Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2013

At its core, reverse innovation describes solutions adopted first in poorer, emerging nations that subsequently—and disruptively—find a market in richer, developed nations. In 2009, two bright, young entrepreneurs in India saw a key pain point with local retailers, who had no ability to engage with their existing customers.

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Technology Innovation CRM Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. Nonetheless, the case study demonstrates that measuring the value of sustainable business can be done, and that sustainable business itself can be cost-effective.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

But once the company has honed in on a strong value proposition and found initial product-market fit, what is the best approach to scaling it? With over $1 billion in revenue, 2000 employees and a market capitalization of over $6 billion, Akamai has become a role model for scalable start-ups. After all, scaling is hard. Really hard.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Nokia is still struggling to find a future beyond going head to head with the Android and iPhone platforms in the fiercely competitive smart phone market. At the same time, the New York company launched a Silicon Valley start-up with a separate mission, management team, and business model while leveraging vital assets of the parent.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2014

Employees are more likely to follow through on goals set by a manager they trust and to be more forthcoming about the challenges they see on their level. Managers will never learn the truth about a company unless they have employees’ trust,” explains Jim Dougherty, a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management and veteran software CEO.

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Survey Case Study Metrics Goal 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

And the advocacy vendors who've been serving these companies for years can kick start a vibrant apps market for Facebook's platform. They use targeted surveys and software that not only compile results, but also generate a variety of marketing communications such as testimonials, blog posts, success stores and the like.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Conference Software Content 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

As politicians and economists puzzle over America's jobless recovery, managers who have started to hire again face another problem: how to handle all the overqualified candidates coming through their doors. Both he and Erdogan caution that recruiters need to manage an additional risk: a boss who feels threatened. What the Experts Say.

Finance 17

Finance Learning Curve Skills Learning-by-Doing 17

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

In Jakarta, from 2005-2009, the number of cars rose by 22% annually, while the distance of usable roads actually declined (PDF). South Korea''s Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Management Center has saved 35% on its infrastructure budget by rejecting 46% of the projects it reviews, compared with only 3% previously.

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Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2015

“That’s just not enough,” says Christopher Barnes, an assistant professor of management at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. If you get eight hours of sleep on a regular basis, Barnes says, the dips in your circadian rhythms will be far less painful and more manageable.

How To 8

How To Ryan Energy Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Savage is the author of The Flaw of Averages (Wiley, 2009) and of an HBR article with the same title , chairman of Vector Economics , Inc (VectorEconomics.com), an adjunct faculty member at Stanford and Cambridge, and a frequent lecturer on risk modeling.

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Airlines Report Guidelines Discount 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

So many brilliant people have been writing, speaking, and sharing case studies over that length of time, that if I only listed a few, I'd miss some really important thinkers. But despite this outpouring of expertise, many organizations still find marketing in the social era ridiculously hard to do well, if at all.

Marketing 17

Marketing Brand Mass Marketing Metrics 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The share price has nearly tripled since 2009, and it has become, for the first time ever, a billion-dollar enterprise in terms of market value. Recently, WD-40 shares were approaching $120 apiece and its market value was nearing $1.7 It’s free, but you do have to enter your email address to get the case study.

Company 8

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

Ford’s success with social media is well documentd in numerous case studies, and can largely be attributed to Scott’s efforts. Not that Scott needs me to come to his defense, but he is a professional in the truest sense of the word.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Managers who want to recognize employees for good work have many tools at their disposal. However, managers in most companies have a good deal of input into the decision, and in some cases they are the ultimate decision makers. It's critical that managers make these decisions about promotions and raises carefully. "I

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Learning-by-Doing Motivation Case Study Budgeting 15

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

being pushed into the market is reaching truly overwhelming proportions. It’s been my experience that regardless of the subject, it is precisely when the noise becomes the loudest, that it’s most difficult for the consumer to extract quality and value from the market. D from Columbia.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2016

For those who believe in the promise of open innovation, the 2009 startup Quirky was an exceptionally exciting company. The ideas that floated to the top then entered a second step: an evaluation at which a combination of Quirky’s management and community made the final selection decision. Marrion Barraud for HBR.

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