Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2016

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. Model 1: Virtual operator.

Operations 28

Operations Examples Insurance Insurance 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Most industries cower to a few central metrics, the yardsticks that define the winners and losers. For example, same-store sales or sales per square foot measure success in the retail industry, and various volume measures do it in commodity industries. Consider the automotive industry. For years, U.S. Who takes the hit?

Metrics 28

Metrics Retail Sales Automotive 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Of the respondents, 72% said that climate change presents risks that could significantly impact their operations, revenue, or expenditures. ” Improving risk management. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

When I joined Facebook in 2010, it was already well established that sustainability was central to the way that we operated. We designed a data center that was 38% more energy efficient and that cost 24% less to build than a traditional data center. Since then, we’ve continued to lead the way in terms of energy efficiency.

Energy 28

Energy Efficiency Data Policies 28

MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Last week, the FBI shut down the underground website known as "Silk Road" and confiscated the bitcoin wallet of Ross Ulbricht, the site operator, on drug charges. With that background, please consider the Extreme Tech report FBI unable to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from Silk Road operator. One was the hemp industry, the other was DuPont.

Pharmaceuticals 77

Pharmaceuticals Industry Operations Chemicals 77

MishTalk

MAY 21, 2014

That job ended when Chase and Chemical merged. That does not stop the Obama administration, the education industry, and even the Fed from promote training and education as the solution to what ails us. The weakening demand during recessions forces firms to look for new ways to be more efficient to cope with hard times.

Engineering 77

Engineering Banking Education Training 77

Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2016

However, you’ve made the point that even though there are fewer intermediaries between supplier and restaurant, its operations can actually end up being more complex and fragmented, and therefore harder to control for safety. Operations in a Connected World. Are we seeing greater consolidation in the industry?

Case Study 28

Case Study Case Studies Operations Productivity 28

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

” The world, he has argued, has lots of resources – water, energy, and so on – but we’re hampered because we can’t access it efficiently. The sustainability industry has labored to identify issues that are “material” across the triple bottom line, not simply in financial terms. Business models.

Chemicals 36

Chemicals Energy Case Interview Resources 36

Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2016

Aligning appliance, equipment, and vehicle fuel efficiency standards. The agreement touches on a range of other issues that could impact many industries. A deep shift in energy markets, including the agreement’s goals on making the grid more flexible and resilient, will change how utilities and energy companies need to operate.

Energy 29

Energy Government Efficiency Chemicals 29

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2017

In doing research on multinational operations in the Middle East and Africa, we’ve learned that companies are well aware of how President Trump’s foreign and trade policies could affect their businesses there. billion people, makes the region an exciting expansion opportunity for multinationals across industries.

Government 30

Government Efficiency Policies Operations 30

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

With the support of chemical companies , more than 170 countries also agreed to phase out HFCs , the high global-warming-potential chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators everywhere. The UN also agreed to slash emissions from the airline industry. In the U.S., All of this will affect companies of all stripes.

Energy 28

Energy Chemicals Banking Financial 28