Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Faster innovation. In order to put a quality program into place, the following steps must be taken: Study the activities of admired companies. Set meetings to review what works for them. Read case studies of Malcolm Baldridge Award winners. Set schedules for routine review of the process. Customer retention.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

I explained this in an article that was published in Harvard Business Review in 2008, before any of those companies began, and, now, 10 years later, that still holds true, as more and more of the business discourse is focused on digital transformation. In other words, they had great business models.

Business Model 14

Business Model Technology Advertising Cost 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

When innovations threaten to disrupt an industry by replacing an old business model with a new one, incumbents need to invest in that model in order to survive. But what if an innovation poses a threat, and you can’t yet tell whether it has genuinely transformative potential? These are rarely studied questions.

Company 8

Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

But according to a new report, 2016 Predictions for the Luxury Industry: Sustainability and Innovation , that sustainability gap is closing fast. in 2015, which requires larger companies doing business in Britain to publish a board-approved, public annual slavery and human trafficking statement. The report lays out a few key pressures.

Brand 8

Brand Supply Chain Apparel Tourism 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

He suggests participating in the standard review process but always supplementing it with outside evaluations to ensure that you learn and grow on the job. “Ask for 360 reviews or employ a coach,” he says. Case Study #1: Work elsewhere before climbing the family ladder. Have a backup plan. ”

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

The question is whether regulators will be able to create rules that reflect modern business models and data flows and support innovative services and products. Digital Service , and the Presidential Innovation Fellows. There are state efforts as well, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act.

Policies 8

Policies Long-term Ethics Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

This has big implications for businesses, entrepreneurs, and innovators seeking growth beyond their home markets: there just isn’t a one-size-fits-all app or approach to building scale in the global digital economy. A Case Study of Digital Catch-up in the ASEAN. First, let’s review some of the challenges.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Policies Globalization Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

As I said at the time, it was a case study in poor policy and even poorer execution. In an analysis of income-tax probes , the highest level of illegal money detection in India was found to be in 2015–2016, and the cash component was only about 6%. Innovation and Creativity Emerged Around Digital Payments.

Banking 10

Banking GDP Policies Real Estate 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

It shouldn’t happen, but it does: You realize much too late that your innovation project is in deep trouble. In a recent analysis of a massive, expensive innovation failure, Kim van Oorschot of BI Norwegian Business School, Henk Akkermans of the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands, and Kishore Sengupta and Luk N. What went wrong?

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Innovation Execution Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

One compelling case study is that of SABMiller. In it, we distill the insights from over 3,000 McKinsey consulting engagements across Africa, and hone case studies from interviews with dozens of successful CEOs, entrepreneurs, and development leaders. Strategy & Execution BOOK. Add to Cart.

Brand 8

Brand Case Study Globalization Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

billion, its budget in 2015 was slightly higher than the total gross sales of General Motors. A Harvard Business School case study that Robert Huckman, Sam Travers, and I wrote earlier this year documents what came next. The stakes, in other words, were high.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2015

The witches are the rapid innovation in robotics and computing, slated to replace humans in performing increasingly sophisticated – i.e. “white collar” – tasks and so displace jobs across the employment spectrum. In the 21 st century, creating meaning and innovating will be democratized through technology.

Drucker 8

Drucker Technology Efficiency Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2016

For those who believe in the promise of open innovation, the 2009 startup Quirky was an exceptionally exciting company. Yet, in September 2015, Quirky went bankrupt. As proponents of open innovation, we have examined Quirky’s initial failure in great detail (the company relaunched earlier this year).

Case Study 8

Case Study Innovation Core Competence Business Model 8