Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. Model 1: Virtual operator.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

Social media companies use machine learning to block illicit content such as child pornography. Today, for example, social media companies are expected to uncover and remove terrorist recruitment videos and messages almost instantly. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Insight Center.

Banking 8

Banking Strategic Fit Risk Management Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

The fight for new recruits is intense — not just in the tech sector, but across all industries. Don’t keep relying on the same old social media platforms. SHRM reports that 84% of organizations use social media for recruiting, and 82% of them use it primarily in the hunt for passive candidates. Well, not necessarily.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Hammer Media 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. We found that sustainable and deforestation-free practices created significant financial benefits for all players in the industry’s value chain. of revenues).

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In 2012, Cabot became a certified B Corp. B Corp certification encouraged more “whole-systems thinking” around our social and environmental practices, which led Cabot to develop even more robust customer and consumer programs, cut operating costs, and strengthen our brand reputation as a sustainability-minded company.

Cooper 8

Cooper Benchmarking Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Now, however, they are being augmented by demographic data, in-store video monitoring, mobile-based location data from inside and outside the store, real-time social media feeds, third-party data appends, weather, and more. Retail has entered the era of Big Data. The biggest retailers are investing accordingly.

Retail 15

Retail Brand Marketing Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2013

There''s been no shortage of media coverage on Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in the past year. Some MOOC critics have argued that the "MOOC revolution" has been characterized by the Gartner Hype Cycle and that 2012, the Year of the MOOC , has given way to a new trough of disillusionment.

Education 10

Education Core Competence Globalization Course 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

How much would it cost to have similar media coverage through a traditional advertising campaign? AdvertisingAge reports that in 2012, Samsung increased its U.S. The real enemy of Apple is Google, whose Android operating system runs on Samsung’s phones. Apple Competition Tech industry' So why has Apple not sued Google?

Marketing Strategy 8

Marketing Strategy Strategy Marketing Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

overall, our studies consistently and conclusively show employed voters believe (43% in 2008, 52% in 2010) their employer "should be active in promoting public policies favorable to their industries." In the 2011-2012 Market Research Report for BIPAC , performed by Moore Information, Inc., And I don't see a problem in that.

Politics 8

Politics Policies Survey Information 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Our 2012 survey, in partnership with WomenCorporateDirectors and Heidrick & Struggles, of more than 1,000 corporate directors across the globe, found that only 48% of the boards had a formal process of determining the combination of skills and attributes required for their board and, therefore, for new directors.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013. It sold the site to Shutterfly as part of its bankruptcy plan for less than $25 million in April 2012. Companies often see the disruptive forces affecting their industry.

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

The scrappy startup, launched in 2012, offered a blades-by-subscription service for as little as $3 a month and quickly grew to a team of 45 engineers and 3.2 And it’s a telling tale about whether the consumer products industry can get a digital business model right. A fundamental shift in the industry.

Business Model 8

Business Model Retail Brand Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Further, we'll see a roll-out of 4G wireless services across the country in 2012. Fueling this explosion is a fact of national culture: Indians love media. hours of media and entertainment a day, while 70 percent of the national population spends money on content, both online and off. billion e-commerce sector, says Avendus).

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Conference Wireless 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

After all, the shift from print to electronic media had already taken hold, as advertising extended from newspapers and magazines to radio and television. Yes, industry pioneers like Doubleclick were building technology systems to manage online ad serving, but the change was a matter of degree, not of kind. Insight Center.

Advertising 8

Advertising Marketing Software Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. Zhou reportedly felt that the original Yahoos were overpaid and lazy, whereas the Yahoo team felt bullied and believed Zhou wasn’t focused on the Yahoo operations. We were ready to give Ma the keys to Yahoo’s operations in China.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

From 2002 to 2012, the impact of individuals’ task performance on unit profitability companywide decreased, on average, from 78% to 51%. Take, for example, a large media company we work with that invested in an internal social-networking platform for the commercial organization. Culture That Drives Performance. An HBR Insight Center.

Team 10

Team Metrics Compliance Attrition 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2015

In closing some of their e-commerce properties, Naspers, a media and internet empire, noted that it was a “sad day for e-commerce” in Africa and cited “unprofitability” as a reason. The optimism about Africa clouds some obvious challenges any operator in the continent will confront. .;

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Open-book Marketing System 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. We have seen these forces at work in many different industries around the world, requiring a decidedly closer working relationship between the CEO and CMO. Who should lead our transformation?

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Unlike their industrial peers, managers of asset-light businesses focus little on the balance sheet. Instead, they’re taught to focus on their income statement and optimize their operations around preserving profitability. Often, the last thing managers are encouraged to do is think outside of their industry.

Business Model 8

Business Model System Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

Although the media has spoken loosely about a company "clawing back" pay, there are, in fact, different ways to hold responsible individuals to financial account. A future compensation action would reduce 2012 variable benefits (bonus or equity awards) in absolute terms (or through a much slower rate of increase).

CIO 8

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

In 2012, one of us — Gregor Gimmy, a California-based serial entrepreneur and former IDEO consultant — accepted a new role at BMW’s corporate R&D headquarters. From 2012 to 2015, the number of global corporate venture capital deals almost doubled, and their investments quadrupled, to $29.1

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

And the more growth opportunities stretch beyond a company’s current capabilities, the more the company needs to build systems to manage the unique nature of these opportunities (the kind we describe in more depth in our recent article “ Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days ” and our 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory ).

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

” Human capital champions in higher education and industry typically prize knowledge over skills. So I reached out to Brandon Webb, an innovative SEAL trainer/educator, and CEO of Force12 Media for real-world perspective on what industry could learn from a special operations sensibility. That scares me.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Then Josep “Pep” Guardiola-i-Sala, the former Spanish footballer who is currently the manager of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, further evolved the idea when he was the coach at Barcelona FC between 2008 and 2012. As a result, companies operate below their potential.

Cooper 16

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Then Josep “Pep” Guardiola-i-Sala, the former Spanish footballer who is currently the manager of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, further evolved the idea when he was the coach at Barcelona FC between 2008 and 2012. As a result, companies operate below their potential.

Cooper 8

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

I fundamentally rejected that assumption, so I began a tour of our operations. No such shutdown had ever before been done in the mining industry, and the costs would be enormous. We had an initial public summit to which we invited industry heads and the media. Change management Operations Organizational culture'

Operations 8

Operations Industry CEO Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

So why were citizens blocking the roads and protesting in the streets, drawing considerable attention from NGOs and the media and delaying the project? For example, the delays associated with social conflict at large mining operations can run in the vicinity of $20 million per week.

Company 9

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2017

Increasingly, our clients are coming to us as they realize that in order for these disparate initiatives to thrive, they need to undergo an end-to-end transformation, the success of which demands dramatic operational, structural, and cultural shifts. We started tracking the role of digital in the boardroom in 2012. Insight Center.

CEO 8

CEO Strategy Maturity Operations 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

Trees with thicker bases and deeper roots will sprout greener (be profitable), shed less often (fewer corporate flaws) and live longer (dominate its industry). Their words overstate, get into the media and are accepted by audiences as fact. If one media is the ‘name sponsor,’ then that will negate coverage by other media.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

From relentless demand for resources to bamboo-like 9% growth to vicious competition for the technologies and industries of the future, China will be the big story for a long time. It certainly has become a media darling for clean tech skeptics. Value chain and transparency partnerships growing: The apparel industry bands together.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

India has done well in the last twenty odd years to build its technology industry through services. Today we’re seeing a maturing of the industry, and entrepreneurs now want to build products as well. However, if you need capital to validate, you are operating in a zone that will be full of very dark hours.

Incubator 8

Incubator Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist How To 8

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

In some ways it’s only natural that we see an increase in discussions on potential challenges for organizations in operating under a multi-generational workforce. And that is the issue of how to effectively manage a multi-generational workforce. Available online at: [link] (2) Costanza D.P., Badger J.M., Severt J.B & Gade P.A.

P&L 243

P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 243

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Then, 9/11 hit and the travel industry was decimated. After some searching, TripAdvisor found a magical business model, representing social media and user-generated content at its best. The chart below shows their financial performance over the last few years, with forecasted 2012 revenue of $767M and EBITDA of $339M.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

The pattern that simple, convenient, low-priced solutions would grow from humble beginnings to create and transform industries had not yet been identified. For example, Google ultimately emerged as a disruptive force that has transformed pieces of the media business. In 2012 a number of disruptive innovations came of age.

Trends 8

Trends Disruptive Innovation Christensen Business Model 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

More importantly, he offers concrete examples of how any organization—large or small, and regardless of industry—can innovate in ways that delight customers and attract top-level talent. I recently spoke to John about his research. Time and again I find that the biggest obstacle to leading change is the leader. This is critical.

How To 76

How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 76

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In a 600-page proposed rulemaking , the SEC moved to implement key provisions of the 2012 Jumpstart our Business Startups Act (or JOBS Act). services such as Kickstarter (and others including Indiegogo and Rockethub ) have operated on a donation model. To understand why, consider how crowdfunding works today.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Without clear ethics rules, Jay worried that his already divided directors would fall into bitter squabbling, which could lead to resignations, negative media attention, and a flight of investors. Ethical banking had seemed so benign when Jay had decided to enter the industry. Now it seemed like a hornet’s nest. Jay was irritated. “No

Case Study 8

Case Study Banking Ethics Guidelines 8