Harvard Business

APRIL 16, 2018

Help to increase tech literacy in Washington. This lack of knowledge — despite the millions of dollars that the tech industry spent on lobbying Washington in 2017 — shows that technology literacy among lawmakers still needs to be improved. Digital Service , and the Presidential Innovation Fellows.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Technological innovations have radically transformed the business landscape in many ways over the last two centuries, from the introduction of steam power to the market conquest of radial-ply tires. joshua sortino/unsplash.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

Many mature industries are experiencing significant technological disruption. Leaders in every industry are no doubt keeping a vigilant eye on such developments, yet one very important aspect of this disruption has been largely overlooked: technology fundamentally changes what makes your brand premium. JEWEL SAMAD/Staff/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

Daniel Suarez’s novel Change Agent describes a near future in which synthetic biology has reshaped every industry. Daniel Suarez’s novel Change Agent describes a near future in which synthetic biology has reshaped every industry. At the end of the 19th century, New York City stank. — of manure a month.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2017

HEB, Costco, Trader Joe’s, and QuikTrip all made Glassdoor’s 2017 “Best Places to Work: Employees’ Choice” list , released in early December. These retailers pay better than many others and that counts for a lot in a low-wage industry like retail. But they also score higher on culture.

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SkillQuo

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Over the past few years, industries from enterprise IT to financial services have become more consumer-centric. Over the past few years, industries from enterprise IT to financial services have become more consumer-centric. Article Credit: CB Insights. Companies are positioning themselves to take advantage of this shift.

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Harvard Business

JULY 18, 2017

Many large companies yearn to rekindle the innovative magic of entrepreneurship, but very few actually succeed. The reasons have been well documented and include: Large, established companies answer to investors who value predictable, consistent financial results, and so are intolerant of the risks inherent in bold innovation.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 30, 2018

The digital industry is riding an important—and turbulent—wave of change right now. As Facebook and others grapple with tough questions about data privacy and security practices, trust in social platforms appears to be plummeting. I disagree with this argument. ” Wait, What's GDPR Again?

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

You don’t have to be a programmer in Silicon Valley or a gene splicer in biotech to unleash exciting innovations and create huge value. Instead, you can rethink what it means to be in the retail-banking business, or the industrial-distribution business, or the office-cleaning business.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

SOURCE: Accenture Strategy 2017 study, “Tech-Led Change in M&A”, a survey of 1,100 C-Suite executives representing 13 industries in seven countries. SOURCE: Accenture Strategy 2017 study, “Tech-Led Change in M&A”, a survey of 1,100 C-Suite executives representing 13 industries in seven countries.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

For example, in 2017 the profits of the 30 largest South Korean conglomerates rose by 48%, compared with one year before, but the number of workers employed by those companies decreased by 0.4% In late August, Lee Jae-yong, the heir apparent of Samsung, South Korea’s largest conglomerate, was sentenced to five years in prison.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 17, 2017

Diversity can boost innovation and employee engagement , and companies with greater gender and racial diversity financially outperform their peers. About the Interviews I wanted to select a diverse group of CEOs from a range of companies that varied by size and industry. And many diversity programs fail. For example, Gap Inc.

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QEmploy

JULY 16, 2019

That just means that your rate of learning will be much higher compared to being in the same industry. That just means that your rate of learning will be much higher compared to being in the same industry. How to start? What are the steps? And what can you get out of it? Jump right into it below and find the answers. Why consulting?

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Industrial companies like JCB, Cummins, AECOM, General Electric and investors like Brookfield have successfully capitalized on India’s infrastructure investments. While India remains a formidably challenging market, there are at least three reasons why global firms cannot overlook India without consequences.

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Cheryl Cran

MAY 2, 2017

Want to know the top ten places to work in 2017 and why? The opportunities for growth are abundant and in an industry where hard work can burn out the best Boston Consulting group emphasized self care with fitness, sabbaticals, remote work and more. Here is the list of top ten companies to work for and my ‘why’ they are on the list: 1.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 24, 2017

The venture capital industry is beginning to take a good, hard look at a new financial instrument coming out of the bitcoin community — Initial Coin Offerings , or ICOs. For example, the cryptocurrency used for the Ethereum network, called Ether , saw its value double in just a few days in March 2017. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2018

But as the digital revolution continues to spark widespread disruption in other industries — automotive, financial services, health care, and retail — who will win? The contest is now shifting toward more-traditional industries, like transportation (Lyft and Uber, for example) and hospitality (Airbnb). Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

If 2017 was the year that tech became a lightning rod for dissatisfaction over everything from the last U.S. Innovation and its discontents are nothing new, of course, going back at least to the 18 th century, when Luddites physically attacked industrial looms. Alberto Manuel Urosa Toledano/Getty Images. In the U.S.,

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The context for sustainable business in 2017 may center on the competition between these two stories; that is, how will Trump and his team impact or impede progress on climate and other sustainability issues? The UN also agreed to slash emissions from the airline industry. goods if the country pulled out the Paris agreement.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2017

Electricity generation and transportation each constitute around 30% of total emissions, with industrial sources making up 20% of total emissions. Therefore, one of the main questions to ask of our fractured state-level climate policy is whether it can unleash the same level of innovation. For the time being, U.S. The Background.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Vincent Tsui for HBR. Trade is in trouble in U.S. Both the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, have blamed U.S. trade agreements for loss of jobs and a rash of economic ills. Democratic support for trade in Congress has withered over the years, and now more Republicans in Congress are hesitating, too.

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