Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2016

On August 1 Uber announced that it is selling its Chinese brand and operations to Didi Chuxing for $1 billion, its annual burn rate in that market, in exchange for a 20% stake in the local competitor. A cautionary tale from the past: After acquiring EachNet.com, eBay controlled 80% of the Chinese e-commerce market in 2003.

Network Economy 8

Network Economy Globalization Discount Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

AT&T's recently announced acquisition of T-Mobile will invite hellfire from telecom regulators who fantasize over a different market structure, in which 17 mom-and-pop carriers serve the masses with tender love and care. Wireless telephone prices are falling, a sign of competitive markets. The answer is likely no. percent and 6.5

Wireless 13

Wireless Price Marketing Survey 13

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. That’s when the usual ethical and moral constraints are sometimes abandoned – always for good reasons, and always ‘just this once’ – in the name of expediency. About the Author.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2018

In the early 2020s, rapid investment in automation would likely offset a little more than half the negative impact of automation on employment, easing the demand constraint on growth and potentially mitigating the immediate displacement of millions of workers.

Analysis 8

Analysis Constraint Industry Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Back in January 2009 European officials assumed that the crisis was purely a U.S. This assumption could not have been farther from the truth; a recession started in Europe in the first quarter of 2009, just a couple of months after it hit the U.S. phenomenon, unlikely to affect European economies.

Crisis 8

Crisis Policies GDP Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Professionals of color, women, and LGBTs find there is a much narrower band of acceptance, and the constraints bite harder than wearing more polished outfits, getting a decent haircut, or even de-emphasizing an accent. This compared with a paltry 48% average among the ban’s other 90-plus Indian branches.)

EPS 8

EPS Hypercompetition Diversity Constraint 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. That’s when the usual ethical and moral constraints are sometimes abandoned – always for good reasons, and always ‘just this once’ – in the name of expediency. About the Author.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Those in Clinton’s camp include the venerable Aspen Institute, which produced a 2009 call to arms arguing that corporations’ short-term objectives corrode the “foundation of the American free enterprise system.” years in 2009. The markets relentlessly demand profit growth this quarter. years in 2002 to 7.2

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term EPS 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

They pay upwards of $300K to $1 million to consultancy firms that conduct market analyses and in-depth need-finding, identify new opportunities, generate promising ideas, and, often, develop ideas into working prototypes. The client company then refines these concepts and prototypes and takes them to market. A Different Approach.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Entrepreneur Constraint 9

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). Saving money with higher infrastructure productivity is a win-win that would be particularly useful at a time of capital constraints and anemic growth in many parts of the world.

Transportation 8

Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

When we surveyed over 300 global executives between 2008 and 2009, one of the primary concerns they expressed was their inability to compete long term without a solid innovation engine that can grow their top line. Use Convergence Thinking. What two or more areas are merging?

Skills 8

Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

There was a spike in the 2000s when Venezuela began to provide petroleum at deeply discounted market prices, and that peaked just before the 2008-09 financial crisis. After 2009, the Cuban economy really didn’t recover. They don’t know how to market them effectively. That’s what Cuba doesn’t have.

Biotechnology 8

Biotechnology Tourism Human Capital Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

In a recent survey of 1,000 CEOs of large companies in 27 industries across 103 countries, only 32% believed that the global economy was on track to meet the sustainability needs created by a growing population and rising environmental and resource constraints.

Analysis 8

Analysis Licensing Globalization Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Because the "unmentionable" subject of menstruation is taboo, the market failure — supplying cheaper pads — had never received the attention it deserved. In countries like Mozambique and Rwanda, where the per capita GDP is under $1,000, the average annual cost of $33 (12 months x 5 days x 5 pad/day x.11/pad)

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2014

The chart above shows an increase in the impact of CEOs on an average of three metrics: return on sales, return on assets, and market-to-book ratio. By the period 1990-2009, these straightforward contextual factors were not nearly as predictive of performance. By contrast, from 1990 to 2009 industry predicted only 3.7%

CEO 8

CEO Industry Constraint Sample 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

And while mankind has treated gold as a store of value for millennia, bitcoins were first unleashed upon the world in January 2009, by a mysterious and pseudonymous cryptographer (or cryptographers). Instead, supply is determined once and for all by artificially-arranged resource constraints.". But there are important similarities.

Price 9

Price Constraint Real Estate GDP 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

For many years, beginning in 1942, Premarin was the only hormone replacement therapy drug on the market derived from a natural source. Wyeth, a pharmaceutical acquired by Pfizer in 2009, was the sole supplier of Premarin. Budget constraints and the costs for filing a patent force a smart evaluation of your options.

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Merchandising Innovation Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

As of February 2016, the top 10 unicorns for market capitalization are: Uber, Xiaomi, Airbnb, Palantir, Meituan-Dianping, Snapchat, Didi Kuaidi, Flipkart, and SpaceX. A complete list of unicorns is published by The Wall Street Journal; as of February 2016, it includes a total of 146 companies. Financed by VC firms. Narrowly focused.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I would suggest that rather than seeking what cannot in most cases ever be achieved, that it makes more sense to seek the highest standard of quality that can be delivered in the shortest period of time, and that is economically balanced relative to the constraints of an ever shifting marketplace. I completely agree with General Patton.

Blog 419

Blog Leadership Competitive Advantage Brand 419

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

With Discovery-Driven Growth , Rita and Ian offer managers everywhere a time-tested blueprint for planning and executing a strategic growth agenda with confidence – in any market. Surprisingly, big inroads in the physician office-management market are being made by non-traditional players, such as Best Buy’s Geek Squad.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 12, 2017

The concept was big for companies, too, of course; the prospect of finding people beyond the offline constraints, and even in the next city, state, or country, was a tantalizing one. Monster is the most iconic of those that brought the service to market, and the first to do it at scale. Careerbuilder hit the market in 1996.

Price 101

Price IPO Content Marketing 101

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. In theory, user assessment should predict market demand, but that’s not what happened in practice. In addition, the broad range of categories made it hard for marketing to establish what Quirky was.

Case Study 8

Case Study Innovation Core Competence Business Model 8