Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. How successful has the company been at creating new products, services, and business models?

Franchising 14

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The new game is to think about the business model and strategy for not just the company but the entire ecosystem. He built a team to develop Predix, a cloud-based platform that underlies all of GE’s industrial businesses. Find the proper pace for extracting resources from the legacy business.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Right now, Amazon’s business model is shopping-then-shipping. Most shoppers have noticed Amazon’s recommendation engine while they shop — it offers suggestions of items that their AI predicts you will want to buy. If this is a better business model, then why hasn’t Amazon done it already?

Strategy 8

Strategy First-mover Advantage Business Model Retail 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2016

Most companies, whether start-ups or long-time players live in a world shaped by the laws of demand where low pricing can trump quality, and where targeted marketing, carefully crafted keywords, and social media engineering can build awareness, influence opinion, and generate sales. Of course this depends on a company’s business model.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Marketing Strategy Budgeting 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

and shifts its local focus to engineering and testing. They are not sitting idly by — in 2016, corporate venture arms spent approximately $25 billion globally on more than 1,350 startup investments (excluding direct, strategic investments), a compound annual growth rate of 25% from 2012, according to CB Insights.

Innovation 12

Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Walmart is the country’s largest employer and largest company by revenue and it reached that position through an operating model made possible by proprietary logistics software. This model, where proprietary software pairs with other strengths to form competitive advantage, is only becoming more common.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Consider Internet platform companies such as Airbnb, where data is at the core of their business model. This applies to all parts of the organization from marketing and business development to HR. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Tools Marketing Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

It’s not that the media sets out to be sensationalist; its business model leads it in that direction. But in the last two contests in which Hillary Clinton has participated, the 2008 primary and the 2016 election, she won on most of these metrics — and lost the elections. An advertising-based model.

Media 10

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

Even the term “net neutrality” was coined not by an engineer but by a legal academic, in 2003. But since Democrats expected to win the White House in the 2016 election, they showed no interest in the bill, confident that an FCC chaired by someone Hillary Clinton picked would support the 2015 Order.

Objective 8

Objective Engineering Content Open-book 8