Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

By developing their talent – their uniquely human ability to communicate – your organization will flourish in the digital age. Use a higher level of energy than you used in the earlier parts of the presentation. They’re the parts the audience will remember best – and each of them serves a vital purpose.

Power 56

Power Audience Kaplan Short-term 56

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

The Internet of Things is emerging as the third wave in the development of the internet. Samsung said at its 2014 investors forum it expects the global Smart Home Device market to reach $15 billion in 2015, almost doubling from 2013’s $7.8 Information & technology Internet'

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Early Adopters Information Technology Long-term Industry 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

First we see major shifts in demand: developing economies such as China and India are morphing from the world's source of low-cost manufacturing capacity to the world's best market opportunities. They will not, it must be noted, alter how the role of manufacturing evolves as economies develop.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

Eventually Microsoft developed Internet Explorer and outflanked it by eliminating the market for a paid browser. Firms must thoroughly understand themselves and their competitors through appropriate environment scanning and market intelligence. Eventually, some incumbents adapted and invested in technology as well.

Porter 14

Porter Banking Globalization Information Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2011

The bill hopes "to advance the mutual interests of the United States and Africa with respect to the promotion of trade and investment and the advancement of socioeconomic development and opportunity." The African diaspora has played key roles in the development of the continent. From Nigeria's Azikiwe to Ghana's Nkrumah , the U.S.

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AIDA AIDAS GDP Education 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

It’s only recently, though, that advances in information technology have made it possible for predictive tools to access and manipulate big data, and to do so continuously — accelerating the generation of insights, and opening up opportunities to anticipate issues with unprecedented precision. The options are tangible.

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 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.

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COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies. We’re now entering a new era of innovation , one that the model doesn’t quite fit, and we will have to develop new approaches to build the future.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. In stark contrast, the last four years have seen continued improvement in drone technology, much of which cannot be put to use. Information & technology Innovation' Both the U.K.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. But the focus was squarely on "energy saving, environmental protection, and the low-carbon economy" with other emerging areas — infotech, biotech, and modern materials — taking a distinctly secondary role.

NGO 15

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

With permanently new dynamism in the job market and the elimination of the career ladder , the days of signing up for a 20-year, pre-configured journey to the top are over. But there's more good news: The information technology revolution just lowered the cost of experimentation. The time to diversify is now.

Travel 17

Travel Career Agility Learning-by-Doing 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

stock market to decline almost 1% before the news was revealed as a hoax. As these devices become subject to the same cyber threats with which software developers have long been familiar, companies will need to take steps to integrate security considerations into their designs and design processes right from the start.

Engineering 8

Engineering Software Wireless Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2016

Some have responded by developing a concept known as “ ambidexterity ,” an organizational capability of fulfilling both managerial imperatives at once. Managers exploiting current businesses develop mindsets based on what they have experienced in the past. Andrew Nguyen/HBR STAFF.

Company 8

Company Licensing Incentives Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry? Billion-dollar companies do not happen if the founding team is not extremely well suited to the market (now called " founder/market fit "). I know many smart investors didn't.

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Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry? Billion-dollar companies do not happen if the founding team is not extremely well suited to the market (now called " founder/market fit "). I know many smart investors didn't.

Venture Capitalist 16

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

The data-driven have crafted the best strategies, uncovered wholly new markets, and kept operational costs low. Indeed, we think every organization must develop and execute an aggressive plan to put data to work. Today, advances in predictive analytics and the potential for big data portend even greater opportunity.

Organization 15

Organization Telecommunications McKinsey Price 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

From distributed energy generation to 3D printing to crowdfunding to the Internet of Things and data analytics, all of these technologies enable us to provide what customers want, where, how, and when they want it. They build brand presence before markets have been clearly defined. Consider drone delivery services.

Business Model 8

Business Model Constraint Technology Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

If you want to improve how your organization develops, delivers and supports its products or services, it's hard to avoid changes to the information systems that enable those processes. How can IT organizations be responsive when their companies need to improve business process to answer customer needs and seize market opportunities?

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Price System Technology Software 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

If we accept that big data''s holy grail is, as Randy Bean says in Information Week , better, faster decisions, we have to believe that as data continue to grow in volume, velocity, and variety, making management more complex and potentially slowing time to decision, something has to give. Decision making Information & technology'

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Software Information Technology Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The wealthy classes also sought stability over market-oriented efficiency and growth, not unlike Lord Grantham in the television show "Downton Abbey.". That new mindset in turn did much to spur the speedy adoption of technologies in later decades. But it needs entrepreneurial energies more than ever now.

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Class Hedge Technology Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

We witnessed a monumental event in a shareholder resolution calling on ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest publicly listed energy company, to disclose the impact on its business under a 2-degree scenario. But another major action last week points in the opposite direction and leaves us more optimistic.

Tips 8

Tips Supply Chain Proposal Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2011

Americans are not necessarily worse off because Chinese or Indians have become more competitive on global markets. Declining prices of computer hardware enabled American companies to invest heavily in information technology, which in turn, drove a surge in U.S. productivity. productivity. Not at all. and Mexico).

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Policies Telecommunications Industry 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

He has presided over an economic and social rebirth, with Rwanda making dramatic gains in health and development indicators ( watching its recent progress on Gapminder is a remarkable sight). Rwanda is winning international awards and marketing globally, and tourism is booming. Or are you going to wait and see how it develops?

Porter 9

Porter Tourism Politics Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

After all, the job description involves poring through huge quantities of often disparate data to find insights that may prove helpful in every aspect of a business, including marketing, logistics, and human resources. Great data scientists conduct such analyses to develop a wider perspective. Take a hard look, in person.

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Osborne Politics Information Guidelines 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Rather than being undercut by new, lower-cost competitors in rapidly developing economies, such as China and India, companies have globalized their supply chains or offshored their production. Having navigated globalization and rapid technological change, businesses may be scuppered by the social and political responses to them.

Politics 10

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

When people talk of valuable platforms, they are typically thinking of things like the operating systems for personal computers, tablet computers, and smartphones, all of which allow and indeed encourage software developers to invent “apps”; or the Amazon selling system which provides a layer of basic logistical functions for independent retailers.

Transportation 8

Transportation Price Airlines Retail 8