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

Energy 126

Energy Industry Government Policies 126

Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

The constantly fluctuating number of barrels of crude available from nimble shale operations is a primary driver, but so are the long-term impact of increased fuel efficiency and the fits and starts of the global transition away from fossil fuels on world demand. These increasingly efficient survivors now represent half of U.S.

Cash Flow 128

Cash Flow Transportation Energy Balance Sheet 128

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2017

This was Sasha’s summary: Department Administrator – Efficiency Expert – Staff Manager - Crisis Handler. ” Voluntarily led response to 2015 flooding of School of Design building. Initiated contact with Director, staff, students, and faculty to minimize disruption of department’s operations.

Transportation 134

Transportation Real Estate Financial Operations 134

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 29, 2018

With our colleagues John Orav and Jie Zheng, we used Medicare claims from 2013 through 2015 to identify admissions for the five most common medical conditions covered under the Medicare bundled payment initiative: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and sepsis. The Future of Health Care.

Operations 120

Operations System Policies Efficiency 120

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

By the time he left Amazon in 2013, his group had grown from 35 to more than 1,000 people who used machine learning to make Amazon more operationally efficient and effective. By 2015, AP’s AI system was writing 3,700 quarterly earnings stories – 12 times the number written by its business reporters.

Company 164

Company Survey Finance Engineering 164

BCG

MAY 9, 2016

BCG’s Retail-Banking Excellence benchmarking study (REBEX) profiles the operational and digital practices and performance of 20 of the world’s leading retail banks, a group of 40 institutions chosen for their size and the strength of their capabilities. At the heart of the benchmarking are core operational metrics.

Operations 40

Operations Retail Banking Benchmarking 40

Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2016

ZBB has been around for decades, but is currently enjoying a revival driven by powerful investors like 3G Capital Partners, the force behind the 2015 merger of Kraft Foods and H.J. Who would argue that a business should not eliminate unjustifiable costs?

Company 112

Company Benchmarking Travel Policies 112

Harvard Business

MAY 27, 2016

After all, in 2015 Nucor recycled 17 million tons of scrap. ” Airlines are also pursuing efficiency in ways customers don’t see so easily, such as reducing the number of short-haul flights they offer and centralizing passengers in large airports. There is no Plan B. Which brings us back to the airline industry.

Airlines 124

Airlines Travel Industry Efficiency 124

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

million from 2005 to 2015, a 67 percent jump. To fully enable a new vision of the future, organizations must make changes in five key business areas: Planning and Budgeting If organizations have easy access to—and indeed rely on—external talent, they can tackle new opportunities, experiment more nimbly, and operate in new areas.

Talent 113

Talent How To Benchmarking Operations 113

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

As an experienced manager, he knew that his manufacturing and operation division’s success depended on getting creative ideas from his employees. By 2015 the ideas generated through this system had saved the company millions of dollars, improved efficiency, and dramatically changed the organizational culture.

How To 133

How To System Resources Development 133

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

All kinds of companies had failed at operational flexibility. In addition, design improvements to the standardized platforms are likely to improve the customers’ driving experience and increase vehicle fuel efficiency. There are a number of incremental efficiencies built into the design of the line.

Automotive 70

Automotive Operations Efficiency Tools 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

It is highly efficient at capturing, storing, and releasing energy. ” The intention was right, but there was no operational impact. In 2015, a sales rep earned commission on everything they closed. For us, flywheel is a powerful metaphor. I made a couple mistakes along the way. ” Neither of those things worked. .”

Sales 132

Sales B2C Energy Efficiency 132

freshminds

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Technology is constantly influencing the way that businesses run in 2015. So let's deconstruct the Tech trends of 2015. Disruptive technologies need to be harnessed for their maximum effect and strategies need to be developed to deal with the operational realities of today with the demands of the future that digital may bring.

Trends 40

Trends Software System Data 40

Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

By one estimate , the number of international migrants worldwide reached 244 million in 2015, up from 222 million in 2010, and 173 million in 2000. Higher diversity is therefore associated with lower productivity, which inhibits the capacity of the economy to operate efficiently. International migration is on the rise.

Construction 128

Construction Culture Policies Development 128

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Although the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 provided some protections, they are narrow and have not resulted in a material increase in information sharing. economy it should issue pragmatic, cost-effective operational guidance to companies on how to defend against evolving risks. That perspective is not only unfair, but counterproductive.

Government 125

Government Data Banking Company 125

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

billion debit and credit card transactions, its research revealed a dramatic slowdown in the growth of everyday consumer spending from 2014 to 2015. Explore organizational redesign and new operating models, including creating a chief data officer function or strengthening an existing position. When JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Banking 116

Banking Data Financial Media 116

Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

Large organisations use technology to store data for accessibility and efficiency but because of this, can be brought to their knees and resort to using pen and paper after a deadly cyber-attack. All organisations should run on secure operating systems, at least Windows 10. So, why is data on devices prone to attack? Zero-day exploits.

How To 105

How To Software System Data 105

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Some health care businesses use duplicate dyad management structures—one to oversee the clinical enterprise and another to oversee the business and operations that support the clinical enterprise. The dyad model can help break down silos, improve the way clinical and operations leaders work together, and coordinate care.

Training 134

Training Training Management Healthcare 134

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

Thus a trust and efficiency engine like blockchain technology has the potential to drive radical change in the insurance industry while improving transparency and outcomes across the entire value chain. In 2015 these top three players generated 48% of the revenues among the top 50 brokers in the U.S.

Insurance 131

Insurance Insurance Industry Balance Sheet 131

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 70

Operations Examples Insurance Insurance 70

Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

corporations from 1985 to 2015. ” The thinking on diversification later changed, turning into skepticism in the 1970s and outright criticism in the 1980s. firms, and put the brakes on diversification. To test our argument, we collected data on 2,031 CEOs who ran 640 large U.S.

Research 132

Research Education Pharmaceuticals Finance 132

Harvard Business

JANUARY 11, 2018

I believe the smartest choice — one that will help them compete against online retailers like Amazon — is to create a better experience for customers and to achieve operational excellence in stores. Creating a great customer experience and achieving operational excellence both require a capable and motivated workforce.

Retail 71

Retail Operations Sales Training 71

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2017

As a large team cares for patients, clear and efficient pathways for communication and workflows are necessary to ensure the patient experience is as seamless and organized as possible. In adult care, CMS announced in 2015 ambitious value-based payment goals for Medicare, which were achieved 11 months ahead of schedule.

Metrics 127

Metrics Efficiency System Development 127

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. For too long, business objectives and management philosophies have focused on efficiency over productivity. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken.

Energy 134

Energy Agile Productivity Talent 134

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 10, 2020

In contrast, a digital currency can operate on a peer-to-peer network that allows a buyer to settle a transaction directly with a seller without a financial intermediary. This also includes Bitcoin (created in 2008) and Ethereum (created in 2015). It is not 100% clear how CBDCs will be deployed, but it may work as follows.

Banking 120

Banking Financial Government Retail 120

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. Since 1994, Dow has invested nearly $2 billion in improving resource efficiency and has saved $9.8

Study 70

Study Productivity Efficiency Operations 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Some of the energy saved and resold will come from traditional energy efficiency (EE) investments, which companies have been making for many years. However, the explosion of smart digital- and internet-connected devices has created a new form of energy efficiency that adds immediate control over equipment as a new EE strategy.

Energy 70

Energy Balance Sheet Efficiency Software 70

Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

You can verbally communicate this with your team, role model it, and create organizational operating principles around it. While there will still be high-stakes, time-sensitive issues like beating a competitor to market with a new product, acknowledge that endurance is the goal, and speed is not the best or only metric of long-term success.

Boston Consulting Group 134

Boston Consulting Group Study Conference Survey 134

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

It’s a story as old as business itself: a company generates a byproduct in the course of its routine operations, then discovers that another company is willing to pay for it. Businesses are already generating it in the course of normal operations. In 2015, the digital universe contained 4.4 zettabytes.

Data 70

Data Software Operations Industry 70

Harvard Business

APRIL 9, 2018

Top 10 Operational Impacts of the GDPR (IAPP). GDPR also bears more than a hint of the kind of protectionism that has featured prominently in EU technology policy since the 2015 release of the plan for a “Digital Single Market,” including recent announcements of new taxes for U.S.-based Full Text of the Regulations.

Data 131

Data Advertising Government Software 131

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

Consulting 157

Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2017

Consider Zenefits, a provider of efficient online employee benefits services for small and medium-size companies. In early 2015 Zenefits announced that its revenues were going to increase by a factor of 10 that year, to $100 million, causing investors to flood it with money at a valuation of over $4 billion.

Talent 132

Talent Company Culture Bain 132

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

On December 7, Portland, Oregon, passed a law that will impose a surcharge on the local business taxes paid by corporations that operate in the city when the CEO’s compensation is 100 times or more the median earnings of the company’s employees. Martin was, however, $193 million in 2014 and $232 million in 2015.

Exercises 70

Exercises Report Pharmaceuticals Financial 70

Harvard Business

MAY 28, 2018

By 2015, RedBalloon was delivering more than four million customers to businesses across Australia and New Zealand that offered “experiences.” Simson knew that the company had to transform marketing to find previously unexplored audiences and to make media buying decisions more autonomous and efficient. Insight Center.

Retail 71

Retail Advertising Media Data 71

Tom Spencer

APRIL 1, 2022

These include offsetting greenhouse gas production by purchasing carbon credits, investing in more efficient gas turbine engines, using sustainable aviation fuel, and manufacturing with novel materials and 3D printing methods. Companies such as GE Aviation and Safran are working on improving engine efficiency in order to reduce emissions.

Trends 88

Trends Engineering Travel Airlines 88

Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2017

Organizations can now engage with customers and employees like never before, and the virtual environment holds the potential to drive operational efficiencies, save time and money, and open the exploration of new commercial avenues. This age is ripe with opportunity. But for traditional firms, they’re a whole new world.

Agile 70

Agile Talent Data Efficiency 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Our research involved a detailed cross-case analysis of five major corporations operating in Australia over 10 years, from 2005 to 2015. Today, businesses often operate on short-term objectives of profit maximization and shareholder return. We get back to core stuff.”

Energy 71

Energy Case Interview Insurance Insurance 71