Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Now Amazon can supplement that knowledge with direct, proprietary insights about the offline retail world. What Amazon will now study in the brick-and-mortar world – and more importantly, what it learns and how it applies the insights – can transform consumer retail in the United States. Changing price perception.

Price 8

Price Retail Competitive Advantage Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

After much deliberation, we partnered with University of Chicago Medicine (UCM) in 2010. Five main factors make our clinical partnerships work: Joint operating committees that meet regularly. Enrollees get discounts at more than 100 local businesses (e.g., Silver Cross has now achieved primary stroke certification.

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Balanced Scorecard Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

Others may simply see no alternative to trying to keep the brand going at any cost, even if that means aggressive discounting, cheap licensing, or other tactics that erode long-term brand value. But by the 1990’s, big box retailers had taken over the market and the Service Merchandise brand no longer offered meaningful differentiation.

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared.

Banking 15

Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2011

from the same period in 2010. But B&N is the only legacy retailer to create its own devices — and rather than offer a single reader as a defensive move, it took the offense with a frequently updated family of products that are promoted prominently in-store. In the first quarter of 2011, industry-wide book sales were down 2.5%

Strategy 14

Strategy Retail Long-term Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

By 2010 the company had become the best-performing stock in the S&P 500, worth $30 per share and earning investors a return of 29 times. Since Knudstorp took over, Lego’s revenues have increased by 400%, and its operating profit margin has increased from -21% to 34%. Since then its stock has more than doubled.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

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