Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

That’s because even after they determine the right ways to use information to delight their customers, managers must address one equally important challenge. They must update decades-old management systems so they can embrace new digital opportunities. Where we land is firmly in the face of a management paradox.

Business Model 8

Business Model System Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

Grab, which launched its service in 2012 with 40 drivers in Malaysia, came late to the ride-hailing game, only after Uber had established a formidable position in the United States. Transportation, aviation, health care, and energy all require physical delivery, whereas media, music, and advertisement do not.

Transportation 8

Transportation Health Care Venture Capitalist Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

A generation ago, incumbents that struggled to respond to disruptive innovations had an excuse. Managers at companies like General Motors, Sears, and Eastman Kodak simply didn't have the tools to spot and respond to would-be disruptors. In 2012 a number of disruptive innovations came of age. 3-D printing.

Trends 8

Trends Disruptive Innovation Christensen Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

What seems certain is that if you’re managing an incumbent company, you cannot predict, much less invent, the future on your own. As with other newspapers, its traditional sources of revenue were being eroded and it was on the lookout for new ways of attracting readers and advertisers to its web site.

Advertising 8

Advertising Banking Learning Curve Ryan 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

We stand today on July 27, one year away from the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Since the British broadcaster does not run advertising, London could not bundle this in to sweeten the deals for possible Olympic sponsors. Despite this, the 2012 Oympic Games has become a critical component for it.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Tourism Banking Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The ones that manage to escape are discount chains —such as T. In dollar terms, small players—defined as those with sales less than $1 billion—grabbed approximately $15 billion in sales from their larger peers between 2012 and 2017. Penney, and Barnes & Noble. Price competition hurts.

Brand 9

Brand Retail Incubator Merchandising 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Quarterly profits have only increased 5% since 2012 , but investors’ valuations of those profits (as measured by earnings per share) has increased 59% over the same period. In contrast, companies with a long-term orientation are rewarded with a lower cost of capital, which allows them to afford more innovation—a virtuous cycle.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

Yes, his site was definitely taking classified advertising away from papers, he would say. But when disruptive innovation threatens to breach a moat, high-margin companies usually find themselves especially ill-prepared to fight back. Advertising Media Strategy' And for the most part the margins have declined anyway.

Advertising 8

Advertising Christensen Media Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

We're delighted to announce the winners of the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge , the third leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. The athletic apparel giant has also engaged a broad base of partners (and competitors) in innovation toward that goal. It's not enough to change one company.

Organization 13

Organization Cooper McKinsey Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Management thinking is inherently faddish, but there are some favorite themes that never fall out of favor. Innovation is one those evergreen themes: it is a rare CEO who doesn't list innovation as one her top four or five priorities. But innovation is an elusive beast. So what to do? But that's a flawed approach.

Company 8

Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

Despite the technical nature of these innovations, there are a few broad managerial lessons that have emerged from this prominent patent case. Often, managers think about patent litigation as a “narrow” strategy to protect a particular technology against a specific infringer. Probably way more than Apple’s lawyer bills.

Marketing Strategy 8

Marketing Strategy Strategy Marketing Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2014

After all, everyone is “seeing the same data, interacting with the same people, and having the same conversations, so it’s no surprise that the ideas coming out feel as though they’ve all been done before,” says Scott Anthony, the managing partner of Innosight and the author of The First Mile. Bring in different points of view.

Team 8

Team Brainstorming Creativity Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), late 2015 was the most difficult hiring period in four years. Following are three such innovative approaches for connecting with top talent. In GE’s recent recruitment advertising campaign “What’s the Matter with Owen?”

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Hammer Media 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

As I learned during the 2012 Hispanic Voice Town Hall Tour my organization held earlier this year, Hispanics are a high-touch community and this level of interaction goes a long way toward earning trust and loyalty. As founder of the Center for Hispanic Leadership, I can attest to the fact that the U.S. Hispanics have been facing for years.

Policies 15

Policies Short-term Education Diversity 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Because of the changing and innovative methods of attack being used against them, it is of the utmost importance that they constantly refine their knowledge of the particular enemies they face. billion has been hacked from the Boleto Bancário, a payment method managed by the Brazilian Federation of Banks, since 2012.

Company 8

Company Banking Information Advice 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2017

By 2033, economists predict that tech innovation could convert 30% of today’s full-time occupations into augmented services completed “on demand” through a mix of automation and human labor. In short, AI will eliminate some work as it opens up opportunities for redefining what work humans do best.

Content 8

Content Trends Media Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

At UCB, a medium-sized pharmaceutical company headquartered in Belgium, Heresh Rezavandi and his managers Michelle Maddix-Sovero are leading a young strategic intelligence function that’s part of the strategic marketing practice. Back in 2012, its intelligence analysts identified cloud computing as the number one strategic threat.

Marketing 8

Marketing Competitive Intelligence Porter How To 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

As I learned during the 2012 Hispanic Voice Town Hall Tour my organization held earlier this year, Hispanics are a high-touch community and this level of interaction goes a long way toward earning trust and loyalty. As founder of the Center for Hispanic Leadership, I can attest to the fact that the U.S. Hispanics have been facing for years.

Policies 8

Policies Short-term Education Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

It is estimated that they currently have about seven thousand of them (and Congress asked for about $5 billion worth of more drones in 2012). reauthorization law, envisions a $5 billion-plus industry of camera drones being used for all sorts of purposes from real estate advertising to crop dusting to environmental monitoring and police work."

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Venture Funding Industry Real Estate 8