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." Today, consumers, not marketers, rule the roost. As consumers, we readily dictate how and when marketers reach us. Price usually signals quality.

Productivity 13

Productivity Products Retail Telemarketing 13

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Marketing 101 principles still apply. Do what you do best and outsource the software and community building to the experts. To some extent – usually a large one – you’ll need to purposefully reach out to potential community members and make it worth their while to accept your invitation.

Media 50

Media Follow-up Software Newsletter 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

The evidence indicates that the United States is losing its ability to attract and expand the operations of multinationals and their significant contributions to productivity growth, innovation, and high-wage employment. shares of the global operations of U.S.-based competitiveness, for example, and the 2010 study of U.S.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In a world of virtual value chains and multi-part outsourcing, how do we bring good judgment to bear? Now consider the joint judgment involved in a process of co-creation , whereby companies collaborate with customers or other partners to bring new offerings to market. All rights reserved.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Among the 30 top companies in seven of the largest industries, almost half had a VC-fueled accelerator in 2015, up from just 2% in 2010. Third, corporate VCs and accelerators are costly and complex to operate, turning them into a slow and expensive innovation tool. Top startups already have market leading solutions.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Google has its own contender in the market, Google Voice. In response, the management team made a counterintuitive move: It outsourced network installation, maintenance, and service to Ericsson, Nokia, and Siemens, and chose IBM to build and manage its IT systems. Bharti, on the other hand, has little expertise in technology.

Outsourcing 10

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2012

When Palmisano took over in early 2002, IBM had four main businesses each organized on a global basis: hardware, software, services (such as back-office outsourcing), and personal computers (PCs). The workforce in India, China, Brazil, and other growth markets exploded in just 36 months. The CEC was dissolved.

Software 15

Software Outsourcing Committee Consultative 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

When we started to look at new locations for our call center operations, we initially considered outsourcing to India or the Philippines and met with a few potential providers. Usually when marketing departments do their ROI calculations, they assume that the lifetime value of a customer is fixed. An HBR Insight Center.

CEO 8

CEO Call Center Real Estate Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

But it’s important to understand the underlying elements of this debate: one level rests on the heavy use of H-1B visas by outsourcing firms; another rests on the disagreement over whether the program increases companies’ access to scarce skills, or merely helps them minimize costs. A literature review by Yi Xue and Richard C.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

But since outsourcing has become an increasingly common approach to cutting costs, many producers now rely heavily on globally dispersed supply chains. stock markets. First, the more global the company (in terms of the range of countries it operated in and the proportion of its sales made outside the U.S.),

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Productivity Products Company 9