Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Our traditional market research is telling us something else. Like HBR's traditional case studies, HBR.org's Management Puzzles are based on academic research into business problems. I think the reason you trust traditional market research is that you have to pay for it out of your budget." I can't wait any longer.

Cost 8

Cost Marketing Management Sample 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

And last year, he decided that the answer was to take the company private, to escape the hectoring of the public market. Dell''s fortunes have not reversed over the past six years, owing in part to the recession, but more fundamentally to the decline of the PC market. For more background on the potential deal, click here.)

Rivkin 15

Rivkin Succession Short-term Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2013

At its core, reverse innovation describes solutions adopted first in poorer, emerging nations that subsequently—and disruptively—find a market in richer, developed nations. So they developed an "emerging market" technology solution centered on mobile phone text messaging and low-cost cloud server networks.

Technology 10

Technology Innovation CRM Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Based on data covering the period from 2005 to 2011, it charts how globalization has evolved since the onset of the financial crisis at the global, regional, and national levels. Capital markets are fragmenting and while merchandise trade recovered strongly since 2009, the intensity of services trade has remained stagnant.

Report 15

Report Merchandising GDP Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2012

The big difference is that the eReader market of 2007 was an open field; the tablet market of 2011 had a dominant giant. Amazon and Apple will go down as case studies in alternative strategies for succeeding in ecosystems. Their product-focused rivals will illustrate what it means to be "stuck in the middle.".

Strategy 15

Strategy eBook Library Open-book 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

Individual managers might expect a moderate market with fluctuations that follow past experiences; an uncertain market with unpredictable volatility; a market boom when everything seems to be going up; or a recession when everything seems to be going down. In moderate market, there is a discoverable order.

Risk Management 15

Risk Management Company Marketing Case Study 15

Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 29, 2010

Thirteen years later, the stock price is now above $240, and it has a market cap bigger than Microsoft. Jobs returned to Apple full-time in 1997 and quickly put together a brand new marketing campaign that he presented in a speech that summer. Jobs, in that speech, declares that “ Marketing is about values&#.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

Unless you are willing to bootstrap yourself to some degree of validation of your concept, and can convince investors that there is real demand for what you offer, and a really large market, no one will write a check. Let''s suppose your idea is a good, viable business idea, but not a billion dollar market opportunity. And play he did.

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Incubator Finance Entrepreneur Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

August 2011 HBR. But, as the story of Samsung demonstrates, recruitment is very much on the minds of emerging-market companies. In addition to Talent Camp, we conduct workshops, case studies, and a banking game called "Banking Street" that introduces Garanti's departments to students.

Banking 11

Banking Crisis Restructuring Reputation 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

Individual managers might expect a moderate market with fluctuations that follow past experiences; an uncertain market with unpredictable volatility; a market boom when everything seems to be going up; or a recession when everything seems to be going down. In moderate market, there is a discoverable order.

Risk Management 11

Risk Management Company Marketing Case Study 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Just a few examples illustrate some of the pressing issues: South Africa''s power distribution network has an estimated maintenance backlog of $4 billion — equivalent to half of the country''s total investment in electric power generation and distribution in 2011. an estimated $100 billion per year. We need to streamline delivery.

Transportation 8

Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

Nearly every criticism the authors levy in their op-ed is answered in 12 blog posts , a magazine article from January/February 2011, a video interview , and a slideshow that integrated community and commentary, which were published between last October and this May. It is both, always.

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Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

My colleague Benjamin Mazzotta and I have been studying the costs of cash across a wide range of countries: U.S., offers an interesting case study in what happens when only about a third of all transactions are conducted using cash payments. While the overall costs of cash usage in all these markets are daunting, the U.S.

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

Do you have a marketable skill? “If you’re 22 and you’re not a web developer, you probably don’t have marketable skills,” he warns. “If you’re 22 and you’re not a web developer, you probably don’t have marketable skills,” he warns. More on that below.).

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Planning Outsourcing Case Study Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Or pay a freelance consultant to do market research? Case study #1: Create financial flexibility for yourself and commit to an end date. They “carved out time on nights and weekends” to do research and market analysis. ” Case study #2: Solicit ideas (and maybe funds) from others and maximize free time.

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Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

If you still don’t know whether or not your attitude is affecting your performance, I would strongly suggest participation in a 360 review process where your strengths and weakness are objectively assessed by those whom you interface with on a frequent basis. The beautiful thing about your story is it makes for a wonderful case study.

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Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

However, in some cases, you may settle for fewer things if the position offers something else: a stronger resume, new skills, or access to an organization you'd like to work at in the long-term. In a tough job market, it's easy to overvalue an offer. Case Study #1: Be honest about your requirements.

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Case Study Long-term Consultative Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Teixeira is an assistant professor of marketing at Harvard Business School whose latest research involves Web-based facial tracking in order to measure why, when, and how much you should entertain your customers in ads. A good example of this is the Pepsi campaign that aired in 2011. They're a little offbeat.

Brand 8

Brand Advertising Storytelling Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

A Jesuit friend of mine at neighboring Georgetown once told me, with admiration, how for years Trachtenberg outfoxed the rival school in everything from strategy to marketing to real estate acquisition, and in the process transformed underdog GW into a national powerhouse. From early days, he was a scrappy leader.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Case Study Emotional Intelligence Storytelling 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

But in 2011, $30 billion was invested by angels and $24 billion by Series A venture capitalists. If one assumes each angel deal was $300,000 per deal, then about 100,000 deals were done in 2011. We have numerous case studies of this being a tried and true procedure, and recommend it strongly.

Incubator 8

Incubator Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist How To 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

subscribers in 2017, and the industry as a whole has been growing at 200% annually since 2011. They argue that the market has become saturated because of the barriers to entry are low (do we really need 53 subscription box companies offering sex products?), Case Study: Blue Apron. that aggregate sales in the U.S.

IPO 8

IPO How To Metrics Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Case Study #1: Stay in touch by offering to be helpful and expressing interest in your contacts’ lives. Back in 2011, when he was an MBA student at Wharton, he attended a talk by one of the founders of TechStars. . ” Case Study #2: Ask questions and don’t self-promote. ” Liz and T.S.

How To 8

How To Media Self-aware Career 8

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In 1M/1M, we offer a case-study-based online educational program, video lectures, and methodology, online strategy consulting at public and private online roundtables, as well as introductions to customers, channel partners and investors (pre-seed, seed, angel, VC, bank, alternative financing). on a global scale.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

These gold coasts are home to nine of the top 10, and 18 of the top 20, internet companies, as measured by market capitalization. and China that were able to take advantage of large domestic markets to achieve scale and to surround themselves with rich ecosystems of startups, suppliers, complements, and customers.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The company cried ‘case study’ from the very beginning, when it segued from the former Houston Natural Gas moniker. These are my considered opinions, having conducted Performance Reviews, Strategic Planning and Visioning for other companies over 35+ years. Companies should be doing full-scope Performance Reviews.

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Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57