Strategy Driven

AUGUST 24, 2017

In short, it’s an enormous business, consuming some 6 percent of total world GDP, more than military spending and education combined. If you’ve ever watched a large commercial logistics operation at work, you’ll have noticed something: everything is standardized. The best way to do this is to use scanning technology.

Supply Chain 50

Supply Chain Strategy Cost Software 50

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Entrepreneurship has seldom been sexier, with the press overwhelmed with stories of technological disruption and the tremendous changes emerging across society as a result of the bold and courageous innovators that are bucking the norm. in 1985 to just 5.3% A decline in disruption. Hype run wild.

Venture Capitalist 45

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Incubator GDP 45

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The transformation of Silicon Valley from farmland into the center of the technological universe has been attracting envious looks from around the world for a generation or more. Digital dominance. There is also a supportive regulatory environment that has helped fintech innovators to emerge.

Marketing 45

Marketing McKinsey Innovation GDP 45

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). Foreign investors have flocked to the country’s shores as many of the world’s largest manufacturers have established operations there. percentage points of GDP growth in 1979-1989, 0.5

GDP 15

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2013

These present drivers of its economy, however, are under threat from technology. I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology to help universities in the region develop capabilities in emerging areas like microelectronics, biotech, and nanotechnology. Education drives technology. publicly traded companies.

Education 10

Education Technology IPO GDP 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

In the second quarter of 2011, China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 9.5%. From the vantage point of many in the United States, where optimistic estimates of GDP growth continue to be cut and now hover around 2%, it seems that the Chinese "problem" is a nice one to have. That was down from 9.7%

GDP 15

GDP Christensen Disruptive Innovation Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

New research from the McKinsey Global Institute simulates the potential global macroeconomic impact of five powerful technologies (computer vision, natural language, virtual assistants, robotic process automation, and advanced machine learning). GDP growth a year across the period. GDP growth a year across the period.

GDP 14

GDP Long-term McKinsey Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

economy depends on technological progress, but recent data suggests that innovation is getting harder and the pace of growth is slowing down. The context for technological development was very different a century ago. For instance, in 1880 most inventive activity was the result of inventors operating outside the boundaries of firms.

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Education Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

Higher diversity is therefore associated with lower productivity, which inhibits the capacity of the economy to operate efficiently. At the same time, diversity in societal norms, customs, and ethics can nurture technological innovation and the diffusion of new ideas, and thus the production of a greater variety of goods and services.

Long-term 14

Long-term GDP Diversity Construction 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

The United States, which needed allies against the Soviet Union, not only tolerated Japanese protectionism but also transferred advanced technology to Japan and subsidized Japanese firms. In short, Japan enjoyed asymmetric openness — access to foreign technology and export markets but protection from foreign competition.

Comparison 16

Comparison GDP Technology Outsourcing 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Read more from DXC Technology: Embracing Digital Change Requires a Clear Strategic Focus. Digital transformation transcends technology. Digital transformation is often viewed through a narrow technology lens, as just another mobile project or e-commerce initiative. How to Become a Digital Enterprise. No industry is immune.

Technology 8

Technology Industry GDP Content 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

An open, neutral internet has been a force for sweeping social change: democratizing information, commerce, and access to jobs, triggering GDP growth and a rising standard of living. it is cheap to operate and expensive to upgrade. Or do we need better technologies that can be more efficient at using the internet we've already got?

Fixed Costs 17

Fixed Costs Technology Efficiency Content 17

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. The constant relationship between management theory and applied technology shouldn’t be too surprising.

Management 15

Management Software BPM Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

You know how your mobile operator manages to slyly slide hidden costs past you — and the service you get is patchy and unpredictable? The more Enronian GDP "grows," the steeper the eventual bill of underpaid costs and overbought benefits to be paid. UK Uncut is self-organizing demonstrations against mobile operators and banks.

Incentives 17

Incentives GDP Hypercompetition Cost 17

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

But once we find them, we should direct giving not toward the programs but toward the organizations' fundraising and development operations so that they can multiply the funds available for programs. It lumps fundraising in with finance, human resources, leadership training, technology, and other administrative functions. How could it?

GDP 17

GDP Human Resources Finance Technology 17

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

GDP dedicated to health care as fertile ground for expansion. For existing health care companies, the operative words in that mandate have been “health care”; for Amazon, the operative words likely are “service that needs to be delivered to a customer.” jamie jones/Getty Images.

Health Care 14

Health Care Retail Operations Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

In South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, another long-term study found that "more equal education between men and women could have led to nearly 1 percent higher annual per capita GDP growth" in each country. A study found that 18% of school age girls in Rwanda, for instance, miss school because menstrual pads are too expensive.

Franchising 16

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Since two-thirds of world’s growth in GDP is likely come from poor countries, reverse innovation is an important phenomenon. Earlier this year, I received an invitation on behalf of the Tata Center for Technology and Design and the Department of Mechanical Engineering to speak at MIT about my work on reverse innovation.

Education 11

Education Innovation Engineering Constraint 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The Federal Reserve is projecting GDP growth of 2.8 Sounds good; “New investment in innovative technologies” makes a great headline for the next earnings call or annual report. companies are great at improving existing operations and thinking of new ways to apply technology to drive productivity. Indeed, U.S. Indeed, U.S.

Efficiency 10

Efficiency Maturity Strategic Planning Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

GDP, outcomes are worse than in other developed countries, and an attempt to fix the system through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) now sits in the hands of the U.S. There are few more personal, passionate, and political topics than health care. The reasons for this are clear: Health care spending has reached 17% of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Health Care 16

Health Care Incentives Quality Cost 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

While flights of imagination from science-fiction writers, filmmakers, and techno-futurists involve things like flying cars and teleportation, in practice smart technology is making inroads in a piecemeal fashion, often in rather banal circumstances. The potential for technologies to enable smart societies is rising. trillion by 2026.

Benchmarking 14

Benchmarking Globalization Technology Policies 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

trillion to the GDP, or about one-fifth of the nation's total gross domestic product. Public policy must protect consumer privacy without hindering technological innovation. That's one in four jobs, making retail the largest private sector employer, dwarfing the numbers seen in major fields such as manufacturing and health care.

Retail 14

Retail Policies Supply Chain Health Care 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

Without an acceleration in productivity growth, the rate of global GDP growth is set to decline by 40% from 3.6% MGI has identified sufficient opportunities to boost productivity growth to 4% in the 19 national economies of the G20 group plus Nigeria, which together account for 80% of world GDP. a year between 1964 and 2012 to only 2.1%

Globalization 8

Globalization Productivity Products GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2016

Executives are usually taught that data is an objective and critical input for strategic planning and operations. Applying this, however, is much easier said than done — especially among companies operating in emerging markets. YOY GDP growth in its April World Economic Outlook. Greece’s actual 2015 growth was -.8%.)

Marketing 13

Marketing GDP Industry Objective 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2018

In a new Accenture survey (titled Reworking the Revolution , which will be published on January 23 rd ) of 1,200 C-level executives worldwide, 75% say that they are currently accelerating investments in AI and other intelligent technologies. The Technology Optimists. The Utopians. The Productivity Skeptics.

GDP 8

GDP Technology Learning-by-Doing Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

The evidence indicates that the United States is losing its ability to attract and expand the operations of multinationals and their significant contributions to productivity growth, innovation, and high-wage employment. GDP while undertaking 40.9% shares of the global operations of U.S.-based In 2009, they accounted for 24.4%

Globalization 10

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

economy as a whole, rather than the narrow, specific slices of technology or communication, the first decade of the 21st century did not generate expected growth in jobs, revenues, profits, or stock prices. The business press puts a tremendous focus on technology and innovation, but what it doesn't do is put it into context.

Innovation 14

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

From BMW’s self-driving car to smart door locks and bells, and Wi-Fi tea pots, there were hundreds of exhibitors who presented their IoT-ready technology. The Industrial Internet could add $10 to $15 trillion to global GDP in efficiency gains over the next two decades. Take a look at a handful of examples.

Industry 8

Industry Software GDP Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

According to China scholar Adam Segal’s analysis , the Chinese President Xi Jinping “aims to build an ‘impregnable’ cyber-defense system, give itself a greater voice in Internet governance, foster more world-class companies, and lead the globe in advanced technologies.” billion citizens.

Airlines 14

Airlines Technology Objective Policies 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Four years ago, GE initiated a strategy to compete more effectively in Africa, one of the fastest growing regions in the world in terms of GDP. CEO Ginni Rometty took the top job in 2012, and identified Africa as a locus of technological growth early in her tenure. General Electric is a good example.

Globalization 9

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

This can be achieved first and foremost through hybrid electric cars, as well as a combination of vehicle mix, engine downsizing and advanced combustion technology. The role of China, which now accounts for 10 percent of the world GDP, is critical. The United States and Europe cannot meet the challenge of climate change alone.

Policies 16

Policies Energy Transportation Politics 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

An open, neutral internet has been a force for sweeping social change: democratizing information, commerce, and access to jobs, triggering GDP growth and a rising standard of living. it is cheap to operate and expensive to upgrade. Or do we need better technologies that can be more efficient at using the internet we've already got?

Fixed Costs 10

Fixed Costs Technology Efficiency Content 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

economy operates at only 18% of its digital potential, and the sort of productivity gains that digital technologies should be enabling are not showing up in the broader economy. This does not mean every technology company is leading; there are plenty of tech companies falling behind, too. Why is that?

Company 8

Company Technology GDP Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

The Southeast Asia city’s rapid growth echoes the story of the so-called “unicorns” — technology start-ups that rapidly grew to a billion-dollar valuation and beyond. That’s significant for a country with a GDP of $270 billion. Rocket operates some of the largest e-commerce platforms in emerging markets.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Technology B2B GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2013

Some data is inherently inaccurate (GDP forecasts); other data becomes inaccurate through processing errors. This is critical because your data factory will almost certainly operate outside the purview of the data scientist. Be careful that you are not the affected party by making your operations highly sensitive to uncontrolled data.

Information Technology 9

Information Technology Uncertainty Short-term GDP 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2015

GE says that the technology could boost a wind farm’s energy production by as much as 20% and create $100 million in extra value over the lifetime of a 100-megawatt farm. GE believes that the Industrial Internet could add $10 to $15 trillion to global GDP in efficiency gains over the next two decades.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Power Software Engineering 8