Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Disney admitted its studio would have an operating loss of $80-$120 million, making the film arguably the biggest flop of all time. The marketing budget to cement that perception was nearly $100 million, but the opening weekend not only missed financial expectations, it flat-lined.

Film 18

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience 18

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.

Franchising 16

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 16

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.

Case Study 15

Case Study Franchising Health Care Follow-up 15

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

So you can read about companies that succeed in having technology systems that support continual improvement or go to conferences and learn, or interact with them online, or even go visit them. What those companies will tell others about what they do will almost never cover most of what is critical.

Examples 28

Examples Deming Software System 28

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. PM Images/Getty Images. ” Clearly, more is needed.

Cost 14

Cost System Management Franchising 14

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?

Technology 8

Technology Organization Content Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Once wholly in the hands of managers (the "visible hands" chronicled by industrial age historian Alfred Chandler), technology innovation used to begin with a company's commitment of resources to R&D and patent protection. It took about 48 hours for someone to win.

Franchising 15

Franchising Reference Licensing Marketing 15

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?

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Globalization Politics Franchising 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

While drawing such a map today would require more boxes and more arrows, (and perhaps an independent web of interconnected assets surrounding the ESPN franchise), the fundamental patterns and the underlying insight and intuition would remain quite consistent.

Film 14

Film Franchising Industry Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

.” But ‘family-owned’ definitely doesn’t mean ‘small’; in Texas, for example (the stage for another battle involving Tesla), a prominent political contributor is a billionaire who “ owns the world’s second-largest Toyota franchise and operates in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas.”

Franchising 10

Franchising PR Innovation Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Wise leadership does not fit the strict patterns of smart analysis, but instead taps into an intuitive part of who you are at the core, unearthing counterintuitive principles: Compassion doesn't have to come at the cost of efficiency — it can actually drive systems and operational excellence.

Self-aware 17

Self-aware Franchising Quality Globalization 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

Google has built NFC into the Android operating system. It has the potential to, as no technology before, bridge the gap between virtual and real. Consumers could either tap with an NFC-enabled device or snap a QR code — up to now the main technology for linking mobile devices to physical displays. So what's NFC?

Download 10

Download Loyalty Objective Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

That vision prompted Danone to divest product lines such as biscuits and beer while broadening its core dairy franchise. ” With the iMac and iBook, Steve Jobs reinvigorated the core Macintosh franchise by injecting a new sense of design and rethinking what computers would be used for in the age of the internet.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

Whether a business had a single location, hundreds of franchises, or something in between, most customers would have a similar experience whenever they walked into a store: they’d be constrained by the same store hours, see the same products and prices, and walk through the same door(s) on the way in and out. Customers Technology'

Franchising 9

Franchising Download Metrics Technology 9

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.

Content 9

Content Technology Information Technology Franchising 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Long before "think global, act local" was the conventional wisdom for how corporations should operate in the international interconnected marketplace, we at Children's Television Workshop (CTW), as it was known then, pioneered the development of a flexible global brand. Being Willing To Try New Operating Models.

Globalization 10

Globalization Power Workshop Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Its fortunes have been built upon its successes in pushing the technological frontier of the microprocessor. Well, since 1985, Intel has generated cumulative operating income before depreciation of $287.4 It has built and defended its competitive position by reinforcing its Windows/Office franchise. How has this strategy worked?

Innovation 11

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Depreciation 11

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.

Blog 415

Blog Politics Short-term Long-term 415

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

This perspective created the industrial economy lens through which most managers perceive their operations. IT professionals need to recognize and embrace the Serendipity Economy in order to better understand the impact of technology investments, improve employee engagement and drive business transformation. This can''t be forecasted.

CTO 8

CTO Franchising CIO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2013

Microsoft, meanwhile, killed its promising Courier Tablet three years ago because of fears that its incompatibility with Windows and Office would disrupt those money-spinning franchises. Of course, modern technology businesses have some other unique strategic characteristics. Hustle is their style and their strategy."

Strategy 12

Strategy Porter Christensen Mauborgne 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2013

Nokia stuck with a dated operating system and bet on a Windows-based platform that took far longer to mature. Competition Innovation Technology' It didn''t help that, in addition to complacence, Apple was also arrogant and failed to listen to customer needs. They did not anticipate the pace of change.

Innovation 8

Innovation Franchising Maturity Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Prior to the age of instant communications, intelligence operatives usually targeted international travelers who were known diplomats, military personnel or government contractors — essentially, those individuals most likely to carry sensitive information. In the parlance of intelligence operatives, this activity is called elicitation.

Travel 8

Travel Hotels Business Intelligence Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

These aren’t mom and pop operations anymore. We now have entire conferences dedicated to the analytics of our business and our basketball operations. We have a global audience that has an unending thirst for mobile content, and a sophisticated CRM database that allows us to be a state-of-the-art marketing operation.

Price 8

Price Team Sports Franchising 8

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. “Advances in technology have helped us reimagine fan engagement and create new business models that we never thought possible.

Sports 8

Sports Brand Content Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The app was a big technology project for us. The restaurant teams were just as excited when we explained that the app could be used to share loyalty rewards or donate them to the non-profit community partners that all of our owned locations and franchises are required to have. Last month, I visited all of our U.S.

Franchising 8

Franchising Download Loyalty Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

This was a break from the previous decade, when technical improvements and competing technologies meant constant upgrades , advancing from dial-up through early cable-based broadband, DSL service offered over the analog phone network, early fiber-based deployments (notably Verizon FiOS) and cable’s last major upgrade, known as DOCSIS 3.0.

Succession 8

Succession Construction Short-term Long-term 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.

Business Model 8

Business Model Transportation ROI Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2015

But that policy came at the cost of badly degraded incentives for providers to invest in new technologies, leaving the EU with minimal cable Internet, fiber-optic networks, or high-speed mobile broadband. Since 1996, and even during the most recent recession, private network operators in the U.S. At least for voice services, the U.S.

Price 8

Price How To Policies Report 8

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 23, 2015

Or how Larry Page and Sergey Brin stretched beyond search, expanding into productivity software, operating systems, hardware, self-driving cars, advanced robotics, and even life-extension technologies. Their answer was Curves—a women-only club which is now the world’s largest fitness franchise chain.

Innovation 120

Innovation Business Model Franchising Trends 120

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? Ultimately, I agree with Peter. Its about results.

Blog 385

Blog Mentor Advice Brand 385

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. Increasing numbers of social programs grow with revenue generated by their own operations.

How To 18

How To Franchising ROI Entrepreneur 18

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. There are considerable hurdles to scaling any health service in resource-constrained settings.

Development 8

Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. An advertising-based model.

Media 15

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 15