Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Early in my career I gathered some data for a client on cooking. Grocers are watching customers make fewer trips to stores, and many chains are in a prolonged price war, with prices declining 1.3% Another way to survive is to raise the price dramatically by going super-premium or by becoming very focused in local markets.

Industry 15

Industry Supply Chain Long-term Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. While the last wave of globalization centered on accessing foreign markets and creating low-cost global supply chains, the next wave could follow a very different pattern. These are the seven areas: 1.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

Andy O’Connell Maybe Not Does Innovation Always Lead to Gentrification? Pacific Standard Every struggling city hopes to grow an “innovation district” that will populate its old brick warehouses with teams of brainy entrepreneurs. Innovators don’t create affordable housing,” Kyle Chayka writes in Pacific Standard.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Industry Supply Chain Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Were I advising aspiring top-tier universities — or their students on what they should expect from their high-priced education — the following classes would represent excellent starting points for fundamental curricular reform. The kitchen can and should be a laboratory for innovation. Multimedia Editing.

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Class Education Supply Chain Sports 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A vast ideological gap on macro-economic policy divides Washington and much of the nation, but there is almost universal agreement on one solution: innovation. Innovation is now perceived as a panacea for job creation, income generation, economic growth, dollar strength, and the revival of the U.S. as global hegemon.

Innovation 14

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Cook, of the profound productivity difference between employees who just punch the clock to get their daily pay and those who engage in learning to make productive contributions through which they can build their careers and thereby reap future returns in work and in retirement. Social innovation. Employee education. Social investment.

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EPS Innovation Incentives Supply Chain 11