Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

In 2012 the rise in consumer activism and mobility, the Occupy movement, 24-hour accountability (thanks to social media), and global resource depletion will force every enterprise, large and small, to make CSR a focal point. in operating income, while companies with lower levels declined 32.7% (Towers Watson).

Supply Chain 16

Supply Chain Company Strategic Planning Bottom-up 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Using our robust data archive system which captures electronic health record, medical and prescription claims, and other information, we create dashboard displays for use by leadership, operational teams, and clinicians to reveal population-level trends and identify patients and clinicians for targeted interventions.

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System Health Care Review Focus Group 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

The business media have had no shortage of these. In January 2012 , the company also launched One Day Auto Insurance – a new kind of auto insurance that can be purchased on mobile phones. GE is moving to an outcome-based economic model, bringing the company closer to its customers’ operations.

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Business Model Insurance Technology Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Social media certainly connects us to whoever is on the other end of the line, and so extends our social networks in amazing ways. Marshall McLuhan wrote famously about the “global village,” created by new information technologies. Especially for operating around the globe, electronic communication has become essential.

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Drucker Information Technology Globalization Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Our data suggests that employees overwhelmingly support the notion of employer-provided issue and political information. Employees not only want more information from their employer about issues that affect their livelihoods, they tend to believe their employers over other sources. And employees trust what their employers tell them.

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Politics Policies Survey Information 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2017

It turns out that AI, just like humans, struggles to make tough decisions about what content should and should not be included in our daily diets of social media, depending on what criteria or values we want to impose. As citizens, we have a need to know where our information comes from. Who are these workers behind the AI curtain?

Content 8

Content Trends Media Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2014

For the past four years, Accenture has conducted an annual survey of chief marketing officers (CMOs) and chief information officers (CIOs) to understand the state of their collaboration. Contrast this with 56 percent in 2012.) It was 77 percent in 2012.). This is a 16-point jump over 2012.

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CIO Chief Information Officer Marketing Survey 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

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.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

” Social media and digital platforms giving local start-ups global reach increasingly facilitate “born global” start-ups. from 2012 to 2014. The essential insight and takeaway, however, is that these informal international innovation improvisations are less exception than expectation.

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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. People went from printing pictures to sharing them online.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Indeed, 1 in 6 job seekers credits social media with helping them find a better job. Most recruiters are already using social media to identify talented employees outside their usual networks. According to a 2012 survey by Jobsite, 54% of recruiters use Twitter, 66% Facebook, and a whopping 97% LinkedIn, as recruitment tools.

Reputation 12

Reputation Hotels Media Advertising 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2014

million customers and an annual revenue of 4 million dollars, social media service Buffer has grown by introducing useful products and exemplary customer service. Buffer builds tools to help businesses manage and analyze their social media activity. billion dollars in sales (a 50% increase over 2012) in the Etsy marketplace alone.

Company 9

Company Business Model Workshop Metrics 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% Novo Campo, a program launched in 2012 by ICV, helps local ranchers produce sustainable and deforestation-free beef. of revenues) and $13 million to $62 million (0.01% to 0.7% of revenues).

Supply Chain 8

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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. The CEO can raise the CMO’s profile and communicate the heightened importance of marketing in a number of both formal and (often just as important) informal ways. Who should lead our transformation?

CEO 8

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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. In this article we will present three ways that information-based competition is challenging existing management practices. Insight Center. The New Ways to Compete.

Business Model 8

Business Model System Management Supply Chain 8

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. .;

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Entrepreneur Open-book Marketing System 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. Independent retailers are savvy operators and are eager to join the fray if given the opportunity.

Retail 15

Retail Brand Marketing Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

For the Globe and its counterparts, the competition is not one rival or game at a time, like baseball; it is multiple digital media offerings and others-to-be-named-later. One symptom of decline is withholding information. Turnarounds operate on several time frames. Inconvenient facts are papered over.

How To 9

How To Airlines Open-book CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

From the moment I stepped off the bus at the rowing venue, I felt reassured that the London Olympic Games were operating like a well-oiled machine. The information relating to how the last Games were organized is often presented to host city staff in a language that is unfamiliar to them. Language barriers. Overconfidence.

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Committee Knowledge Management Project Learning-by-Doing 12

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. Probably way more than Apple’s lawyer bills.

Marketing Strategy 8

Marketing Strategy Strategy Marketing Licensing 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

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Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

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. “Our instructors were teaching better, and our students were learning better,” Webb noted in The Red Circle , his 2012 SEAL memoir.

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Training Education Incentives Leadership 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 ).

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Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 10

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. The Importance of Swarm Intelligence .

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. The Importance of Swarm Intelligence .

Cooper 9

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 9

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

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

More than 80 percent of what one sees and hears is clever, informative, research-based, sensibly executed and intended to orient target audiences toward marketplaces. Consumers naively believe misrepresentations, to the exclusion of organizations which are more conservative, yet substantive, in their informational offerings.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Thanks to social media, the number of conversations taking place about products and companies has exploded exponentially. These numbers are likely to go even higher as viewers enhance their television experience with Twitter and other social media. Spreadsheets and reports simply aren’t up to handling this mountain of information.

Marketing 14

Marketing Teamwork Technology Information Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

India has numerous small retailers and service providers who are shining examples of scrappy entrepreneurship at its best, but the information technology startups that are my primary interest typically require outside funding. 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. The values that drove why they did what they did, or which informed them of what mattered to them, though, remained the same.

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P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 243

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. After some searching, TripAdvisor found a magical business model, representing social media and user-generated content at its best.

EBITDA 9

EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

It's a process that hinges on a two-way exchange of information: Voters tell the candidate what they care about, and the candidate tells voters what he or she stands for. There's more to a successful presidential campaign than building a great communication operation. It's an effort to talk about issues in a way that engages people.

Operations 15

Operations Media Long-term Open-book 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

So much for the lazy, hazy days of summer: If any of us needed one final reminder that the competitive logic of business and media and branding are being reshaped before our very eyes, that the merciless advance of technology upends every institution it touches, well, we got it. Media Mergers & Acquisitions'

Media 11

Media Magazine Creativity Brand 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Twitter has operated in this market since 2006, so almost everyone who wanted to try Twitter has tried it. Finally there is India, where in 2012 there were 150 million Internet users. With free 24/7 advertising on key broadcast media, it is no wonder that Twitter grew so quickly. So China is out of the picture.

Advertising 8

Advertising Strategy Marketing Globalization 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

Nike entered the wearable fitness tracker market in 2012 with its FuelBand, supported by a world-class brand, significant advertising, and functional advantages. You’d typically share information, decision-making, and the rewards of your joint success with a partner. This is critical.

How To 76

How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 76

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

Crowdfunding of equity capital for startups is one of a handful of jewels in the crown of the JOBS Act that swept through the House and Senate in a rare and refreshing show of bipartisanship, and was signed into law by President Obama April 5, 2012. I am referring only to equity crowdfunding.

Due Diligence 13

Due Diligence Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 13