Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2016

At a time when digital technology is transforming one industry after another, large companies tend to view innovation and disruption as the result of breakthrough discoveries or technological wonders. How Digital Business Models Are Changing. The business model WhatsApp has today is essentially the one it started with.

Technology 12

Technology Productivity Products Business Model 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

It would be terribly naïve to assume that nothing in your business will need to change. However, some of the most common beliefs about how this will happen, repeated by conference speakers, self-proclaimed gurus, and consultants, have been oversimplified, misunderstood, or misapplied. Complements are not substitutes.

McCallum 12

McCallum Competitive Advantage Consultative Business Model 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Some localities had bought lights but failed to fully utilize the accompanying technology, which meant they couldn’t service them properly or achieve the hoped-for energy savings. It would position Lumiscape’s technology platform for growth as the smart-cities movement showed signs of taking off. But not here , he thought.

Case Study 8

Case Study Business Model CFO Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

I don’t mean a few quarters of sluggish growth or a one-time product flop, but a radical shift in its market, a major technology disruption, or a disastrous strategic bet that threatened the company’s very existence. It was a great idea for a conference, yet it amounted to a hill of beans. .”

Company 8

Company Long-term Conference Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

How long can a business model succeed that forces students to accumulate $200,000 or more in debt and cannot guarantee jobs — even years after graduation? Neither the pedagogical model nor the value equation of traditional higher education have changed much in the past fifty years. Emerging new education models.

Education 10

Education Venture Capitalist Business Model Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2017

With that in mind, I can see three potential scenarios for how Apple might play in the autonomous car market. The second play is to try to use its technological aptitude to create a vehicle that solves a particular problem. Some of them may never enter the car market, or may at least significantly delay a move toward ownership.

Transportation 9

Transportation Sports Pharmaceuticals Health Care 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

Start-up companies tend to cluster in industries favored by venture capitalists (like biotechnology or information technology) or ones where there are relatively low barriers to entry (like restaurants). In these markets if existing companies don’t rise to the innovation challenge, no one will.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Company Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

For companies, smart cities represent major business opportunities — and not only for tech firms selling systems to government agencies. Technology is reconfiguring traditional roles and divisions of labor. Weighing the three questions below can help business leaders prepare for this shift.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

Musk’s compensation plan, which will give him close to $56 billion in stock and awards if Tesla’s market cap reaches $650 billion, is designed to communicate a particular value proposition to Wall Street. Maintaining that patience requires constant focus on that north star of a half-a-trillion market value.

Planning 8

Planning Marketing Automotive Long-term 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For example, when my book publisher was hit by Hurricane Wilma, (thus my upcoming book was literally blown away), I turned to graphic design where I had received all my training and contacts—but with a much different business model. Base marketing initiatives on shared values and multiple-agendas.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

It's an age of unprecedented, staggering technological change. Business models are being transformed, lives are being upended, vast new horizons of possibility opened up. These are all pretty common assertions in modern business/tech journalism and management literature. Or something like that.

Stephenson 16

Stephenson Innovation Biotechnology eBook 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

At a recent investor conference, one of us heard a CEO proudly state that the new law would have no effect at all on how his company views investments. For example, well-managed consolidators such as Dell Technologies are doing well in this market. But most have been reticent to say anything about their plans.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain CEO Discount Retail 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2015

But word of mouth is an important ally in your marketing efforts. One way to earn alpha status within an industry is to become an opinion leader , by influencing the industry’s business models, standards used, technologies, and customer-management methods. Offer incentives for providing a reference.

B2B 8

B2B Incentives Reference Reputation 8

HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Attending a conference in your field might be a goal for someone who is passionate about sharing their expertise with others. For example, a marketing professional might benefit from courses in psychology 2. You, however, might prefer getting hands-on experience with a landmark project that you’d love to work on.

Examples 52

Examples Goal Career Short-term 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Booming public equities and a recovered IPO market generated record portfolio company exits and distributions from VC funds. A VC firm is, first and foremost, an investment vehicle created to generate returns for investors that exceed those available in the fully liquid, low cost public equity markets.

Venture Capitalist 18

Venture Capitalist Asset Management Rate of Return Industry 18

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

The advent of the modern organization and the practice of management constitutes a “social technology” that has been equally transformative. The forces of technology and management will continue to hold equal sway as the 21st century unfolds.

Management 8

Management Drucker EPS Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

This week, over 10,000 entrepreneurs and investors will descend on Austin, TX for SXSW Interactive , hoping to be or to find the next big thing in technology. Perhaps you've known an entrepreneur, or been that entrepreneur who has pulled together a solid business plan with a perfected pitch and you still have no takers.

Venture Capitalist 15

Venture Capitalist Christensen Entrepreneur Sports 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2015

But what’s more likely is that in order to take full advantage of this new technology, everything will have to change. But what happens when the technology is good enough that accidents can be avoided entirely? The Chief Marketing Officer of Mercedes likely won’t be spending millions on 30-second spots.

Automotive 8

Automotive Transportation Brand Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2011

If you think about how new products and services are hatched and brought to market today, it isn't usually the doing of just one entity — least of all the corporate R&D labs that once served as our engines of tomorrow. Innocentive is a network that brings together "seekers" with technology challenges with "solvers" all over the world.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Innovation Intellectual Capital Mission Statement 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Standing on stage on September 9, 2014 at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), Tim Cook announced, “We’ve created an entirely new payment process, and we called it Apple Pay.” In fact, platforms are based on one of the most challenging business models there is.

Retail 8

Retail Business Model Press Release Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

Companies like Salesforce.com, Philips, and Oracle have appointed chief customer officers, while many other B2B players have embarked on enterprise-wide efforts to improve their marketing, sales, and support interactions. These customer experience management initiatives can be complex.

B2B 15

B2B Airlines Travel Stage-Gate 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2015

Information technology, however, is one of those industries. It may be a long time before cloud transportation companies offer anywhere near the same variety that ownership can confer. In cloud computing, we’ve seen these network effects help solidify the position of massive players – locking new entrants out of the market.

Industry 8

Industry Transportation Automotive Software 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The short conference brought together public and private sector managers working on environmental and social issues. As CEO Dave Steiner put it, "When your company is called Waste Management, and your customers all talk about 'zero waste,' you better change your business model.".

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Christensen Document 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Hiring policies influence morale, productivity and turnover, marketing efforts shape demand growth, and competitors fight back. Games will further reinforce this edge over books or seminars once VR (virtual reality) becomes fully market-ready. The game play included collaborative interactions like agreeing on M&A/JV efforts.

Seminar 8

Seminar Learning Curve Strategy Comparison 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

I refuse to dignify this attack with a response,” said Henry Guillart, the CEO, just hours after Hughes had given his initial negative presentation at an investor conference in New York. Competitive products came on the market, but none were as popular as the Express. Terranola’s market cap skyrocketed to $8.1 Doom and Gloom.

Case Study 8

Case Study CFO Hedge PR 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2018

” But if you are the Ford Motor Company and face the prospect of investing billions in new technology while your century-old business model is overturned, you might first have a few questions. All this makes the early lessons from the Chariot venture worth heeding as it gains traction in the market.

Business Model 8

Business Model Transportation ROI Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

In 2006, 26-year-old Frank Wang started up DJI in a dorm room at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. The legend goes that Frank’s father had given him an expensive remote-controlled model helicopter for doing well in school. Having a manufacturing ecosystem confers several benefits. Unlike in the U.S.,

Innovation 8

Innovation Engineering Business Model Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Or, what if the company needed to identify a new business model? Or what if — as is the case today — current chip technology is nearing its theoretical limits , and a completely new architecture needs to be dreamed up? Basic research. Pathbreaking innovations never arrive fully formed. .”

Innovation 22

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Christensen Open-book 22

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Experiment and create a great product, the thinking goes, then scale, and then figure out the business model once you’ve succeeded. However, while good products and good “shopkeeping” are surely good business, they are no substitute for clear-minded strategy. Understanding LinkedIn’s Business.

Entrepreneur 13

Entrepreneur Strategy Competitive Advantage Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Spurred by government reforms and market expectations, healthcare leaders are being forced to reinvent their organizations. Even when there is improvement, performance usually returns to previous levels within a few years. But, all of these efforts are dependent on people for both initial implementation and long term execution.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Six Sigma Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2018

Machine learning is increasingly being used to predict individuals’ attitudes, behaviors, and preferences across an array of applications — from personalized marketing to precision medicine. ” A chatbot trained using Twitter was shut down after only a single day because of its obscene and inflammatory tweets.

Sample 9

Sample Project Self-aware Training 9

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Knowledge of leadership theories and skills may be formally gained by enrolling in leadership seminars, workshops, and conferences. So like learning how to ride a bicycle, you can also learn how to become a leader and how to hone your leadership abilities.

Blog 406

Blog Leadership Leadership Styles Learning-by-Doing 406

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

“How long does it take for her to interact with a market that isn’t nearly monopolized?” have grown more concentrated in the past 20 years, meaning that the biggest firms in the industry are capturing a greater share of the market than they used to. What’s Driving Industry Concentration.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

But the CMO Council reports that “only 14 percent of marketers say that customer centricity is a hallmark of their companies, and only 11 percent believe their customers would agree with that characterization.” Some companies don’t have the systems and technology to segment and profile customers.

Short-term 12

Short-term Learning-by-Doing Participative Human Resources 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2017

I heard the news today, oh boy — Amazon is buying Whole Foods Market in a deal worth nearly $14 billion. We respected its commitment to organic food, we chuckled at its hippie sensibilities, but we marveled at its business principles. “Whole Foods Market, Inc.

Long-term 12

Long-term Price Finance Business Model 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

It’s not that the media sets out to be sensationalist; its business model leads it in that direction. Political campaigns are marketing campaigns, messages aimed at selling a product. Media companies are experiencing an extreme form of competition that comes with digital technologies: Everyone is a media company today.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11