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. Cisco's leadership is very smart and Wi-Fi is part of the firm's core competence. The current Flip web site shows no Wi-Fi-enabled cameras.

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. Yet corporate leadership still lags as does the percentage of women on U.S. As of 2010, only 2.4% These women are testers, trying new ideas and experimenting with new business models.

Trends 265

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. CEO Kenneth Samet, along with Wagner and the six other executives on the leadership team, set a long-term goal of building a major growth business from these new areas. Connecting Three Different Business Portfolios.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

It's been nearly a year since Nokia CEO Stephen Elop shot off his burning platform memo as a way of shaking up the phone company's leadership. The book retail platform was not yet burning. By 2010, it would have been too late to act, as we saw with the Border's bankruptcy. But the flames were about to rise.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA How To Crisis Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Good leadership certainly helps, but more often than not, the organization will revert to business as usual. ” Not only has this purpose served Nordstrom well for decades, but it has helped the company overcome the multichannel challenges most retailers struggle with.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 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. Other companies can do the same. Build a Re-Founding Team.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Ranjay Gulati, the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration at HBS, heads the Advanced Management Program — which empowers executives with the management expertise and cross-functional perspective to drive performance across domains, industries, and borders. “It doesn’t happen overnight.

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. Third, P&G didn't stop at an India-tailored product, but built an India-tailored business model. This blog is co-authored with John R.

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

Roundtable Talk

JULY 21, 2010

At 24 he sold LinkExchange to Microsoft for $265 million, so it’s little wonder that a packed house of business leaders turned up to hear what he had to say. Hsieh has done a lot of research on the science of happiness and has brought this science into his leadership philosophy. LeaderTalker | July 25, 2010 at 11:09 PM | Thanks!

CEO 46

CEO Retail Mission Statement Blog 46

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. ” It explains why firms that have anchored their strategies to content have ceded digital leadership to those that have focused on connections. Thinking that way is tempting, but it misses the mark.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11