MishTalk

JULY 27, 2013

On the Salinas Valley farm, entrepreneurs with Mountain View-based startup Blue River Technology are trying to show that the Lettuce Bot can not only replace two dozen workers, but also improve production. Another company, San Diego-based Vision Robotics, is developing a similar lettuce thinner as well as a pruner for wine grapes.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2018

These relationships can create efficient new sales channels and powerful feedback mechanisms or unlock entirely new business models. Disgruntled distribution partners may retaliate in ways such as switching to rivals, favoring competing products, or even lobbying for legislative remedies. Three Images/Getty Images. Minimize Pain.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). These increasingly efficient survivors now represent half of U.S. oil production, up from a mere 10% just seven years ago in 2011.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

On the other, the slowdown in productivity growth across advanced economies has led some economists to argue that new innovations have no impact on growth. These technologies increase productivity by making workers more skilled and efficient, and thus have the potential to yield both more economic growth and better jobs.

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MishTalk

JULY 14, 2013

If we were expecting the June 20 liquidity crunch to slow growth in Wealth Management Products (WMP), we may be disappointed. If China is growing so quickly that it is desperate for new workers to leave less productive jobs in the countryside and take more productive jobs in the city then urbanization will make China richer.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

In 2011, Oliver Wyman ranked 7th in Vault’s Consulting 50 (combining “best to work for” and overall prestige). They seized this opportunity to establish a firm that would help firms gain clarity about their business models, products, and clients and then advise them by creating long term strategies.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

The partnership has been a triumph of efficiency — a win-win for the cultural climate of Judson and often-stretched student bank accounts. In an HBR article , two management school professors found that an age-integrated assembly line resulted in improved productivity, reduced absenteeism, and fewer defects.

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MishTalk

JUNE 22, 2014

However, greenhouse gas production is a global thing so it''s important to consider global ramifications of US policy decisions. Steve Jobs didn’t develop the PC because the price of typewriters went up.” consumers to buy slightly more fuel efficient cars or turn off light bulbs more regularly because energy prices are modestly higher.

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LSA Global

APRIL 18, 2017

Borders began as a standard bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Michigan in 1971 and grew to employ almost 20,000 workers before it ceased operations in 2011. This outsized, rugged, status-symbol of a GM product failed to see the writing on the wall. foresee the necessity for change soon enough or. Autopsy #1 – Borders. Autopsy #2 – Hummer.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Disruptions in the supply chain may affect production processes that depend on unpriced natural capital assets such as biodiversity, groundwater, clean air, and climate.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2013

By now it is well known that the proprietor of the ''Silk Road'' internet marketplace for drugs and other illicit products has been busted by the FBI. See, in the mid-1930’s, there were two industries that had just made breakthrough machines that would make paper productions much more cost-effective. of adults in the U.S.

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Pharmaceuticals Industry Operations Chemicals 77

Management Consulted

APRIL 6, 2014

An ERP system is an enterprise business management software program that organizes and tracks large company’s resources (cash, raw materials, production capacity, etc.) It helps facilitate error-free transactions and production (before ERP, people actually used odd things like pens, paper and ledgers to keep track of their stuff).

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Harvard Business

JUNE 16, 2016

The initial breakthrough came in 1987, but the first drug wasn’t approved until 2011. The private sector spends three times that , mostly on translational research intended to transform basic discoveries into new products. There is a wide chasm that separates an initial discovery and a viable product idea.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 27, 2016

The emphasis on patient-centered care and efficiency in the delivery of clinical outcomes means that physicians are now being prepared for leadership. A study published in 2011 examined CEOs in the top-100 best hospitals in USNWR in three key medical specialties: cancer, digestive disorders, and cardiovascular care. The Best Hospitals.

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MishTalk

JULY 18, 2014

Total lending has now risen faster than economic output, even before adjusting for inflation, in every quarter since late 2011. Maximum debt thresholds in rich, developed countries are much higher than they are in poor, developing countries. An excessive debt burden reduces future productivity and employment growth.

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freshminds

MAY 24, 2016

86% agree it makes life more affordable, 83% agree it makes life more convenient and efficient, 76% agree it's better for the environment, 78% agree it builds a stronger community, 63% agree it is more fun than engaging with traditional companies, 89% agree it is based on trust between providers and users.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

corporations (including Amazon , Nike , and MasterCard ) that increasing discrimination will leave them unable to recruit, retain, and develop talent. For example, after Apple CEO Steve Jobs took permanent medical leave in 2011, Apple stock fell by 6%. of German gross national product, a first-order economic loss.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 27, 2016

Nike is a leading example of how both anti-sweatshop campaigns and labor standards in trade agreements can be good for innovation and growth in developing countries. Poking around online, I came across a pentagon layout in a Chinese factory that was more efficient than the one in use in Sialkot. What is unusual about this company?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2018

Disinvestment in schools has also been central to teacher strikes that have occurred since 2011, in Jersey City, Philadelphia, Chicago (twice), Seattle, Portland and Wisconsin. Teachers perceive themselves and their students as being treated as fungible costs of production, cogs in a bureaucratic machine.

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Education Survey Training Training 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2017

While advances in health care in the developed world often emphasize new technologies, in developing lower- and middle-income countries simply expanding the reach of basic primary care services is crucial to improving health. In developing countries, primary care tends to be delivered by a mix of public and private sector providers.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

JANUARY 29, 2010

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 20, 2017

Much has been made of the fact that a new breed of financial technology (or fintech) companies is unbundling banks in the developed world. Over the past five to six years there has been a rush of capital and talent into startups; investment in them has grown nearly eightfold since 2011. However, there are signs that this is changing.

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Banking Company Financial Finance 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

As Darrell Rigby argued in a 2011 HBR article , every 50 years the retail industry goes through a major disruption. As families moved out to the suburbs, and interstate highways improved distribution and logistics, a single location focused on a particular product area made a lot of sense. Rather, they seek to optimize a failing model.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The first concerns the challenge of creating the meaningful use program for the HITECH Act when I served as national coordinator of health information technology from 2009 to 2011, at the beginning of the Obama administration. The latter was a project I led after returning to Partners in 2011. This was a $1.2 Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

But a focus on information processing, reaction, and execution — while it may feel productive — causes the quality of our thoughts to suffer. To develop a routine, time for reflection should be a regularly scheduled and a protected event on the leader’s calendar. But some CEOs have managed to resist these tendencies.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2016

Chipotle aimed to differentiate itself from other quick-serve restaurants on the basis of using local ingredients and local sourcing of its products. Companies like Tyson have decades of experience in testing and making sure their products are safe. The second answer relates to tracking particular food products from the source.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

While successful innovations are often a hit-or-miss proposition, the emergence of cutting-edge research known as price pack architecture (PPA) has helped take the guesswork out of the process, allowing consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to design new product variations based on consumer demand. Price Pack Architecture Innovation.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

“I think we have a shot at building the best office building in the world” were the words Steve Jobs used to describe Apple’s new headquarters in 2011. Mostly, the focus is on efficiency: cost and profitability per square foot, vacancy rates, maintenance overhead. Enduring Value Beyond Efficiency.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2017

With the attack on Pearl Harbor, civilian radio production was halted for World War II. Armstrong returned to service, developing FM radios for the Army, and was promoted to the rank of Colonel. The FCC quickly developed a “public interest” rationale for the move: sunspots. and some 500,000 homes had receivers.

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Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2018

billion in 206 deals between 2011 and 2017. We found AI currently creates the most value in helping frontline clinicians be more productive and in making back-end processes more efficient—but not yet in making clinical decisions or improving clinical outcomes. Clinical applications are still rare.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” Greater productivity meant lower prices and faster growth, leading to increased industry dominance. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2017

Thus, as the population ages, health care services will naturally expand, as will the pressure to find efficient ways to deliver those services. In 2011 81 digital health startups received venture funding; with consistent year-over-year increases, 296 startups were venture backed in 2016.

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