Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

The innovator's quest has been to find the win-win proposition: a great new product that can create differentiated value for consumers while supporting differentiated profits for the producer. The innovator's job is now to create wins across the board. But the focus on win-win can blind us to the needs of critical partners.

Innovation 17

Innovation Supply Chain Telecommunications Core Competence 17

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Starting in the 1970s, the country's ability to create low-cost, quality products helped them dominate key industries, such as automobiles, telecommunications, and consumer electronics. Looking beyond Japan, iconic six sigma companies in the United States, such as Motorola and GE, have struggled in recent years to be innovation leaders.

Six Sigma 22

Six Sigma Kaizen Govindarajan Telecommunications 22

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

Innovation 14

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Increasingly, Western companies are developing products in countries like China and India, and then distributing them globally. For example, GE developed an ultra-low-cost ultrasound for rural China which is now marketed in over 100 countries. Surprisingly, such innovations defy gravity and flow uphill from the poor to the rich.

Glocalization 16

Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world. The world is getting smaller.

Competitive Advantage 17

Competitive Advantage Leadership Talent Management Telecommunications 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Executives in market leaders in those sectors need to watch these developments carefully, because the seeds of transformation are being sown as we speak. Christensen's research shows clearly that transformation often comes in the form a disruptive innovator that makes consumption simpler, convenient, and more affordable.

System 16

System Christensen Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

Cisco's clever little camcorder collapse provides picture-perfect insight into a pervasive innovation pathology: Ignoring — or disrespecting — the obvious. The company knew digital devices were all becoming telecommunications tools. Novel subtlety and nuance can be wonderful but my innovation heart belongs to obvious.

Wireless 14

Wireless Management Telecommunications Core Competence 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

However, as much as macroeconomic reforms are needed, the future of the Greek economy will be determined by its competitiveness, which concerns costs, but is also measured by innovation. The key to such a change is developing an innovation-oriented industrial structure and a well-functioning innovation system.

Planning 13

Planning GDP Tourism Innovation 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

As multinational corporations pursue opportunities in emerging markets, they're bound to stumble if they overlook the developed economies, and vice versa. Without operating in the former, they won't be able to attain economies of scale; sans the latter, they're unlikely to continue developing state-of-the-art technologies.

Globalization 15

Globalization Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Apple is certainly known for its strong preference for internal innovation. There is clear empirical evidence to back this up: in our research of about 150 firms in the telecommunications industry, we found that the more successful firms all took this active approach to managing their capability and resource portfolios. Is that fair?

Software 15

Software Telecommunications Short-term Licensing 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

True collaboration always has open-ended elements — ranging from precisely how new innovations will be implemented, to how products will fare in the market, and even to what priorities partners will pursue in the face of changes in the environment. This landscape is evolving rapidly, in ways not even Google could foresee.

Software 19

Software Licensing Long-term Telecommunications 19

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. People need at least a rudimentary understanding of finance to become good entrepreneurs or artisans.

Books 15

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed. Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. Not competitive threats. Not rising costs.

Talent Management 11

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

It's in areas of the company such as knowledge management, innovation, communication, and better integration with the supply chain. Consider Microsoft's Channel 9 software-community platform, where developers can watch videos and comment on them. In other cases, companies worry that social media will threaten the core.

Media 13

Media McKinsey Supply Chain Telecommunications 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

One software design firm we studied had a long-time partner that was trying to figure out how to hire and develop an "in house" group to manage network and technology hardware issues. The partner confidentially approached the software CEO for advice on how they developed and trained their own staff over the years.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Strategy Telecommunications Software 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention.

NGO 15

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

But DJI is testament to China’s transformation from copycat to high tech innovation. As the example of DJI demonstrates, Chinese companies are busy innovating based on three valuable and difficult-to-imitate advantages that will allow them to compete effectively with, and, in some areas, even overtake their Western rivals.

Innovation 8

Innovation Engineering Business Model Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Thus, the whole mechanism depends on the development of a norm of cooperation among publishers, just as similar norms have developed in academia. Thus, the whole mechanism depends on the development of a norm of cooperation among publishers, just as similar norms have developed in academia.

Guidelines 15

Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

In the mid-90s as CEO of Medtronic, I was concerned about whether we could sustain the remarkable success in innovation that we had enjoyed during the previous 10 years. 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 10

Disruptive Innovation Christensen Telecommunications Incubator 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

Indeed, we think every organization must develop and execute an aggressive plan to put data to work. Take this example: One night Tom attended a celebration for a team in a telecommunications company that had drastically improved performance after implementing a new data quality measurement and control system. We figure it out.

Organization 16

Organization Telecommunications McKinsey Price 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2013

This infrastructure sits on top of a publicly available substructure of assets and resources — telecommunications and the Internet, for example. Consider: Standards-based (rather than proprietary) technologies in mobility, Internet protocols and open API''s demand shorter application and infrastructure development cycle times.

CIO 12

CIO Technology Telecommunications Information Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Drawing on her work with business leaders, she has developed the following categorization of how people prefer to think: Conceptual : Reads signs of coming change; sees the "big picture"; recognizes new possibilities; tolerates ambiguity; integrates ideas and concepts; communicates through analogy and metaphor; inspires with visions of the future.

Process 15

Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2020

An ambitious new law is catalyzing innovation.

Tools 19

Tools Innovation Telecommunications Technology 19

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Consider the case of an Asian telecommunications company that found 20 percent of its marketing budget was being squandered in markets with the lowest lifetime customer value. That starts with developing a deep understanding of how customers behave and make decisions. Collaborate around the customer decision journey.

Marketing 15

Marketing Guidelines B2C Analysis 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2014

So the question is really whether the current, mostly hands-off regulatory regime for broadband has led to faster growth and more investment than if Powell, as chairman of the FCC, hadn’t decided in 2002 to classify cable broadband as a lightly regulated “information service” instead of a common-carrier “telecommunications service.”

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Industry GDP Follow-up 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The emergence of a large entrepreneurial community is essential for the development and growth of any country. In Mexico, in the innovative sectors that entrepreneurs usually enter — mobile technology, branchless banking, housing for rural or semi-urban areas, basic services such as water, telecommunications, education, etc.

Industry 13

Industry Telecommunications Incentives Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

trillion between now and 2030: around 40 percent on housing, 27 percent on water infrastructure, 16 percent on roads and railways, 13 percent on electricity networks, and the rest on telecommunications, ports, and airports. We calculate that China needs to make an investment of $17.3

Industry 12

Industry Real Estate Energy Telecommunications 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Brook Manville consults to socially-minded enterprises on matters of strategy and organizational development. Brook Manville consults to socially-minded enterprises on matters of strategy and organizational development. Well need to enable cross-boundary judgment. Well need to enable cross-boundary judgment.

Guidelines 15

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The phenomenon of fast-track CEO succession appears to be most prominent in the retail, technology, media, and telecommunications sectors—all of which are particularly affected by disruptive business models and new competitors. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend. Succession planning'

CEO 15

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

When it comes to innovation in industries with strategically narrow windows of opportunities, speed is everything. This quickening pace — what academics and journalists have called innovation on steroids — is beginning to reach IT departments. Innovations were virtually prevented by stifling complexity.

Technology 9

Technology CIO Agility Software 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The gap between Hyperloop and the state of infrastructure in the vast majority of developing countries is a demonstration of what economist William Janeway calls the Two Innovation Economies. As a result, many top-tier students in developing markets graduating from the best Western institutions are motivated to stay abroad.

Marketing 8

Marketing Transportation Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Innovations like Amazon price checks, or changes to healthcare or shipping enabled by mobile phones, are becoming commonplace. Organizations need to enhance their design and capabilities to survive and stay competitive in a world where innovation matters more. Swisscom AG is the major telecommunications provider in Switzerland.

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Innovation Technology Entrepreneur 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

At the moment that a disruptive innovation crosses into the mainstream market and establishes itself as a viable competitor, the third stage in a disruptive innovation's life cycle. In 2012 Square received a significant round of funding , and formed an innovative deal with Starbucks (which included an investment of $25 million).

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications Fashion Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

In my eyes, the work Steve Blank, Eric Ries, and others have done to provide a cogent, accessible frame around the academic concepts of emergent strategy is one of the most important contributions to the innovation movement over the past few years. Innovation' That''s not right.

Ries 8

Ries Telecommunications Business Model Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Fourteen years ago, Darren Entwistle arrived as a young CEO (he is now Executive Chair) and immediately began transforming the regional telecommunications player into a global entity. But Darren never saw the change required as only a matter of capitalizing on new technologies and developing new products. billion to $11.7

Leadership 10

Leadership Telecommunications Education Consensus 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

The latest developments around PRISM and the NSA dragnet operations uncovered by Edward Snowden, in my view, severely damage the fragile fabric of the new global ecosystem, which we so sorely rely on in order to collectively tackle truly urgent global issues such as energy, pollution, food, climate change, (cyber-)terrorism and inequality.

Globalization 14

Globalization Technology Information Technology Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Steel did in an earlier era of manufacturing, Aquion and innovative firms like it are spearheading economic and employment growth across the country. 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.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8