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Harvard Business
MARCH 13, 2017
For a long time researchers have attributed the transformation to federal labor market and welfare reforms enacted, starting in 2003. When Germany’s government under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder implemented the so-called Hartz reforms, in 2003, they were extremely controversial. Controversial Labor Reforms.
Harvard Business
MAY 9, 2016
In an era of high-stakes innovation, there is no clearer illustration of how to develop new products the right way (and the wrong way) than a tale of two car companies. How Porsche got the product right. In the late 1990s, Porsche avoided bankruptcy by making its manufacturing more efficient and its sports cars more reliable.
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Harvard Business
APRIL 17, 2017
Earlier this year, the European Union announced that its climate and renewable energy targets—a 20% cut in greenhouse gas emissions, 20% of EU energy from renewable sources, and a 20% improvement in energy efficiency—are actually on track to realization by the year 2020. For example, in Germany, more than 1.5
Management Consulted
AUGUST 1, 2013
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. Industrial Products. Retail and Consumer Products. Marsh & McLennan and Mercer were now functioning as united, but distinct, firms.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Ideally, these warnings provide requisite risk information, allowing people to decide for themselves whether an activity or a product’s benefits outweigh its risks, whether to take those risks, and, if so, with what precautions. Warnings on widely used consumer products are a relatively new phenomenon. How did we get here?
Organizational Talent Consulting
MAY 8, 2023
Studies reveal that a servant leadership style improves employee productivity and creativity. Employees are more likely to provide constructive criticism and engage in productive conflict without fear of exclusion or retaliation. Productivity, wages, and intrinsic motivations. 2003, October 16). Becchetti, L., Bennis, W.
Johanna Rothman
OCTOBER 20, 2020
For example (books have affiliate Amazon links): Takeuchi and Nonaka published The New New Product Development Game in HBR in 1986. Preston Smith and Don Reinertsen published Developing Products in Half the Time: New Rules, New Tools in 1998. From about 2003-2009, Scrum worked for many of my clients. Womack and Daniel T.
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