Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Already in 2011 the Chinese spent more time on the Internet than watching TV , while in the U.S. In China, the five largest retailers account for only 10% of the total retail market , so most customers have to buy items in mom-and-pop stores. With such innovation and variety, that can only be a good thing for consumers.

Advertising 12

Advertising Retail Media Price 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

Deservedly vaunted venture capitalist Tom Perkins’ callous, arrogant and elitist recent comments should not serve as an expedient excuse to overlook an important “dirty little secret” about entrepreneurship, the acknowledged engine of economic growth: successful entrepreneurship always exacerbates local inequality , at least in the short run.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Real Estate Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2013

On March 18, 2010, an Apple engineer left what looked like an iPhone 3 in a German beer garden in Redwood, California. Or does the fact that the engineer lost the prototype in public somehow break the disclosure chain back to the inventor? Innovation Product development Technology' All’s well that ends well.

Magazine 8

Magazine Engineering Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

In your address last night, Mr. President, you correctly noted that, "The first step in winning the future is encouraging American innovation." Here, too, start-ups are the driving engine of our nation's global innovation leadership. In other words, Mr. President, everything depends upon start-ups: Job creation.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Venture Funding Policies Offshoring 15

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Innovation. The boss must act as the ‘external force’ for continuous, systematic change and innovation in an organization. To achieve true innovation, you can’t lead like an iron-fisted dictator, where your word and only your word is final. But being too quick to dismiss their ideas will only discourage innovation.

Innovation 50

Innovation How To Retail Motivation 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

These six ideas emerged in 2010 as powerful "innovation invitations" and seem sure to intensify in power and influence. They'll increasingly be a source of, and resource for, innovation differentiation in 2011, if not for your organization, then for the firm you most dread competing against. That's right. Contestification.

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2015

Michael Levie, a seasoned hotel executive, and Rattan Chadha, a successful retail entrepreneur, were having dinner. As Levie put it, “in this industry, people already think they have innovated if they have painted a grey wall green.” In both 2010 and 2011, TripAdvisor voted citizenM “The Trendiest Hotel in the World.”

Industry 8

Industry Hotels Travel Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. But she also realized that the company needed to develop greater marketing muscle to drive a commercial transformation. As she put it, “Our markets are going through dynamic change.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

These drivers underpin a number of stories from 2011, but a few new themes came out as well. Coca-Cola was not alone in facing increasing costs in 2011; one of my clients, Kimberly-Clark, took an earnings hit from record pulp prices. Was a year like 2011 possible in a world without climate change? Was a year like 2011 likely ?

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

As the argument goes, that’s good for workers, who don’t want to be bored or overwhelmed, and it’s good for retailers, whose biggest cost and revenue driver is typically labor. Our collective research has also shown that retailers really do struggle with scheduling. on Saturdays.

Software 9

Software Management Retail How To 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

All are food-packaging innovations borne out of consumer demand, as well as customers’ willingness to pay extra for unique features and benefits that have ultimately led to profitable bottom-line growth in flat or declining categories. Price Pack Architecture Innovation. What do 7.5-oz What is Price Pack Architecture?

Price 8

Price Analysis Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Snapchat, an idea conceived in 2011, is now valued around $16 billion, with more than 100 million active users who send an average of over 400 million snaps per day. Similarly, Flipkart, the largest online retailer in India, has so far raised an impressive amount of around $3 billion in nine rounds of equity financing.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” Walmart went from a 3% share of the general merchandise retail market in 1982 to over 50% today. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8