Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

The idea of creating a fresh new product, the prospect of increasing market share with brand new offerings, or the vision of disrupting some slow-moving incumbent with a radical new technology – these have an inherently strong appeal for companies keen for growth. Should you explore new technologies that will disrupt current products?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Innovation Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

The Internet of Things is emerging as the third wave in the development of the internet. Samsung said at its 2014 investors forum it expects the global Smart Home Device market to reach $15 billion in 2015, almost doubling from 2013’s $7.8 Information & technology Internet' Australia and China. In connected cities, the U.S.

Early Adopters 9

Early Adopters Information Technology Long-term Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2018

Faced with labor shortages, companies will accelerate their investment in automation technologies. An $8 trillion investment boom would result in average annual US growth of about 3% and roughly 60% more economic output in 2030 than in 2015. times higher than today. The coming decade will test leadership teams profoundly.

Analysis 8

Analysis Constraint Industry Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

He told us: “In a Phillips Leadership Conclave in 2009, I listened to the presentation of Dr. Aravind Srinivasan (from Aravind Eye Care Hospital , the world renowned low-cost eye hospital with a mission “to eliminate needless blindness”). Competitors used the expensive CCD technology for cameras. His life was set.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

By 2030, the BPC predicts , utilities in the United States will need to hire 150,000 additional workers in information-technology intensive roles. A digitally-skilled workforce is vital to help deploy advanced digital technologies that can streamline and automate grid operations.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Engineering Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

Many are betting on the new generation of technology firms to unsettle the old guard. Fortune counted more than 170 of the mythical creatures , with an average of one unicorn born every week during 2015. Back in 2009, there were just four companies that fit the bill.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2016

For example, Gillette has successfully encouraged consumers to trade up again and again by continually introducing razors with the latest and greatest shaving technology. In 2015, for example, small food and beverage manufacturers drove nearly half of category growth , while the top 25 manufacturers could only take credit for 3%.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Marketing Price Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Mugabe’s ouster and replacement with his one-time deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was the most significant development in the Southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. South African restaurant chain Ocean Basket also opened in Harare in 2015 to serve the wealthy urban elite.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C

Efficiency 9

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

In many cases, the decision was influenced by the platform’s incentives, success in attracting a following, and technological superiority — something that should happen in the IoT ecosystem as well. In bids to gain developers, these companies are opening up their IoT platforms and programming interfaces.

Software 8

Software Industry Incentives System 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

In this adaptation from the new book, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy (HBR Press, 2015), BCG strategy experts make sense of the all the different, and competing, approaches to strategy: Which strategy is right for your business? When and how should you implement it?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The assumption is that a merger will make it easier to achieve economies of scale, develop a large but narrow network of preferably healthy patients, establish data registries, and integrate expensive technology. At first, we worked with RIC as a consultant but then became its partner in 2009. Willingness to compromise.

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Balanced Scorecard Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

On September 29, 2015, Techdirt posted “ You Can Now Turn Off Ads On Techdirt ,” explaining all the reasons why they were granting readers the power to not see ads. According to PageFair and Adobe’s 2015 Global Adblocking Report , “there are now 198 million active adblock users around the world.”

Advertising 8

Advertising CRM Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Since Uber was founded, in 2009, its workforce has continued to grow exponentially: 400,000 drivers are considered “ active ” on the Uber platform today, and 1.1 Uber Technologies , a pending class-action lawsuit by Uber drivers in California, which alleges that drivers are misclassified as independent contractors.

Management 8

Management Price Disaggregation System 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Two developments bear noting. Media companies are experiencing an extreme form of competition that comes with digital technologies: Everyone is a media company today. JC Penney spent no money on television advertising during the 2015 Super Bowl, yet its “mittens” campaign was one of the most watched.

Media 9

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 9