Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Another problem is that badly designed contracts can leave open the possibility of companies gaming the system. Finally, some companies have struggled to finance their activities without payment while they work on delivering the results, limiting their ability to innovate too. Making PbR Work. ” U se of digital technology.

Incentives 8

Incentives Health Care Education Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Our overburdened air-traffic-control system struggles to deal with increasingly crowded skies. “Expect delays” has become the recurring theme of our transportation system. Railway systems are near capacity. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Insight Center.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

But starting in the early 2000s, the advantages of scale were mostly eliminated, in large part because of globalization, deregulation, and the rise of digital technology. It became easier and easier for small enterprises to gain customer reach and awareness (along with working capital).

IAM 11

IAM Productivity Products Company 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Disruption is a systemic problem: Clayton Christensen outlined in 1997 why it was so difficult for any individual business to defuse disruptive threats and embrace disruptive trends. Construction equipment and disk-drive manufacturing required heavy machinery, distribution facilities, and immense amounts of working capital.

Christensen 8

Christensen Finance Innovation B2B 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Instead of simply raising charity cash to import finished pads, Scharpf and her organization are inventing a whole new system of community-based education, business training, manufacture and distribution from locally-sourced banana fiber — that is, solving this serious problem and creating a sustainable regional business.

Franchising 14

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

telecom carriers face daunting challenges from device makers, content providers, social networks, and an array of disruptive technologies. Due to huge capital requirements, these investments could exert considerable pressure on the working capital of the carrier company. In the U.S.,

Outsourcing 10

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

The AIIB has working capital of $50 billion with potential to go as high as $100 billion – so it is, as yet, smaller than the U.S.-led billion of subscribed capital) or the Asian Development Bank ($162.8 billion of subscribed capital). -led billion of subscribed capital) or the Asian Development Bank ($162.8

Banking 8

Banking Development Policies Globalization 8