Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

These stock buybacks have come under criticism as a bad investment – the argument being that companies sitting on record amounts of cash ought to invest in innovation, salaries, or at least dividends, rather than pumping up their own stock price through buybacks. The list goes on. Not so fast. However, not all investments are equal.

Innovation 8

Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Digital technology is the biggest agitator of the business world today. Mobile technology, social media, cloud computing, embedded devices, big data, and analytics have radically changed the nature of work and competition. And digital innovations will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Digital transformation is.

Management 12

Management Drucker Technology Information Technology 12

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. As analysts, we need to expand the organization’s “smartwidth” – its capability to understand and act on information.

Magazine 51

Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

For the past several years we have watched with increasing dismay at the increasing chasm between information technology (IT) groups and their business counterparts. The business complains that IT doesn’t understand the business, consistently overpromises and under-delivers, and slows innovation.

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology Cost Center Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Innovative products like fitness trackers and Google’s Nest thermostats are demonstrating the potential for both consumers and enterprises. has emerged as a leading adopter of smart meter technology for power utilities, approaching 50% penetration of 150 million total endpoints. Information & technology Internet'

Early Adopters 11

Early Adopters Information Technology Long-term Industry 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported that companies waste 30% of the energy they consume. For many businesses, this is equivalent to overspending on energy by that amount to achieve current production levels. You’d think that increasingly sophisticated technology would help reduce this waste.

Company 8

Company Management CIO Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

“Technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace and this milestone allows federal regulations and the use of our national airspace to evolve to safely accommodate innovation,” Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a press release that accompanied the announcement. In Washington, business as usual.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Of these 5 articles, some were self-explanatory: " Nation spurs development of new, green technologies ". " The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. Then the November 16th issue arrived at my door and the cover story was about alternative energy.

NGO 15

NGO Chemicals Energy Hotels 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

With the pace of digital “always on” streaming devices and technology innovation accelerating, one might think technology would continue to pose a challenge for businesses. An upstream energy equipment manufacturer, for example, used this approach to better understand the amount of time production equipment sat idling.

Banking 8

Banking Hypercompetition Constraint Technology 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

JULY 18, 2012

These people are the information economy's mom and pop business owners , just more technologically leveraged and profitable than their brick & mortar predecessors. The innovations that made these companies worth billions of dollars could be classified as computer hardware and software infrastructure. The formula worked.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

These people are the information economy's mom and pop business owners , just more technologically leveraged and profitable than their brick & mortar predecessors. The innovations that made these companies worth billions of dollars could be classified as computer hardware and software infrastructure. The formula worked.

Venture Capitalist 16

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2014

In his seminal essay, “ Why Software is Eating the World ,” Marc Andreessen pointed out that for each new technology wave, the money eventually shifts to software. Over the years, the automobile industry has embraced numerous innovations to achieve this transformation. Information & technology IT management Technology'

Maturity 9

Maturity Software Information Technology Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

Second, we see a raft of innovations that will alter how products are designed, manufactured and sold — everything from nanotechnologies to 3D printing. Then, manufacturing's most important role is as a driver of innovation, trade, and productivity. Innovations Are Changing The Way We Design Products.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

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. Health Information & technology'

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

When it comes to microchips — the miniature machines that run so much of our lives — innovation has driven us farther than we ever thought possible. The rate of semiconductor innovation is slowing, however, the way traffic on a freeway bottlenecks as lanes diminish. That "sprawl" is like the suburbs around a city.

Gordon 8

Gordon Technology Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants a preliminary framework in place by the end of this summer, with a final set of guidelines ready to go in February 2014. Critical industry sectors from energy and banking to transportation and health care answer to different government agencies or regulators.

Cooper 8

Cooper CIO Risk Management Telecommunications 8

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 9

Globalization Technology Information Technology Telecommunications 9

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Businesses from top global firms to main street staples are looking into a future driven by new technology capabilities. New financial innovations enabled both historic global economic growth and cascading global financial failures. Levine is an expert on lean and agile software development and information technology.

Agility 65

Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

In just a few years digital technology has connected an ever-growing number of people, sensors, and devices. While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. The broad deployment of digital technology requires rethinking both business and operating models.

Company 8

Company Operations Human Capital Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2016

By the 1990s, IBM had become the go-to provider of enterprise information technology — hardware, software, and systems integration — for large and midsized businesses. Above all, don’t ignore this challenge as you try to innovate your way to a new model. A big challenge for only part of the organization.

Company 8

Company Licensing Incentives Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

One answer is to take a cue from pivotal technology companies leading the change. Many of the companies leading today’s technology-driven transformations across industries are leveraging transitional strategies, or more specifically transitional business platforms. Businesses able to most cost-effectively provide it will win.

Business Model 8

Business Model Constraint Technology Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

Important as the technology and expertise may be, we find that most companies should focus first on high-quality data, process, people, and culture. Ignoring these is a bit like putting enough energy into a leap to get halfway across a stream; it takes time and money but leads to an unhappy result. So where to begin? We figure it out.

Organization 15

Organization Telecommunications McKinsey Price 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

has been an innovation superpower. In virtually every advanced field, whether it’s information technology, biotechnology, agriculture, or renewable energy, America holds a leading position. vincent tsui FOR HBR. Since World War II, the U.S. Google got its start from a federal grant.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Competitive Advantage Venture Funding 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

By background they are normally Information Technology or Chemistry teachers (95% in our study), who have often moved out of the classroom to manage support staff early in their career. increase in gross domestic product (GDP), as better educated students are more knowledgable, more innovative and earn more money. billion.

Long-term 8

Long-term Education GDP Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2018

We’ve studied stereotypically “creative” firms, like design, R&D, and information technology companies, but we’ve also researched stereotypically “uncreative” environments, like Golan’s manufacturing plant at Elop (which is part of Elbit ISTAR). As a result, innovation can stall.

Creativity 10

Creativity How To System Motivation 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

There were no big technological changes — factories, steamships, and railroads were still largely in the future. That new mindset in turn did much to spur the speedy adoption of technologies in later decades. As historians have increasingly appreciated, technology is usually a secondary cause in economic development.

Class 8

Class Hedge Technology Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

If you want to win their hearts and minds, you have to master the latest technology, assimilate vast quantities of data, engage and delight your customers, and deliver products and services that surpass expectations. And yet today’s top marketers are combining technology and teamwork to generate extraordinary results.

Marketing 13

Marketing Teamwork Technology Information Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2011

Declining prices of computer hardware enabled American companies to invest heavily in information technology, which in turn, drove a surge in U.S. We find ourselves falling behind in several industries of the future, including solar energy and other areas of green tech. fertile ground for innovation. productivity.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Policies Telecommunications Industry 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2018

Today digital technology is all the rage because after decades of development it has become incredibly useful. We need to start preparing for a new era of innovation in which different technologies, such as genomics, materials science, and robotics , rise to the fore. First is the technology itself.

Industry 13

Industry GDP Technology Agility 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

In an earlier age, “general purpose technologies” such as electricity and communications networks were recognized by economists as their own category because they provided vital inputs for all kinds of businesses, revolutionized the way business was conducted in general, and literally redefined what it meant to live in modern society.

Transportation 8

Transportation Price Airlines Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Over the last two decades, business leaders in the West have been responding to risks posed by profound changes in the global economy, in technology, and in demographics. They have used advances in information technology, which might have destroyed their businesses, to improve their offerings and cut their cost of production.

Politics 10

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 10