Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Leadership attitudes, and the organizational culture they spawn, are critical to social media success. Fearful leaders see social media as a threat to productivity, intellectual capital , privacy, management authority, regulatory compliance and a host of other things, and often discourage and even prohibit its use.

Media 15

Media Intellectual Capital Competitive Advantage Compliance 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2012

Most organizations, however, still view social media as a threat to productivity, intellectual capital, security, privacy, management authority, or regulatory compliance. In just a few years, social media has come to dominate many of our personal communications. We collaborate daily, sometimes productively, sometimes not.

Media 17

Media Organization Intellectual Capital CIO 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating effectively anywhere in the world. Here at Harvard Business School, Dean Nitin Nohria has revamped HBS's MBA curriculum to emphasize practical leadership and global experiences.

Competitive Advantage 14

Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

It governs an organization's cultivation of its intellectual capital—how it leverages what it already knows how to do, and how it evolves its offering based on changing market demands. With hardware markets, money is spent upfront to develop a system. Then, the hardware company does the same thing again.

Software 15

Software Intellectual Capital Maturity Customer Loyalty 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2011

He blamed the Japan earthquake, the anemic PC market, and a troubled services organization. While HP was once the technology leader that could do no wrong, market watchers are now concerned that the company does not have a clear strategy to overcome its problems. The technology market is the epitome of creative destruction.

Software 14

Software Technology Intellectual Capital Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Two academic heavyweights face off on a topic that every student of leadership and HR cares — or at least hears — a lot about: emotional intelligence. I can’t emphasize enough the crucial importance of EI-based competencies for success in leadership roles. Call it Grant vs. Goleman.

Emotional Intelligence 10

Emotional Intelligence Goleman Intellectual Capital Human Resources 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

Manufacturers invest most of their capital into physical assets, while high-tech firms invest in R&D to create new intellectual capital. In today’s market, tech platforms enable IP and relationships to scale rapidly, and at near-zero cost. If not, your transformation is sure to stall out.

Intangible Assets 10

Intangible Assets Business Model How To Intellectual Capital 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Consider the dramatic shift in the types of assets that create market value. According to Ocean Tomo, a consulting firm focused on intellectual capital, physical assets (plant, property, and equipment) made up more than 80% of the market value of the S&P 500 in 1975. How much is changing?

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Business Model GAAP Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

A platform connects providers and users in a multisided market. A platform can be a business platform (a multisided market), a software platform (a cloud-based subscription service), or an engagement platform, (a user-generated community). Intellectual capital. Value is in the products and services themselves.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8