Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Nokia's inability to field a credible response to the launch of the iPhone in 2007 and Google's Android operating system in 2008 has precipitated a freefall in its share price. Motorola is finally attempting a comeback with handsets using Google's Android operating system, but is now only a minor player.

Supply Chain 18

Supply Chain Long-term Brand Early Adopters 18

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2012

For example, new TV channels have to depend on tens of thousands of small cable operators, who have set up networks in residential areas. cable operators fight TV channels while Amazon and Google take on publishers. The Indian entrepreneur's distribution headaches don't just affect operations. Even in the U.S.,

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Early Adopters Entrepreneur Magazine 17

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

Since my youth I've been an early adopter of new technology. The integrated management is based on software developed by our own IT department. This project just started its operations and we are learning each day to maximize all the utilities of the software and IT system for our everyday routine. This was unacceptable.

Software 15

Software Early Adopters Technology Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

Firms like Deloitte have predicted robust consumer demand for smart glasses, with global adoption reaching “tens of millions by 2016 and surpassing 100 million by 2020.” That suggests that they may be trying to persuade firms to buy the device and develop applications for it. Many students voted for the first scenario.

Strategy 14

Strategy Early Adopters Proposal Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

Case in point, rather than keep Watson locked up in their research labs, they decided to release it to the world as a platform, to run experiments with a variety of organizations to accelerate development of natural language applications and services. So how does it work? First, with multiple business models.

Venture Funding 15

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 15

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The four elements in the diamond collectively specify the opportunity : what the venture will offer and to whom; its plan for technology and operations; its marketing approach; and how the venture will make money. Premature scaling of marketing and product development efforts is a widespread cause of startup failure. False Starts.

Early Adopters 216

Early Adopters Entrepreneur Mass Marketing Marketing 216

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

An industrial paint application product/service that reduces toxic solvent use by 70% and is saving customers, mostly auto repair shops, $2 billion from simpler paint operations and reduced waste. The company's core new product development process includes key sustainability questions and criteria for designers to address.

Innovation 16

Innovation Early Adopters Energy Efficiency 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

Large decreases in costs by eliminating the waste of fully developing features that fail in the market. They require uncommon teamwork between marketing-oriented product managers and software developers with a technical orientation. Operations in a Connected World. But when a product is delivered online (e.g., Insight Center.

Company 14

Company Innovation Software Engineering 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

Management concepts, by contrast, operate in poorly regulated environments where failures are often brushed under boardroom or faculty carpets. Sustainable Development Goals forecast to generate market opportunities of over $12 trillion a year by 2030 (and that’s considered a conservative estimate). Changing the System.

TBL 15

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

IBM, for example, is partnering with startup Loyyal to develop blockchain infrastructure for loyalty and rewards programs. Early adopters could benefit considerably. Both small startups and large-scale technology companies are eyeing the possibilities this presents, and some are teaming up.

Loyalty 15

Loyalty Customer Loyalty Travel Hotels 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

IBM saw these online social systems for investing in new ventures and decided they would like to develop a similar system internally for selecting innovative projects. Software companies have developed an alternative approach (“Agile” and “ Scrum ”) that uses rapid cycle testing of product features to see what customers like.

Software 10

Software CIO Early Adopters Project 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space.

Survey 15

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

They adapt quickly and predict trends by continuously curating and analyzing data and developing insights that drive new value. IT has long played a critical role in helping organizations deliver better products and services, improve operations, better manage risks, and develop new business models to stay relevant.

Technology 8

Technology Content Business Model Market Segmentation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Computers wouldn’t just speed up processes or automate certain tasks — they could upset nearly all business processes and allow executives to rethink operations from the ground up. Managers noted historical trends and revised processes, and engineers developed code that was then baked into computing systems.

Process 8

Process Company Market Segmentation Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Rather, they can become early adopters of the technology. This gap between insurers and customers can be widened into a gulf by trust brokers, who dominate the top-heavy insurance brokerage market and benefit from its opacity and byzantine operating standards.

Insurance 15

Insurance Industry Policies Market Penetration 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

Observing early adopters, we’ve found that automated process change comes in three main flavors: self-adapting, self-repairing, or a combination of the two. Some organizations are already deploying elements of process change automation, while others are developing technologies that lay the foundation for it.

Process 13

Process Automotive Chief Technology Officer Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In most larger companies, you'll need to generate roughly 200+ responses per operating unit per period. A well-known early adopter of the Net Promoter system began linking NPS improvement to executive compensation before it had developed adequate disciplines and processes for understanding its scores. "We

Incentives 12

Incentives Sample Metrics Customer Loyalty 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The internet has dramatically changed the way companies operate. But companies will only be able to realize productivity gains from these new operating models if they skillfully manage the soft side of their automation transformation—the people in what will be a vastly different organization. So early preparation is needed.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

In many cases, the culprit is a gap between launching a few analytics experiments and embedding these insights into the operating model of the larger organization. Merely layering powerful technology systems on top of existing operations is not enough. Another critical piece of the puzzle is acquiring the right capabilities.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

By 2017 it was operating in over 190 countries, and today close to 73 million of its some 130 million subscribers are outside the U.S. Netflix was thus able to develop its internationalization capabilities in locations where the challenges of “foreignness” were less acute. Fernando Trabanco Fotografía/Getty Images.

Globalization 8

Globalization First-mover Advantage Content Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

It operates in over 190 countries, and close to 73 million of its some 130 million subscribers are outside the U.S. Netflix was thus able to develop its internationalization capabilities in locations where the challenges of “foreignness” were less acute. Fernando Trabanco Fotografía/Getty Images.

Globalization 8

Globalization First-mover Advantage Content Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

Yet, more than 50 years after Peter Drucker devised the term knowledge worker, it is quite disappointing to peer inside the operations of any large organization and see how little of their time knowledge workers actually spend on higher-order thinking tasks. The Future of Operations. No underlying systems programming logic is touched.

Case Study 8

Case Study Software Process Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

No longer will all developers be assigned to project work. These products are typically not for sale, but they do go through a defined development process and provide clear business benefits. A core set of very good features hook early adopters, and teams quickly learn what users value.

Strategy 8

Strategy Content Enterprise Architecture Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

And they have well-honed approaches for developing the requisite new skills in employees. He said that the most well-known expert system they developed was one that blended Folgers coffee (no longer a P&G brand). They both work with vendors, of course, but have a strong focus on open source tools for internal development.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Technology System Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Learnings from these early adopters can jump-start the efforts of others. Unless appropriateness standards are included, it is likely that operations will be performed on patients who don’t need surgery: quality and outcomes might be exemplary in this scenario, but the operation may be unnecessary. jobs at home.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Price Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

A turnaround subsequently lowered strategic stress to a productive level by discontinuing many of their seemingly unrelated projects, re-focusing on their core business, as well as streamlining operational processes that improved coordination activities. Strategic Boredom (not enough strategic stress).

Strategy 8

Strategy Strategic Planning Stress Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2017

Large companies serve mainstream customers, while innovative entrepreneurs first serve early adopters. As a free-standing enterprise operating under its own brand, FirstBuild is decidedly not another attempt to transform a traditional company’s corporate culture. ” You can’t. Separation is the key.

Innovation 8

Innovation Early Adopters Marketing Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Third, corporate VCs and accelerators are costly and complex to operate, turning them into a slow and expensive innovation tool. In fact, BMW’s greatest co-innovation success, 12 years earlier, had been in a “venture client” relationship with an early stage startup: Mobileye, now a leader in collision-avoidance technology.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Politics, regulations, and levels of economic development play a major role in shaping the digital industry and its market attractiveness. Most of the developing world is overwhelmingly cash-dependent; in Malaysia, Peru, and Egypt, only 1% of transactions are cashless. .” More than 1 billion jobs and $14.6

Policies 8

Policies Innovation Technology Politics 8

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

In a better and cheaper world, you use the term big bang disruption or the sort of shark fin to describe what this model looks like, that you scale up to those early adopters becoming the majority way quicker than you can predict nowadays. The managers just don’t have the tool set often to operate. In this case, it’s not.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Open-book 60

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Accounting systems are another significant hurdle to adopting more flexible work practices, as many have been developed with standardized headcounts in mind for labor costing. “Doing so can also develop other team members’ knowledge and provide better backup for clients.” Changing attitudes.

Career 73

Career Early Adopters Policies Proposal 73

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2013

Scheduled before the massive annual CES gathering, it's a powwow for bloggers and other social media enthusiasts, early adopters who are quick to jump on board the next great thing. But even anecdotally, you probably have some good operating theories. I recently got back from the New Media Expo in Las Vegas.

Media 14

Media First-mover Advantage Early Adopters ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2018

In contrast to health care, aviation has been an early adopter of decision-support technology — the “fly by wire” flight-control computers that prevent unsafe operation of the aircraft and reduce maintenance costs and pilot workloads. Insight Center. Health Care’s New Frontier. Sponsored by Optum.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Health Care Technology Education 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Machine learning challenges have significantly increased in complexity since then and it takes years of training and experience to develop a well-honed intuition that can sniff these problems out. If you are operating in this arena, it is up to you to prove your credentials and not the other way around.

How To 8

How To Learning-by-Doing Technology Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The idea was presented to BIDMC’s senior-management operating council and then to the Board’s IT oversight committee. To launch I2B2, the leaders of that effort assembled a coalition of senior IT people, throughout Harvard’s hospitals, who became early adopters.

Health Care 8

Health Care Chief Information Officer Committee Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

Back then however, Hughes’s contribution helped mobilize a relatively small portion of volunteers, those already familiar with social media — mainly young people and early adopters. In this article, I review three critical aspects to watch: marketing, operations, and profiling. Take former candidate Bernie Sanders.

Bond 8

Bond Technology Early Adopters Politics 8