Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2013

To protect their advantage, forward-thinking national chains are combining their brand recognition and market penetration with a local approach. It takes organizational, cultural, and operational changes. There are other operational considerations. Marketing Operations Retail'

Retail 11

Retail Merchandising Market Penetration Brand 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

However, even these commodity offerings can find ways to innovate and survive. As with all such innovations, a global standards war is under way. This will be toughest on the portions of the industry that are the least differentiated, where consumers often decide based on price: auto, life, and homeowner’s insurance.

Insurance 15

Insurance Industry Market Penetration Disintermediation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the former, we examined the presence and market penetration of disruptor companies; we also considered incumbents’ financial performance. For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. One way is by reducing dependence on fixed assets.

Industry 8

Industry Fixed Assets Retail Market Penetration 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Welch was convinced that the speed of globalization and technological innovation in the 21 st century would require companies to work very differently – with shorter decision cycles, more employee engagement, and stronger collaboration than had previously been required to compete.

Welch 8

Welch Supply Chain Consensus Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Studying these successes and failures, we’ve identified half a dozen key reasons platforms fail, all of which boil down to managers’ misunderstanding of how platforms operate and compete. For years Apple’s market penetration hung in the single digits. It’s not enough to open the door and set the table.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8