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

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

With technology and business model cycles becoming shorter and companies facing unrelenting pressure to innovate or suffer the consequences, more and more boards need to focus on the second of these roles. In September 2010 Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy protection. In this case, value protection was not enough.

Retail 8

Retail CEO Core Competence Competitive Advantage 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

It’s that time of year again: time for business owners and senior executives to take stock of the past twelve months. What did 2010 look like for you and your company? OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?) This assertion is backed by hard evidence.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. 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% These women are testers, trying new ideas and experimenting with new business models. corporate boards. of the U.S.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

It closed out the 2010 fiscal year with €11.97 billion in retail managed resources, of which €8.43 There are many examples of crowdsourcing, open innovation, and new business models that tap into the creativity of people from anywhere in the world today. for Spain's financial sector.

CEO 11

CEO Creativity Automotive Participative 11

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

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

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.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA How To Crisis Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2015

In a classic Harvard Business Review article , Abraham Zaleznick contrasted two very different styles of authority. Managers, he argued, take a rational approach and seek order and control. Lafley, are both great managers and great leaders. Leaders, on the other hand, are more emotionally driven and seek to drive change.

IT Strategy 8

IT Strategy Strategy Operations Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. These managers are more persuasive at getting buy-in from the leaders in their organization, make better strategic decisions, and achieve more stable, more predictable, and longer-term growth.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Costco and Sam's Club allow consumers to buy great quality and a better bulk price like a business wholesaler. Roche allows you to monitor and manage your own diabetes like a doctor. As might retail investor services, which has led to the rise of Schwab and E-Trade. Prosumers help unlock at least three different kinds of demand.

Price 8

Price Mass Marketing B2B Quality 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. And Nielsen has no reason to cede control of it.

Industry 9

Industry Wireless Advertising Content 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Since its bankruptcy in 2012, Kodak has been a poster child for innovation incompetence: After inventing the world’s first digital camera in 1975, the conventional story goes, myopic managers allowed a bloated company to let inertia drive it off a cliff. By 2010, Kodak had clawed its way to No. Diversify.

Company 8

Company How To Technology Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

Organizations have always depended on data — to manage operations, to communicate with customers, to pay employees and suppliers, to plan their futures, and so forth. Similarly, Fitbit counts steps and provides some simple summaries that help people better manage their fitness. Everything is just a little better as result.

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. Thiry immediately replaced most of the management team.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Executive education students at Harvard Business School. HBS Executive Education brings you these articles about business management courtesy of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Times are tough for many businesses, yet some are holding their own, even thriving. How do they do it? Join the conversation.

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

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

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.

CEO 46

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? Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce leader, manages the world’s largest money market fund, and now plays an important role in financial and payment services.

Company 8

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. Canonical examples are cigarette smoking or pollution, or a store manager in a large retail chain pursuing actions that benefit his individual store but damage the parent company’s brand.)

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11