Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

When I urge managers in a company to make open innovation part of their innovation strategy, they get it conceptually. A vice president of the group had been to a presentation on Open Innovation and was intrigued by the concept. At the same time, however, I've come to recognize a danger in the approach. Think again.

Innovation 8

Innovation Maturity Engineering Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

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. We talk about things like yield management, demand curves, and perishable inventory — factors that dictate our pricing strategies.

Price 8

Price Team Sports Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Nike believes so strongly in the growth and profitability of the "auto-analytic" market that it it's about to launch a " FuelBand " that measures oxygen consumption, motion, steps taken per day, and more. However, using personal data (emails, calendars, etc) and spreadsheets, some practitioners are developing personal yield management tools.

Organization 14

Organization Self-aware Taylor Taylorism 14