Development, First-mover Advantage and Management

When to Change a Winning Strategy

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

In our research on the telecom industry, for example, we found that the great majority of the executives we surveyed preferred internal development to external sourcing when they needed to develop differentiated products and services. Pharmaceutical benefit managers (PBMs) were also growing in strength and aggressiveness.

Strategy

Strategy First-mover Advantage Pharmaceuticals Learning-by-Doing

Five Myths of a CEO's First 100 Days

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

Because he initially concentrated on assembling a strong team and personally communicating with them, he was able to develop a firm launch-pad for a variety of initiatives aimed at transforming the company. One CEO, for example, excelled at communicating to small groups, delegating and team-building.

CEO

CEO First-mover Advantage Leadership Styles Execution

Structure Your Global Team for Innovation

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

That's partly because they manage global projects like traditional ones. To get the most from dispersed innovation, managers need a different playbook. Here are three ways to set up and manage global innovation for success: 1. Assign oversight and support responsibility to a senior manager.

Globalization

Globalization Innovation Team First-mover Advantage

Structure Your Global Team for Innovation

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

That's partly because they manage global projects like traditional ones. To get the most from dispersed innovation, managers need a different playbook. Here are three ways to set up and manage global innovation for success: 1. Assign oversight and support responsibility to a senior manager.

Globalization

Globalization Innovation Team First-mover Advantage

Why We Shouldn’t Worry About the Declining Number of Public Companies

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

In a parallel development, the number of companies listed on U.S. The number of listed firms can decline because of three developments: 1) bankruptcy, failure, or closure of listed firms, 2) delisting of firms going private or acquired, and 3) decrease in number of initial public offerings (IPOs). westend61/Getty Images.

IPO

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets

Strategic Choices Need to Be Made Simultaneously, Not Sequentially

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

The CEO of a large Australian company called me to relay a particular strategy development problem his firm was facing, and ask for my advice. And Capabilities and Management Systems act as a reality check on the Where to Play and How to Win choice. But it didn’t work in the Where to Play of China.

First-mover Advantage

First-mover Advantage Retail Strategy Pharmaceuticals

A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Our survey, in fact, showed that early AI adopters have primarily bought the right fit-for-purpose technology solutions, with only a minority of respondents both developing and implementing all AI solutions in-house. Resist the temptation to put technology teams solely in charge of AI initiatives.

Survey

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology

What U.S. E-Commerce Can Learn from Its Global Copycats

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

We were unable to capitalize on first mover advantage. But first mover advantage is a simplistic tenet of global strategy. With limited purchasing power, low credit card usage, and poor delivery networks, it''s clear that the approach for e-commerce in developing markets has to be different than in the U.S.

Globalization

Globalization First-mover Advantage Retail Business Model

Which Nation Has the Best 'Technik'?

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

s Human Development Index and the standard economic measure of per capita GDP illustrates just how important it is to develop a neutral, long-term-focused metric for progress. Many wealthy societies have low human-development scores (e.g., The contrast between the U.N.'s Which societies display the best Technik today?

First-mover Advantage

First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology

How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 7 Years

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

In France and India, for example, homegrown leaders offer local-language video content, thus depriving Netflix of first-mover advantage. and Netflix has managed to make inroads into even those markets where Prime arrived first. Yet the majority of Prime subscribers are in the U.S.,

Globalization

Globalization First-mover Advantage Content Marketing

How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 8 Years

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

In France and India, for example, homegrown leaders offer local-language video content, thus depriving Netflix of first-mover advantage. and Netflix has managed to make inroads into even those markets where Prime arrived first. Yet the majority of Prime subscribers are in the U.S.,

Globalization

Globalization First-mover Advantage Content Marketing

The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

These ICOs are nearly always held when a project is at an immature stage of development akin to a seed stage startup — when it is testing hypotheses around its consumer value proposition and forming a founding team. This focused attention from developers has the added benefit of crowdsourcing feedback on the beta version of the project.

Cost

Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur

What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Mugabe’s ouster and replacement with his one-time deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was the most significant development in the Southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. Most importantly, executives have to follow developments closely. billion a decade later. Now the country is at a crossroads.

Banking

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Marketing

The Health Care Industry Needs to Start Taking Women Seriously

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Instead, according to new research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), the fundamental issue is the health care industry’s failure to develop a nuanced understanding of, and commitment to, women as consumers and decision makers. Surprisingly, it’s not the cost of care.

Health Care

Health Care Industry First-mover Advantage Market Segmentation

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Why We Shouldn’t Worry About the Declining Number of Public Companies

Strategic Choices Need to Be Made Simultaneously, Not Sequentially

A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

What U.S. E-Commerce Can Learn from Its Global Copycats

Which Nation Has the Best 'Technik'?

How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 7 Years

How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 8 Years

The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings

What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

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