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." A vast swath of e-retailers followed Amazon's example. Shopzilla, and its Bizrate site, skipped product reviews to host retailer reviews.

Productivity 12

Productivity Products Retail Telemarketing 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It helped spark new levels of interest in Africa by the international business community, and companies in a range of industries—from consumer goods to financial services to technology—have since expanded their African footprints. a year between 2010 and 2015, considerably slower than the 5.4% from 2000 to 2010.

Globalization 8

Globalization Long-term GDP Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2015

Yet compared to great technological inventions of the past, it is also a colossal economic disappointment. The technologies of the past had massive new job creation effects that swamped displacement effects. They made a new form of retail distribution possible—the shopping center. million in 2010.

Retail 8

Retail Automotive Efficiency Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

workers say they are "not engaged" or "actively disengaged" with their work, according to Gallup''s ongoing study of the American workplace from 2010 through 2012. That may sound like a lot, but it''s less than 5% of total retail spending (even in a recession) and less than half of what just one retailer, Wal-Mart, sells annually.

Disintermediation 8

Disintermediation CRM CIO Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Instead, you can rethink what it means to be in the retail-banking business, or the industrial-distribution business, or the office-cleaning business. Doyle’s talk was titled, “How to Transform a Legacy Company into a Technology-Enabled, Nimble, Category-Disrupting Machine” — and it delivered.

CEO 8

CEO Open-book Price Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. The mix of warehouse retail and traditional retail also creates an interesting juxtaposition that lends itself to greater consumer discovery and cross-pollination among users and consumers.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. The sad but simple truth was that Cisco — arguably the world's premier internet network technology company — didn't deliver a Wi-Fi-enabled device. Technology couldn't have been the issue. What happened? Smartphones were becoming smarter.

Wireless 11

Wireless Management Telecommunications Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Innovations like Amazon price checks, or changes to healthcare or shipping enabled by mobile phones, are becoming commonplace. The only sure thing, especially when it comes to technology, is continuous discontinuity. How can you build your organization’s ability to sense and respond to rapid improvements in technology?

Innovation 8

Innovation Telecommunications Technology Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Leaders defeat themselves when they seek gain when others suffer, for example, raising prices in a time of high unemployment when consumers have less to spend, to ensure profits when sales are down. McDonald's raised prices three percent in early 2012 and by the third quarter, faced the first drop in same-store sales in nine years.

Career 13

Career Company Bureaucracy Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

In the past, disruption occurred at the level of discrete product and service technologies that competed to offer better value for customers (e.g., Told this way, the Kodak story is a comforting caricature of the traditional failure to adapt to disruptive technological change. By 2010, Kodak had clawed its way to No. inch vs. 3.5-inch

Company 8

Company How To Technology Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

In June 2010, I queued outside an Apple store for a couple of hours to secure a new iPhone 4. Moreover, even people who aren't like me — who might find such behavior bordering on the pathological — face a variant of this issue when buying technology: if you buy now will you be disappointed when a new thing comes out soon after?

Insurance 11

Insurance Price Entrepreneur Cost 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2011

billion to Google just a few short months ago, in November of 2010. The benefits of Groupon (discounted prices and access to vendors you may not have known about) are largely optional or discretionary — it isn't the kind of service one uses for essential goods and services. Groupon is poised for its debut as a public company.

Business Model 15

Business Model Discount IPO Customer Loyalty 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

Investors also did well: A $100 investment in Ruger in late 2010 was worth $443 in late 2015, while the equivalent investment in the S&P 500 yielded only $163 over that time frame. Remington sells to both federally licensed wholesalers and directly to some federally licensed retailers (Walmart being its largest retail account).

Licensing 8

Licensing Drucker Retail Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

Ned Barnholt is the former CEO of Agilent Technologies, the measurement company, and these days he's one of the more respected executives in Silicon Valley. The technology was great. In 1972, HP's first calculator, the HP-35, would retail at $400 at a time when the market for scientific calculators did not yet exist.

Ries 10

Ries Agility Market Segmentation Christensen 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

The Boston Innovation District’s meteoric real estate prices are pushing the very entrepreneurs who made the district sexy towards neighboring districts where rents have not tripled since 2010. The $19 billion sale of WhatsApp’s to Facebook made Koum and Acton, overnight, vastly wealthier than their next door neighbors.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Real Estate Entrepreneur 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. Jobs and Apple were able to run this play again with the introduction of the iPhone.

Industry 8

Industry Wireless Advertising Content 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Here's my attempt to capture what I see as the most important stories affecting the greening of business in 2010. The drought in Russia destroyed 40% of its wheat crop, so Putin pulled wheat — 1/6 of the global trade in the crop — off the global market, driving up wheat prices. vulnerable to rare earth shortages."

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail Globalization Price 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

DISH Networks, the owners since 2011 of video rental giant Blockbuster, announced Wednesday the shuttering of all remaining company-owned retail locations and of Blockbuster’s DVD-by-mail service. homes have broadband , and network operators continue to invest in ever-faster cable, satellite, and fiber-based technologies.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Intangible Assets Retail Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

Even more remarkably, they achieved this without resorting to price competition. 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. and $0.10) — less than 3% of the Fusion ProGlide's prices.

Innovation 13

Innovation Glocalization Supply Chain Retail 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. Clearly, something else, beyond the disruptive technology itself, is behind the demise of companies like Kodak.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

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 ). From relentless demand for resources to bamboo-like 9% growth to vicious competition for the technologies and industries of the future, China will be the big story for a long time.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

Those with the best data have enjoyed distinct advantages — in commerce, for example, better understanding the market leads to better products offered at better prices, and so forth. Any number of companies would like that data, and I’d be happy to provide it to some, at a price. But how, and at what price?

Business Model 8

Business Model Price Competitive Advantage Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

A: Best Buy, the largest dedicated consumer electronics retailer in the United States, provides a good example of a company that developed an outside-in orientation by tackling its own internal silos. The focus is on technological excellence with some diffuse understanding of customers who may buy the product.

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

At the same time, technologies like selfie sticks, Fitbits, and wearable video cameras are making people comfortable monitoring their own calorie consumption, sleep patterns, heart rate, friends, family, and daily experiences. If you’re her father, will you be tempted to tune into NOVA instead of the latest episode of Hoarders ?

Document 8

Document Marketing Learning-by-Doing Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

If you had asked Singaporeans in 2010 to identify a successful local start-up, they might have paused for a few minutes before mentioning Creative Labs. With the cautionary notes in mind, I arrived in Singapore in March 2010. Singaporeans are not,” critics would respond. “Name a Singapore start-up.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

In certain areas of technology, the country is the undisputed leader for the continent: with London as the center of fintech in Europe, for example, fintech investment in the UK was $5.4 billion in the rest of Europe over the period 2010-2015. The UK leads Europe in “app economy” jobs. billion as compared to $4.4

Safe Harbor 9

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 9