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Risks And Opportunities In The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

We are entering new territory where, to succeed, we must fundamentally understand how we as human beings think about our world and our relation to our technology.

Supply Chain Management Has Changed The World Economy, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

I’m making a bold assertion: global supply chain management practices are single-handedly holding down inflation across the globe. Economists have been asking for a while now why inflation stubbornly remains below “ideal” levels, despite uses of various policy levers. There is some evidence that it could be due to the ability of modern global supply chains to continue to find new and cheaper sources of production—the power of competition—coupled with old fashioned managerial innovation.

Supply Chain Opportunity Costs About To Explode, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

The cost of tariffs gets a lot of popular media attention, but it’s a shallow treatment of a complex disease. Yesterday Bloomberg ran a piece titled, “The Age of Global Supply Chains Is in Trouble,” about the worrying impact of export restrictions on global supply chains.

Of Telegraphs And Blockchains, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

The point is that getting blockchain right will generate tremendous rewards and share risks across globally spanning supply chains—getting it wrong may stifle innovation and erode trust.

Technology Is Supply Chain’S Greatest Threat”. Supply Chain Management Review, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

There are a lot of companies that could do more and need to modernize, yet the forthcoming generation of technology works against traditional supply chain management approaches.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Some Supply Chain Managers Just Don’T Get It, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

Whether you call it the Fourth Industrial Revolution or give it some other name, the source of competitive advantage is about to change, and your current strategy is most likely going to kill your business unless you prepare.

Wisdom Comes From The Young, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

Leaders must engage their entire workforce and supplier and customer bases in order to maximize competitive advantage.

Leadership And The Democratization Of Supply Chains, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

The Fourth Industrial Revolution will continue the democratization of technology.

Managing The Next Generation Of Sales, Gen Z/Millennial Cusp: An Exploration Of Grit, Entrepreneurship, And Loyalty, Michael Rodriguez, Stefanie L. Boyer, David Fleming, Scott Cohen

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

Purpose: The current study explores the latest generation of the workforce, Generation Z/Millennial cusp, and the loyalty concerns hiring managers’ experience. The authors explore how the characteristics of entrepreneurship and grit can potentially impact employee loyalty to an organization.

Methodology/approach: A content analysis using responses from 51 hiring managers and their views of the advantages and challenges of hiring from the millennial generation yielded patterns focused on grit, loyalty, and entrepreneurship.

Findings: Based on the feedback from hiring managers using a grounded theory approach, we propose a conceptual model that includes three constructs that emerged from the analysis: individual entrepreneurship …

2019: The Year Of Supply Chains Living Dangerously, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

Failure to take action this year could leave you in danger of being left behind, and reduced uncertainty is a far cry from increased prosperity.

Tariffs Won’T Deter Industry 4.0, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

It is easy to understand the frustration that drives some to support tariffs and protectionism. None of this means that the tariffs will work. And supply chains are the reason why.

The Half-Life Of Supply Chain Knowledge, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

It hasn’t been true for decades that Westerners are the only ones living a middle-class lifestyle.

An Immigrant’S Advice For College Graduates, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

Immigrants, because of their international heritage, bring a unique perspective to a career in supply chain management

Global Supply Chains Depend On People, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

Any threat to use tariffs as an economic weapon will have limited effect because we don’t hold the same power we used to.

Infrastructure Fix Requires Innovating Our Regulatory Approach, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

The real problem with infrastructure is the management process – or lack thereof.

Why A Hierarchy-Of-Effects Model Is Still The Best Approach To Managing And Optimizing The Impact Of Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies, Keith B. Murray

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

Since the early calls for the use of a hierarchy-of-effects approach to assessing and then strategically guiding corporate management in its oversight of CSR endeavors by the enterprise, research related to CSR effects overwhelming shows many favorable social exchanges between CSR firms and relevant stakeholders. Given the attractiveness of CSR payoffs to the firm – but recognizing the resource costs also associated with CSR decisions – a renewed case is manifest for how corporate governance can better understand and optimize CSR efforts, all to the betterment of both the organization and its key stakeholders.

The Rise Of Embedded Analytics: Empowering Manufacturing And Service Industry With Big Data, Mohsen Attaran, Sharmin Attaran

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

This article describes how in today's hyper-competitive environment, business leaders around the world are using analytics technologies to create business values, and to gain a better understanding of their customer's needs and wants. However, traditional business analytics are undergoing major changes. The Internet revolution, cloud computing, and the evolution to self-service analytics have all contributed to the changing dimensions of business intelligence. To compete effectively in a digitally driven world, business leaders must understand and address the critical shifts taking place in the field of analytics, and how these shifts impact their overall strategy. The key objective of this article …