubator 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention. In the U.S.

NGO 15

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Myriad potential public policy-related risks and opportunities for companies arise across a broad spectrum of political and economic systems — from the state capitalism of former Communist states to the “ mixed economies ” in traditional “liberal” democracies, from developed to developing markets.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

While it’s easy to think of the female market as homogenous, our research shows that cultural, geographical, and generational differences, as well as disparate sources of wealth, all affect how women view and allocate their wealth. The gender gap disappears though when you look at the sub-segments of the market in the U.S.

Survey 8

Survey Telecommunications Diversity Focus Group 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

As Tom Davenport, Larry Prusak, and I talk to people about our current research, we hear broad support for its central thesis: that good judgment is not only something required of individuals in leadership positions; it is something that must be embedded in organizations as a whole.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Enrique Santacana of ABB North America, a power and automation-technology firm, voiced his concern this way: “An overarching issue was the exposure we had as a company,” Santacana explained, “For example, how information was being used or may be used in a way that was not conducive to good business practices.

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

We focused on the generations in eight countries, including the four BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), some of the most important markets for talent over the next decade, as well as one country from the Middle East. In many cases, leadership demanded compliance, promoting risk-aversion and compliance, rather than respect.

Education 15

Education Compliance White Paper Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Not long ago, the chief executive of a global telecommunications firm shared with me his frustration that "even in a meeting with the CEO, most institutional investors seek only granular data points to plug into their models. They can signal to the market the types of investors they wish to own their shares.

Long-term 13

Long-term CEO Short-term Asset Management 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

based technology company that securely backs up and protects data for more than 1.5 based technology company that securely backs up and protects data for more than 1.5 Every single customer can trust us to encrypt all of their files with bank-grade technology before we back them up to our cloud servers. technology firms.

Technology 8

Technology Globalization Software Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

Assess yourself not only as a sector expert but also as an executive with special competences and map those attributes against the market’s needs. What are your special skills — digital marketing know-how you learned in fast-moving consumer goods? Finally, don’t forget about your most valuable marketing asset: your current CEO.

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence CEO Health Care 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

There's a reason why great chefs visit the farms and markets that source their restaurants: The raw ingredients are critical to success. At one global telecommunications giant, for example, a critical network software upgrade was not only slipping further behind schedule, but the bug density was slowly creeping up, as well.

Micromanagement 20

Micromanagement Document Telecommunications Software 20

HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

The use of automation technology is rapidly changing the landscape of various industries, mostly in the labor-intensive sectors. Autonomous shipping and the ability to control trucks inside mining pits from an office are some few technologies emanating from artificial intelligence. Mining automation market will reach $3.29

Industry 87

Industry Operations Transportation Technology 87