Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Companies that operate as a collection of silos commit the cardinal sin of underperforming relative to the resources they have invested. Daimler's engineers in Germany could not work with their Chrysler counterparts in Detroit , leading to the sale of the latter at a loss of some $35 billion. Under-collaboration.

CIO 15

CIO Consensus Bottom-up Organizational Behavior 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

The initial breakthrough came in 1987, but the first drug wasn’t approved until 2011. The key to making these organizations work is integrating the work of discovery-driven researchers, applied scientists, and engineers in the private sector. “But here, we can operate within the time frame of the next coffee break.”

Technology 8

Technology Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Is the innovation supported by leadership, management, incentives, and communication?). The four finalists represent a mix of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, provider- and patient-facing innovations, and clinical and operational solutions. The characteristics of the individuals who do or do not adopt the innovation (e.g.,

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Cost Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

But the move to SaaS comes with considerable challenges: Firms will need to change their structure , sales culture, and incentives , and convince existing as well as new customers of the new offering’s value. For example, consider Zynga’s decision, announced in 2011, to build its own datacenters.

Business Model 8

Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

Of the companies who continue to operate without a plan, 40% of them will be out of business in the next 10 years. That 2% includes all the doctors, lawyers, accountants and engineers… those of us who actually advise. Retaining good employees, involving training, motivation and incentives, is yet another matter.

Budgeting 81

Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 81

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

Engineers gave it rave reviews, and investors were lined up. He then maneuvered nerdy engineers to build his sexy devices. “Natural monopoly” was jettisoned as the operative assumption. Instead of having operations mandated, cellular carriers were given defined spectrum spaces. — would feature iPhones.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2014

A 2011 Nielsen Co. Within two minutes of the ad appearing on TV, there was a 30% spike in direct website visits by those who typed “Target.com” and indirect visits by those who used a search engine. Brands such as Amazon and eHarmony, a dating website, have a stronger incentive to use particular types of ad content.

Advertising 9

Advertising Brand Apparel Audience 9