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Six Social Media Trends for 2012

Harvard Business Review

Foursquare still enjoys a niche audience of highly active participants who enjoy telling the world where they are and post pictures to prove it. So what can we expect in 2012 in a world that seems to grow ever connected by the hour? Please weigh in with your thoughts: where do you see "social" going in 2012? The Micro Economy.

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The IT Challenge of the London Olympics

Harvard Business Review

The amount of time it took to deliver the results to the global audience was, in fact, 30 times faster than the race itself—and at the same time, 15 other Olympic competitions were simultaneously having their results relayed. Together they develop a complete understanding of what the organizers, competitors, and audience expect.

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The Best Digital Business Models Put Evolution Before Revolution

Harvard Business Review

What, another clarion call urging executives to fundamentally rethink their business models through digital technology? Yet huge opportunities exist in using digital technology to evolve your business model by rethinking your existing products, economic models, and digital assets. The business media have had no shortage of these.

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The Rise of the Mobile-Only User

Harvard Business Review

According to Pew Internet , 55 percent of Americans said they''d used a mobile device to access the internet in 2012. This is a large and growing audience whose needs aren''t being met by traditional desktop experiences. If you''re trying to reach specific audiences, you can''t afford to ignore mobile-only users.

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James Bond, Dunder Mifflin, and the Future of Product Placement

Harvard Business Review

Audiences are increasingly skeptical. Product placement can also lower audiences’ evaluations of the focal entertainment product (the film or the show), as recently demonstrated by Andre Marchand and colleagues. And it’s particularly true when audiences like the film or show. Research by Eva A.

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Big Pharma's Mixed Modes of Growth

Harvard Business Review

They might make a targeted acquisition here or there, form an alliance now and again, or license in some specialized technology, but by and large they made their own drugs, supporting big, fully staffed research labs, which they would then market themselves. Historically, big pharma firms made their own drugs.

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What 40 Years of Research Reveals About the Difference Between Disruptive and Radical Innovation

Harvard Business Review

The first thing they should know is that not all technological change is “disruptive.” Importantly, the research landscape we mapped out suggests that disruption is not about technology alone, but rather the combination of technologies and business model innovation. It appealed to a niche of film nerds.