Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The following six ideas emerged this past year as powerful "innovation invitations." They'll be sources of — and resources for — innovation differentiation this coming year. If your organization doesn't find them innovatively interesting, then be careful: they may be wielded by the competitors you most dread.

Innovation 16

Innovation Health Care Globalization Media 16

Women on Business

JANUARY 30, 2012

Who is running and leading the companies that make the products women are buying for themselves and their families? In 2012, 18 of the Fortune 500 companies will have women CEOs at the helm. Social media is all about communicating and engaging, and women have the upper hand here. This brings us to the other side of the equation.

Power 248

Power Cooper Diversity CEO 248

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In the future, media addiction (including the Internet) may well pass drug addiction and alcohol addiction as a social problem. Increased global competition leads to higher-quality products and services at lower prices. While the stores may have products from more countries, they are becoming the same products.

Diversity 101

Diversity Short-term Long-term Globalization 101

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2012

As posted on your business Facebook page by your customer, or as recommended by customers on their social media accounts? Here are more painful ‘reputation’ questions about your company and your products : What are you doing to build it? What are you doing to innovate it? Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

Brand 50

Brand Reputation Customer Loyalty Industry 50

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Social Nation : How to Harness the Power of Social Media to Attract Customers, Motivate Employees, and Grow Your Business by Barry Libert It’s time to join Social Nation and prosper! And these days, there’s no better way to do that than through social media – in essence, by building your company’s own Social Nation.

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

Justice Department’s view of a static media landscape is dead and buried. ” The judge was faced from the outset with a stark choice: Was the relevant media market the traditional one, with a handful of pay TV providers offering largely similar channel bundles to disconnected viewers? .

Media 8

Media Content Video Price 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2012

Capitalizing on the growing demand for e-books, the exploding app market, e-reader popularity, and the global appetite for cool products,Apple went to market having no idea what an explosion of creativity they were unleashing. Take products to market? Develop new products? Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

Download 50

Download Customer Loyalty Marketing Seminar 50

leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Within the last year, I’ve attended dozens of meetings with communicators in which a single, consistent order is dispatched: “We’ve got to incorporate social media in ALL our strategies.”. Then there are those thoughtful thinkers who pause for a moment to go deeper in understanding what it means to be strategic with social media.

Wilde 165

Wilde Media White Paper McKinsey 165

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Airbnb has nearly doubled its user base every year since 2012 and is now worth $30 billion — nearly as much as Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel chain. Entrepreneurship aids economic vitality by getting rid of complacent incumbents, accelerating innovation, and creating jobs. Considering the following.

Innovation 8

Innovation Bureaucracy IPO Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

The business media have had no shortage of these. Business model innovation is hard. There is another way to make money from business model innovation. To many people, this kind of change doesn’t feel like it’s real business model innovation. These products were available through a specialized mobile app.

Business Model 8

Business Model Insurance Technology Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? That might be three to five years in a relatively fast-moving business like media, but 20 years for aircrafts or jet engines. With target in hand (if possible), your next step is developing your best estimate of how much potential exists within your current products and services.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

The conversation in the world of branding is well beyond product and service brand discussion by marketers and ad agencies. Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? They endorse a whack of dough into media and they continue to extend brand names into other categories, but they are falling short in spearheading brand equity growth.

Brand 260

Brand P&L Human Resources Brand Management 260

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

One response to today’s climate crisis has been a belief that markets and corporate innovation will provide the solution. As business tycoon Richard Branson has proclaimed in 2012, “our only option to stop climate change is for industry to make money from it.”

Goal 8

Goal Short-term Insurance Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Jobs was an innovator at heart. It's fascinating to watch where Cook has spent his time at work so far in 2012. Put two-and-two together, and you simply see less innovation with Cook at the top than with Jobs. Wages and working conditions, particularly in China, have and will continue to receive intense media scrutiny.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail PR Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Buyers increasingly expect to check with their peers before they'll purchase from a company — using social media, peer communities, old fashioned live events and conferences, personal and professional networks, and other connective tools. Social media understands this and facilitates it. Traditional media also gets this.

Reference 15

Reference Tips Media Case Study 15

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. Any platform still needs to achieve a product-market fit to succeed in the long run. Such knowledge is in fact the prerequisite to innovation.

Transportation 10

Transportation Health Care Venture Capitalist Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2018

In 2011, GE embarked upon an ambitious attempt to digitally transform its product and service offerings. Procter & Gamble wanted to become “the most digital company on the planet” in 2012, but ran into growth challenges in a difficult economy. Yagi Studios/Getty Images.

Technology 8

Technology Business Model CEO Marketing 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. Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Buyers increasingly expect to check with their peers before they'll purchase from a company — using social media, peer communities, old fashioned live events and conferences, personal and professional networks, and other connective tools. Social media understands this and facilitates it. Traditional media also gets this.

Reference 12

Reference Tips Media Case Study 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Do you perpetuate these productivity-destroying falsehoods at your company? Five Things You Should Stop Doing in 2012. Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator's Dilemma. The concept of reverse innovation applies in finance, as well. On Social Media Becoming Social Business. You don't have to sell Apple products.).

Blog 16

Blog Silverman Govindarajan Letter 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

” Social media and digital platforms giving local start-ups global reach increasingly facilitate “born global” start-ups. ” In other words, today’s innovators don’t “go global”—globality is baked into their origins. from 2012 to 2014. Does this frighten IP attorneys?

Globalization 8

Globalization Entrepreneur Innovation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

In 2012, they were ranked as the 4th fastest-growing tech company by Technology Fast 500. 2) Don''t push products, solve problems. For years, the company had been focused on product launches to create splash, buzz, and engagement. Communication Marketing Social media' The result? The results? The results?

Venture Funding 9

Venture Funding Brand Marketing Content 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Following are three such innovative approaches for connecting with top talent. 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. So venture out.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Hammer Media 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Huffington grew up in Athens and studied in London before starting her career as a politician and media entrepreneur. between 2006 and 2012 had at least one immigrant cofounder. Finding that it helped ease his jet lag, he decided to license the product and sell it in Austria under the name Red Bull Energy Drink. as young adult.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

Few industries illustrate the Big Data wars better than the media business. Early results show that it is working — and that many pre-Web media companies should be concerned. The Big Data wars are hardly limited to the media industry. The company says the series brought in 2 million new U.S.

ROI 8

ROI Company Learning Curve Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2011

As you take some time to reflect, relax, and renew before the year to come, we offer you our most popular multimedia content from the year that was: podcasts, videos, slideshows, and infographics that we hope help you chart a successful course in 2012. Social Media's Untapped Power. The Good Company: Then and Now. Audio podcast.

Video 14

Video Porter Charisma Customer Loyalty 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

million subscribers, not far off our 2012 prediction that there were at least 40 million U.S. For that to happen, consumers must know their demand for a product or service is predictable and likely to go up. Americans’ demand for media is very high. Netflix just announced its best quarter ever. business ended 2014 with 39.1

Business Model 8

Business Model Loyalty Brand Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

That first banner that Modem Media, the fledgling digital agency where I worked, built for AT&T, was helpful, and it was useful. We knew, as my Modem Media boss G.M. Innovative shops like Modem Media, Razorfish, and Agency.com were snapped up. billion in 2012 to $20.89 rather than, "What can we sell people?"

Advertising 10

Advertising Media Content Brand 10

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. Last year, these practices led to 1.3

Company 9

Company Business Model Workshop Metrics 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Our research has found that embedded sustainability drives financial performance through mediating factors such as innovation, operational efficiency, risk reduction, employee recruitment, engagement and retention, customer and supplier loyalty, competitive advantage, reduced cost of capital, and improved marketing and sales.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

By one insider’s account, recent mergers among big pharmaceutical firms led to R&D cutbacks and reduced productivity. Other major industries, like computers, media, autos, chemicals, oil, and financial services are not far behind. Interest in “innovation,” on the other hand, has risen more strongly and continues unabated.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Trends Long-term Short-term 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

MAY 2, 2016

While most bosses would frown on playing Halo at the office, it’s video games that are driving much of the innovation in video, virtual reality, and collaboration technologies today—something that has important implications for how we work, especially with far-flung colleagues. Consider the implications just for remote workers.

Technology 8

Technology Video Conference Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2013

Data from the 2012 Direct Marketing Association benchmarks say that direct mail — yes junk mail via snail mail — still reigns supreme, offering response rates of 1.1 But Super Consumers care about benefits and innovation. Typically an advertisement sparks a trip to the store where the product is purchased and fulfilled.

Marketing 8

Marketing ROI Real Estate CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Today’s highly connected workforce can gain insight into an organization’s culture before deciding whether there’s a fit, thanks to social media networks and apps that let employees anonymously share what they think of their employers.

Bond 8

Bond Video Audience Learning-by-Doing 8

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. For consumer products company Procter & Gamble, it is improving lives, translated in the baby care group into helping babies thrive.

How To 9

How To Airlines Open-book CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The proliferation of cheap bandwidth is making it easier than ever to consume media via download instead through the purchase of a physical good. And pretty much every product you can buy at Best Buy, you can get at Amazon cheaper and with free delivery — so people do. It's just not a good decade to be Best Buy.

Price 9

Price Retail Business Model Christensen 9