Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

The Institute, which officially opened in January 2010, includes the Model Kitchen, the Testing Station for Household Devices, and what's called the "Domestic Science Laboratory." A vast swath of e-retailers followed Amazon's example. Shopzilla, and its Bizrate site, skipped product reviews to host retailer reviews.

Productivity 13

Productivity Products Retail Telemarketing 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. The sad but simple truth was that Cisco — arguably the world's premier internet network technology company — didn't deliver a Wi-Fi-enabled device. Technology couldn't have been the issue. What happened? Smartphones were becoming smarter.

Wireless 12

Wireless Management Telecommunications Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

workers say they are "not engaged" or "actively disengaged" with their work, according to Gallup''s ongoing study of the American workplace from 2010 through 2012. That may sound like a lot, but it''s less than 5% of total retail spending (even in a recession) and less than half of what just one retailer, Wal-Mart, sells annually.

Disintermediation 8

Disintermediation CRM CIO Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

That is, rather than employ a new technology to disrupt a company’s business model, an upstart disrupts the entire breadth of an entrenched value chain by wresting control of a critical asset. Apple quickly became the largest music retailer in the U.S. Jobs and Apple were able to run this play again with the introduction of the iPhone.

Industry 9

Industry Wireless Advertising Content 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Technology makes reviewing, refining, redesigning and revising both jobs and job descriptions as dynamic as a commodities trading desk. Just ask anyone working in the health care, financial services, automobile, retail, media, publishing, education, advertising, real estate or defense industries. Have people been commoditized?

Human Capital 9

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

Not too long ago, I was asked to give a presentation on the state of digital media and how well brands are intersecting the worlds of marketing and technology. Fifteen percent of online retail sales will take place this year via mobile devices, according to eMarketer , and that''s a 56% increase from 2012. Advertising?

Advertising 8

Advertising Media Marketing Content 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." Follow him on Twitter at @GreenAdvantage. And on and on. In the U.S.

NGO 15

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Artisans Must Balance the Books 8:12 AM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Ndubuisi Ekekwe | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print The boy was 11 years old when his father took him to live with a kinsman, a businessman with many shops in Lagos, Nigeria.

Books 14

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

In June 2010, I queued outside an Apple store for a couple of hours to secure a new iPhone 4. Moreover, even people who aren't like me — who might find such behavior bordering on the pathological — face a variant of this issue when buying technology: if you buy now will you be disappointed when a new thing comes out soon after?

Insurance 12

Insurance Price Entrepreneur Cost 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work. Over the next few months, well each be authoring posts in this blog to test-drive ideas and invite input as the research progresses.) All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing is an affiliate of Harvard Business School.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

These six ideas emerged in 2010 as powerful "innovation invitations" and seem sure to intensify in power and influence. These WWWabs will undoubtedly be reshaped by the seemingly irresistible rise of Facebook as an advertising and promotional vehicle. obscures the tectonic economic shift in global retail. That's right.

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

In certain areas of technology, the country is the undisputed leader for the continent: with London as the center of fintech in Europe, for example, fintech investment in the UK was $5.4 billion in the rest of Europe over the period 2010-2015. The UK leads Europe in “app economy” jobs. billion as compared to $4.4

Safe Harbor 9

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. An advertising-based model.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11