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. What do you think?

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COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 13

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Bob Smith (not his real name), source of the quote and Chief Operating Officer at Otis Elevator, knows that elevators tend to remain well under the radar screen until they break. True victory lies in capturing the imagination, respect and energy of a broad and diverse set of stakeholders, including suppliers, customers and executives.

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Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

In its simplest terms, it means outsourcing your company's information technology (IT) needs, from data and storage to software. The study showed that, compared to running their own applications, by outsourcing companies can reduce the energy use and carbon footprint of computing by up to 90 percent! This is very good news.

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Outsourcing Energy Efficiency CRM 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

To stay competitive, organizations need to continually find opportunities for innovation in key processes such as customer service and product development, and adoption of a new process almost always requires the implementation of new information technology. Unfortunately, this creates two problems.

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Process Innovation Hammer Resistance 13

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

the well-known test preparation company, where he developed and launched the online college that offers Associates and Bachelors degrees and certificates in Business, Information Technology, Nursing, and Law. He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc.,

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Library Kaplan Newsletter Audience 70

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. And half-hearted efforts are akin to putting in just enough energy to jump halfway across the stream. Information & technology IT management'

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology Cost Center Constraint 8

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.

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Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities. The broad deployment of digital technology requires rethinking both business and operating models. for leaders and 3.2%

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Company Operations Human Capital Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

In Operation Desert Storm , more than 100,000 Iraqi troops crossed into Kuwait, fixed themselves into strategic positions — in front lines — to combat U.S. When Netscape Navigator imagined the disruption of Microsoft Windows, it forgot that its web browser was an add-on on the operating system.

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Porter Banking Globalization Information Technology 14

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Use a higher level of energy than you used in the earlier parts of the presentation. the well-known test preparation company, where he developed and launched the online college that offers Associates and Bachelors degrees and certificates in Business, Information Technology, Nursing, and Law. Spell it out, step-by-step.

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Power Audience Kaplan Short-term 56

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

the well-known test preparation company, where he developed and launched the online college that offers Associates and Bachelors degrees and certificates in Business, Information Technology, Nursing, and Law. He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc.,

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Planning Audience Succession Library 50

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'

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Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 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. Drone operators will be regularly required, for example, to pass a written test, but won’t, as rumored, need to obtain a pilot’s license. Information & technology Innovation'

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

We see advances in materials, processes, and information technology that will make possible entirely new kinds of products and can radically alter how manufacturers operate. Many of the most interesting advances are in new production processes and new information technologies. but also the risks.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 25, 2013

Just like the pilot makes a calm assessment and operates the right levers, leaders need to create a climate and culture where people can make a calm assessment and fine-tune the right set of drivers. Information & technology' Without this one simple prerequisite, we have seen many business intelligence initiatives fail.

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Business Intelligence Information Technology Uncertainty Fixed Costs 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

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Most companies are unprepared for the emerging revolution in predictive energy analytics. In fact, many readers’ eyes will have already glazed over at the preceding sentence, with the natural initial reaction that energy-related data isn’t relevant to their jobs. Cost Savings. alone, according to the US.

Energy 8

Energy Resources Information Technology Cost Center 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

The data-driven have crafted the best strategies, uncovered wholly new markets, and kept operational costs low. Important as the technology and expertise may be, we find that most companies should focus first on high-quality data, process, people, and culture.

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Organization Telecommunications McKinsey Price 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Other top executives at the American Energy Innovation Council are pushing for more funding for alternative energy research. That exceeds its operating income of $52.5 Some, like the development of specific technology for a new product, largely benefit one firm. The list goes on. billion by more than 7%.

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Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Most companies are unprepared for the emerging revolution in predictive energy analytics. In fact, many readers’ eyes will have already glazed over at the preceding sentence, with the natural initial reaction that energy-related data isn’t relevant to their jobs. Cost Savings. alone, according to the US.

Energy 8

Energy Resources Cost Center Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

For deeper technologies, you can’t always innovate at a venture capital cadence, where you have to get big super fast.” Disappointed, but still determined, Etosha got a break when she attended a cleantech event hosted by the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy in the summer of 2014. ” An Alternative Path.

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Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Social life and the operation of organizations increasingly leave more or less permanent data traces, like the contrails left by jets. Meanwhile, information technologies increasingly turn the tasks of management (measuring and rewarding performance, scheduling) over to algorithms.

Management 8

Management Retail Construction Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Companies have spent enormous energy responding to the existential threat of new entrants. Even technology, information technology, you know, they’ve invested in treating that as a tier-one asset. And let me explain to you what I mean. ” So that’s truly one of the things that we’re seeing.

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Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The data from all these things will be valuable not just to the companies that deploy them, but also to people or companies operating in other domains. Real-time energy usage data can provide intimate information, including behaviour patterns – i.e., when people are present and active in their homes.

Management 8

Management Advertising Information Technology Energy 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. Because they have suffered from delays and high expenses in changing information technology (IT), some choose a manual workaround that is less efficient.

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Price System Technology Software 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

The idea is that if we know the optimal way for something to operate, we can figure out exactly what to change in a suboptimal situation. Machine-learning software onboard the trains themselves can take all of these factors into account, running hundreds of calculations a second to direct an engineer to operate at the proper speed.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Software Information Technology Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2018

As an experienced manager, he knew that his manufacturing and operation division’s success depended on getting creative ideas from his employees. Seeing how my grandchildren admired me meant the world to me and gave me a boost of energy to continue to generate additional creative ideas.” Justin Tierney/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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Creativity How To System Motivation 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2017

If not addressed, water scarcity will squeeze food and energy supply chains, and stall economic growth. To help solve this problem, organizations are using digital technologies and data analytics to improve leak detection. In many parts of the world, the increased operational and infrastructure costs are simply passed on to consumers.

Industry 8

Industry Supply Chain Incentives Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Marketing, IT, store operations, and loyalty programs are all connected. “Our customer is in a store, then she’s reading a magazine, then she’s online. Technology and teamwork — with your customers, staff, CEO, peers, and partners – will give you the superpowers you need to create extraordinary results.

Marketing 13

Marketing Teamwork Technology Information Technology 13

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

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

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The goal is to figure out which persuadable voters to spend energy — and dollars — on, in the hope of moving the dial just slightly in their favor. In this election, the campaign has a very large in-house data team dealing with all kinds of targeting analytics and also the online operations.

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Survey Politics Information Discount 8