Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. Put aside, for the moment, that Cisco spent $590 million during a recession to buy into the camera business. My third innovation obvious is equally obvious: Why not a daily QR code in a 7-11 or other retail outlet to promote a product or service of the day?

Wireless 12

Wireless Management Telecommunications Innovation 12

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

In a 2010 survey, a record 36% of women ages 25-29 had attained a bachelor’s degree compared to 28% of men of the same age. As of 2010, only 2.4% Technology and the Internet are enabling women to work and run businesses more virtually, often from their homes and often with help from angel funding. corporate boards. of the U.S.

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Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Doing that required developing a new business model in which MedStar would get paid to keep patients well. That could involve targeting new geographies, developing new products, taking advantage of new technologies, or devising new business models. billion in 2010 to $4.9

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

McDonald’s is the world’s largest fast-food chain: It has 36,200 retail outlets in 119 countries, 6,700 of which are owned by the corporation; the rest are run as franchises. million in 2010, when (dominated by the gains from exercising stock options) stock-based compensation accounted for 70% of total compensation.

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The book retail platform was not yet burning. The HBR article describes how B&N moved on multiple fronts at once: It aggressively reduced costs in its core retail business while refocusing its stores around consumer needs. By 2010, it would have been too late to act, as we saw with the Border's bankruptcy.

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EBITDA How To Crisis Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

So when I asked Mark Krolick—managing director of marketing and product development at United Airlines—about the hypothesis that having more superconsumers as leaders or employees enhances business performance, he smiled. They need to feel valuable and that they are being developed.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Professional athletics certainly fits the bill with the emergence of professional race car driving schools ($2,000 for the day) and professional athlete fantasy camps (Michael Jordan's basketball camp cost $15,000 in 2010). As might retail investor services, which has led to the rise of Schwab and E-Trade.

Price 8

Price Mass Marketing B2B Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

It developed over 1,000 patents related to image capture that commanded billions of dollars in licensing revenues (for access to its “218” patent alone, it was paid $550 million by Samsung and $414 million by LG). By 2010, Kodak had clawed its way to No. By 2005, Kodak ranked No. digital-camera sales (No. 3 globally).

Company 8

Company How To Technology Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2015

Once again, he had turned around a struggling company, transformed its business model and made its operations hum. He then launched Total Access , a service that allowed customers to use the Web and retail stores interchangeably. When Netflix emerged as a disruptive threat, Antioco met it head on.

IT Strategy 8

IT Strategy Strategy Operations Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

The strategy appears quite profitable — some years ago Wired magazine predicted that, by 2010, half the value in the delivery of a shipping container, from half-way around the world, would lie in the data associated with the contents. My friends in the industry tell me that bogey was met by 2005.

Business Model 8

Business Model Price Competitive Advantage Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. Since then its stock has more than doubled. billion in revenue.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Gulati, whose research explores leadership and strategic challenges for building high growth organizations in turbulent markets, is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor at Harvard Business School. Please describe the business model of looking “outside-in” versus “inside-out.”

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

The blade cartridges for its latest-and-greatest razor, the top-selling Fusion ProGlide , retail for around $4 each, leaving Gillette with what must be incredibly lucrative gross margins. But that is not the story in developing markets, where these top-of-the-line products don't fare nearly as well.

Innovation 14

Innovation Glocalization Supply Chain Retail 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Here's my take on the 10 big stories in sustainability and green business this year: The usual sustainability drivers got stronger. Ok, this one is cheating a bit, but on a fundamental level, the top themes in green business haven't actually changed too much ( see the 2010 list ). Now it's showing the way to new business models.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2012

Last week, I moderated a "Super Session" at this year's annual National Retail Federation " Big Show." The panel made one thing clear: just when any sensible person might have concluded that e-commerce business models had finally reached maturity, we are witnessing a veritable explosion of new ones.

Retail 15

Retail Fashion Merchandising Apparel 15

Roundtable Talk

JULY 21, 2010

From the outside, Zappos.com is a successful online retailer, but from the inside Zappos.com has created a mission that is about creating happiness. AD Atticus | July 25, 2010 at 8:32 PM | An awesome post, thanks for sharing! It seems Tony Hsieh has infused both the art of simplicity and passion in his business model.

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CEO Retail Mission Statement Blog 46

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

But as the digital revolution continues to spark widespread disruption in other industries — automotive, financial services, health care, and retail — who will win? Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods Market is perhaps the purest expression of the blending of the digital and physical worlds of retail. trillion.

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Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

It’s not that the media sets out to be sensationalist; its business model leads it in that direction. Two developments bear noting. Voluntary efforts at restraint by well-meaning journalists won’t work, because of advertising-based business models and competition.

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Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11