Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Almost every discussion of innovation today inevitably turns to the topic of “disruption.” Academics write about the power of disruptive innovation to transform one industry after another. Consultants have set up practices to focus specifically on helping companies become disruptive innovators.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

SHE has created a franchise model — providing business skill training, technical expertise, and co-investment — to partner with women in Rwanda and other developing-country communities to distribute and ultimately manufacture and launch their own SHE LaunchPads franchises. Emotion Creates a Common Language.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2012

For a social entrepreneur with an innovative solution, the holy grail is scaling it —that is, taking it to a level where the new approach operates efficiently and effectively to achieve significant mitigation of a social problem. They are: Staffing. Perhaps more than anything else, this has been the key to PlayWorks' successful scaling.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

We addressed the question of how leaders turn great invention into business innovation that generates organic revenue growth. How can you adapt management systems that are used to managing short-term performance to become capable of supporting a "test and learn" approach to innovation?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2010

We don't think it matters much whether this was true or just spin-control; what matters is that Microsoft has now publicly embraced the hackers — and that's an instance of a broad and profound change in corporate innovation. After all, if you want to enter every room of the house, what better vehicle than a Roomba?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

That sort of money should allow you to open 10 new centers next year, not through franchising as you'd planned, but under your direct ownership and control. The director wasn't expecting her, but Gloria liked popping into the franchises unannounced to get an unvarnished view. Three million euros.". Hours were flexible.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

We addressed the question of how leaders turn great invention into business innovation that generates organic revenue growth. How can you adapt management systems that are used to managing short-term performance to become capable of supporting a "test and learn" approach to innovation?

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Short-term Long-term Franchising Maturity 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

And that means buying more new technology: IT organizations must adopt new platforms and processes and integrate services in new ways. Read More from DXC Technology: Is Your Company Adapting Fast Enough to Thrive in an Increasingly Digital World? Are IT organizations ready for the challenge?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

are doing a great job of letting innovation flourish without counterproductive meddling and stonewalling. ” Whether or not you care about Uber and Tesla, you should care about business innovation and disruption because they’re a primary way that progress happens and that people become better off over time.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

These concerns get polite nods here and there but, mostly, serious Africans ignore them and firmly redirect the conversation back to private equity, or franchise deals, or something along those lines. The technology systems that undergird this effort are far-flung. Bottom line: Are you game or are you out?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

It should come as no surprise, however, that as any innovative idea spreads, so do the misconceptions and mythology. For corporations, innovation, product acquisition, talent retention, and supply change development may be the benefits. Family businesses squash entrepreneurial initiative in order to protect their “franchise.”.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

That’s the “franchise of the future” challenge haunting sports’ brightest minds and biggest wallets. have become early adopters and innovators in multidimensional measurements for individuals and teams alike. Information & technology Managing people Talent management' Professional sports—and even the college ranks!—have

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The announcement late last week of Comcast’s $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable set off a predictable frenzy of hyperventilating by much of the technology media and self-appointed consumer advocacy groups. Cable is just a technology, increasingly one of many, for transmitting information, whether video, voice or data.

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Content Technology Information Technology Franchising 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2013

Then again, maybe the real key to strategic success in the fast-moving fields Apple is playing in is to keep coming up with disruptive innovations — and be willing to bring them to market even when they disrupt its own products. Of course, modern technology businesses have some other unique strategic characteristics.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2013

While this simple phrase has been used time and time again to discuss the many obstacles people and companies face, an animal metaphor does describe required innovation actions rather effectively. Speed is the speed of innovation of a company relative to the industry. As a tortoise, breakthrough innovation is critical.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The for-profit arm, Embrace Innovations, would raise money from venture capitalists — though our first screening criteria would be investors who were aligned with our social mission. It would license the technology by paying a royalty for every product sold. The Social Franchise Model Works in Times of Uncertainty.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

Everyone is familiar with the primary methods Gillette used to grow: It innovated via technology (with the Sensor, Mach 3, and Fusion razors), and in 2001 it formally expanded into the women''s leg shaving market with a new brand called Venus. For decades, the shaving market was men''s facial hair removal.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

Industrial age measures can''t evaluate Serendipity Economy results, leaving its outcomes like invention and innovation, process improvements, and new businesses relegated to the evidence of anecdote. Technology investments work the same way. The measure of value requires external validation. This can''t be forecasted.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right? I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2018

According to Constellation Research , businesses across all sectors will spend more than $100 billion per year on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies by 2025, up from a mere $2 billion in 2015. For businesses looking to keep pace with innovation and leverage AI, there are steps they can take today. Stephen Swintek/Getty Images.

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Marketing Policies Technology Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

To this end, Merck for Mothers is funding programs that help teach these small businesses franchise design, accreditation strategies, performance-based incentives, and supply-chain management to help address the persistent problem of inventory stock-outs, for example. Pursue scientific innovation. Measure and evaluate.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Health Care Self-aware Franchising 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The limited access to broadcast technology (among the targeted 33% underserved target population) has spurred the Galli Galli Sim Sim team to learn from the market, improving and evolving content to maximize distribution. Embracing New And Multiple Means Of Distribution. Taking The Long View.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Real Madrid is one of the most recognized soccer franchises in the world. With over 500 million dedicated fans, it also happens to be one of the most innovative franchises when it comes to fan engagement. Real Madrid: winning the hearts and minds of 500 million dedicated fans. “It’s tribal.

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Sports Brand Content Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

We’ve hit a point of acceleration in video and wearable technologies that provide us with information that we’ve never had in the past about how to optimize player performance. Clippers for $2 billion. We now have entire conferences dedicated to the analytics of our business and our basketball operations.

Price 8

Price Team Sports Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In the Big Bang Disruption model, where innovations take off suddenly when markets are ready for them, Google Fiber could be seen as a failed early market experiment in gigabit internet access. By 2009, however, Verizon had scaled back plans for more fiber and DSL technology was falling behind improvements in cable. As the U.S.

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Succession Construction Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Thanks to programs like Delta’s “Innovation Class” and KLM’s “ Meet and Seat Program ,” your competitors can begin to target you days in advance. name brand hotel is safe — because many of these hotels are franchises owned by host governments or their associates.

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Travel Hotels Business Intelligence Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2015

After two decades of failed efforts to spur innovation and competition in Europe’s lagging communications sector, the European Commission has promised “an ambitious overhaul” next year as part of its far-reaching Digital Single Market initiative. At least for voice services, the U.S. As a result, the U.S.

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Price How To Policies Report 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. Mobility Platforms and Products is designing and developing the technology Ford needs for its planned mobility services.

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Business Model Transportation ROI Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

While advances in health care in the developed world often emphasize new technologies, in developing lower- and middle-income countries simply expanding the reach of basic primary care services is crucial to improving health. How the most innovative providers are creating value.

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Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

One might add that at the time of the Founders, America had approximately 2 million people, and many fewer had the franchise than today. M [link] James Strock Great points, Mike. Now we're over 300 million. No one could credibly argue that our political leadership is anywhere near the same class as the Founders' era. I Think Not.

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