Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

We didn't want to burden the organization with fixed costs. Almost everything had to be free, and the few things we paid for had to be scalable so that the unit costs would eventually approach zero. Here are the three principles that guided our efforts: People make the world go round.and technology makes it go faster.

Budgeting 12

Budgeting Software Entrepreneur Fixed Costs 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

The technology’s flexibility introduces synergies where none existed before. The company has invested heavily in 3D printing technologies that are flexible enough to produce a variety of products. The big question, however, is whether any of these midsized conglomerates would be able to develop a 3D printer farm on its own.

Engineering 8

Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Finance 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

OCTOBER 5, 2017

One answer to that first question shows up in study after study: superstar firms are succeeding in large part due to information technology. It could be because “software development typically requires large upfront fixed costs,” meaning that firms that are already pretty large are the ones who can afford to invest in it.

Document 9

Document Industry Software Fixed Costs 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

You have to consider salaries, marketing budget, office size, technology services, and on and on. These spending choices require tradeoffs, so entrepreneurs must first develop a strategy for allocating limited resources across a wide range of available options.

Strategy 10

Strategy Budgeting Cost Price 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

” This feedback helped Oka, an industry outsider, convince President Kazuo Ushida, a 40-year veteran of Nikon’s technology businesses, that the company needed to revisit its dialogue with investors.

Company 11

Company ROIC CFO Restructuring 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

The costly and complex operations of transporting energy have made utilities natural monopolies, while regulatory barriers and the high fixed costs of building and maintaining regional electrical grid infrastructure have also kept much competition at bay.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Software Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. Guidelines for selecting an appropriate model.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The advantages that hospital systems can derive from scale fall into four groups: Classic economies of scale focus on lowering the cost per unit of care delivered (e.g., Economies of scope can allow hospital systems to leverage their scale to develop new revenue streams. by acquiring physician practices or outpatient facilities).

Health Care 9

Health Care System Cost Price 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

Covering tisagenlecleucel with zero patient cost sharing for these patients would impact insurance premiums by less than 40 cents per enrollee per month. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. Insight Center. Health Care’s New Frontier. Sponsored by Optum. Problems may get worse.

Cost 8

Cost Insurance Incentives Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

A fascinating business dynamic will unfold as health care providers in the United States shift from a reimbursement system that has historically paid for procedures performed to one that rewards population health — providing the total care of a community at a fixed cost and improving its members overall health.

Health Care 9

Health Care Committee Cost Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Google and Intel rely on experts in social science and biomechanics to develop transformative products by better understanding how people think about and use technology. Organizational Development Book. But there are also extrinsic factors that complicate the relationship. Adapted from. Agile Talent. Jon Younger Norm Smallwood.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 23, 2023

” The Matthew Effect Indeed, far from technology being found to disrupt incumbent operators, the data suggests that investments in digital technology are largely ensuring that dominant incumbents can entrench their strong market position and fight off any upstarts.

Creativity 123

Creativity Innovation Trends Information Technology 123

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Two developments bear noting. Media companies are experiencing an extreme form of competition that comes with digital technologies: Everyone is a media company today. The media’s bias toward big events stems from three features of its economics: Fixed costs. The second is through name recognition.

Media 15

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 15