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The Harvard Business Review highlighted a story from Bloomberg about the number of US rail cars filled with waste as an indicator of economic growth. The stories stated that the number of cars jumped to 79,044 in April and May 2010, an increase of 45% from a year earlier, according to the Association of American Railroads. [...] The U.S. Census is still advertising, urging people to complete and mail back census forms. The Harvard Business Review’s Daily Stat forwarded some information from the Pew Research Center anticipating that 12% of Americans would not fill out the form. What does that mean? A form mailed to Americans generated an 88% response rate. 88% is [...] BNET posted an article about clarifying your corporate mission based on a post from a Harvard Business Review blog. The idea began with a story about Clare Booth Luce, the playwright, journalist, and Republican Member of Congress. In 1962, Luce met with President Kennedy, who was, at the time, pursuing an ambitious agenda domestically and overseas. [...] This is classic business strategy information. We thought you would appreciate an opportunity to think about competition and profitability in different ways. The Harvard Business Review is selling an article by Michael E. Porter that updates a 1979 article. The article suggests that to sustain long-term profitability you must respond strategically to competition. Naturally you keep tabs [...] Just in case we get lost in over-analyzing everything, including customer data, Ron Ashkenas suggested that we step back and think about what is really useful in a post for the Harvard Business Review. Organizations love data: numbers, reports, trend lines, graphs, spreadsheets — the more the better. And, as a result, many organizations have a [...] |
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