Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Eighty-seven percent of senior business leaders say that digitalization is now a priority and in many cases is a do-or-die imperative. Our research shows that a company’s ability to gain strategic clarity on its path to business model transformation is crucial to its success. But in some companies, strategists are bolder.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content CIO Business Model 8

Ask Atma

APRIL 20, 2012

Become more agile: have regular big picture sessions where you evaluate progress or the lack thereof and be ready to pivot, repurpose, reboot. No biz model – 1 of 4 failure post-mortems cite the lack of a business model as a reason for failure. No financing. Do you recognize any of these in your business?

Succession 71

Succession Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing Diversity 71

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

It’s about creating an agile organization that can detect what type of change is essential and respond quickly with the most competitive solution. In our experience, most companies are already steeped in technology and learning fast about how it can transform their businesses. All of this has to happen fluidly and rapidly.

CEO 13

CEO Agility Technology Industry 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

” It might be hard for people in HR to hear, but only 20% of those who responded said that their HR function was enabling them to transform, ranking them even lower than finance — an area not exactly known for its agility. First, low barriers to entry into these sectors lead to more agile competition.

Industry 8

Industry B2C Agility Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

There’s no question that legacy IT systems are too slow and rigid for the agility that digital business demands. At the same time that IT organizations are rebuilding their company’s core, they’re affected by changes in customers and business models. And that’s not the only thing at work.

Technology 8

Technology Organization Content Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. Danita Delimont/Getty Images. Few industries are being disrupted as drastically as the retail industry.

Retail 11

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Merchandising 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2016

A global consumer durable goods manufacturer’s industry is seeing business-model transformation, disruption, and a pronounced technological shift in its relationship with its customers. The company set up a stand-alone, centrally funded data and analytics business service unit. The poles of the trade-offs are clear.

Operations 8

Operations Agility Chemicals Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The likely results include new methods of furthering relationships, crafting longer term engagement, and creating transformational business models. You know them as ERP, finance and accounting systems, or even payroll. It's part of a shift from transactional systems to engagement systems.

Directory 15

Directory System Media Video 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

The business model innovation of accelerators is that they have a systematized selection process that is akin to the application process for college. Still, being astute and agile does not guarantee immunity to disruption. Money scales, time spent on analysis does not.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

It took the financial backing and technical support of GE and the support of CEO Jeff Immelt to nurture this business through numerous technical and business model changes. And it has helped not only provide a new product development process, but a role model for a new culture based on a venture model.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Finally, some companies have struggled to finance their activities without payment while they work on delivering the results, limiting their ability to innovate too. As a result, some governments and private foundations have introduced social impact bonds to provide the necessary working capital.

Incentives 8

Incentives Health Care Education Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Understanding your company’s DNA can help you know what you can and can’t do, and how to achieve agility and authenticity in a changing world. Might a company have the same DNA for its lifetime, but be able to innovate by expressing that DNA into new business models, organizational designs, and offerings?

How To 8

How To Decentralization Environment Collins 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

The issue arose as a result of changes to IBM’s business model for software. In response to the rapid advance of cloud computing, IBM’s software engineering groups embraced the Agile development method – with teams focused on incremental delivery of new capabilities every few weeks or months.

Products 8

Products Productivity Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

It wasn''t profitable, or scalable, but it was a brilliant way to learn what the business would really need. It''s not about price, or code, or agile development. As Clay Christensen often points out, successful companies are designed to capitalize on sustaining innovations that jibe with their existing business models.

Company 9

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Technology has forced music artists to completely rethink the way they approach their businesses. The most successful artists in this new landscape have begun to look at new business models and new industries to strengthen their existing brands. Enter Harvard Business School. We’ve all had to adapt.

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2019

It’s the essence of agility. Why Agility is Important for Your Business. Agility is defined by McKinsey & Company as “… the ability of an organization to renew itself, adapt, change quickly, and thrive in an environment characterized by rapid change, ambiguity, and turbulence.”

Agility 50

Agility Process Management McKinsey 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Innovation increasingly involves creating business models that tap big companies' unique strengths. In this context, "corporate catalysts" — entrepreneurially-minded people inside corporates — are working with corporations' resources, scale, and growing agility to develop innovative solutions to global challenges.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Similarly, Apoorva Mehta, a former Amazon engineer and founder of Instacart, now valued at $2 billion, tried up to 20 different business models that failed before hitting the right one. Financed by VC firms. billion in a single round of equity financing, the largest private fundraising round for a VC-backed startup ever.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Remember: No matter how large Contect gets, it will stay agile and motivated. It hits our collective reputation and our finances.” Our revenue is up by 14%, EBITA by 12%, and order intake by 13%. Our performance has exceeded all shareholder expectations. We could never have achieved it without all of you!

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8