Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Netflix, for example, has used crowdsourcing to improve its recommendation engine by 10%, attracting over 44,000 submissions. Starbucks launched MyStarbucksIdea.com , in 2008, to get ideas from consumers, and has so far received more than 100,000 submissions from consumers around the world.

Research 29

Research Examples Engineering Survey 29

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In 2008, the rate of job creation fell even further—below 1%—and has remained at that historically low level through 2015. Another cause of the decline in jobs is that our engine of job growth has stalled. The first is that full time jobs are disappearing. In 2000, during the dot-com crash, that rate fell below 2%.

McKinsey 28

McKinsey Survey Company Recruiting 28

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

Often new products are over-engineered with too many features, usually at too high a price. In 2008, the company came to market with a computer, the Eee PC, that was priced even lower than its traditionally low-priced offerings. Between 65% and 75% miss their revenue or profit goals, depending on whose research you look at.

Productivity 28

Productivity Sales Development B2B 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Since 2009 we have interviewed and surveyed 181 executives who run PE-owned companies, as well as eight to 15 people who work with each of these 181 executives (supervisors, board members, director reports, and others). From 2008 to 2015 SCA’s revenue rose 88% (from $690 million to $1.3 And it has continued to this day.

Company 28

Company Engineering Turnaround System 28

Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2016

In 2008 Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson wrote about their research on U.S. Engineers at Google might be getting paid more than engineers elsewhere because they’re better engineers. ” McAfee and Brynjolfsson report something similar in their 2008 HBR article. “Think of General Electric.”

McKinsey 28

McKinsey Engineering Enterprise Research 28

Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2016

A survey of members of Tech London Advocates, an industry group, revealed that 87% opposed Brexit. Engineers from the EU have been key to the successes of many UK companies. A 2015 survey by Wayra , a startup incubator, last year found that over a fifth of startup talent in the UK came from other EU countries.

Talent 28

Talent Enterprise Industry Software 28

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

More than 90% of surveyed employees on Glassdoor would recommend Oliver Wyman to their friends; 98% approve of the CEO. Its engineering services portfolio is among the strongest of any consulting firm, and it is also known for its business lines in nonprofit and public sectors. Employee Satisfaction. Work-Life Balance.

Oliver Wyman 81

Oliver Wyman Boston Consulting Group Consulting Bain 81

Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2018

Franklin was in the business of designing, engineering, and manufacturing climate control systems for cars and SUVs. FB Holdings had made it through the financial crisis of 2008 without losing money—but the climate control systems divisions, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, had not fared as well.

Case Study 35

Case Study Case Studies Study Culture 35