Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Leaders recognize that lean and agile business strategies require new ways of accessing talent to fill critical gaps — without necessarily bringing on more full-time employees. Studies of the global agile-talent community vary in their estimates of the size of the population. One of the main problems is decision making.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

Ask Atma

MAY 5, 2012

model, startups will have more success if they adopt lean and agile business development principles, where failing fast is the premium strategy and the lean business model reigns supreme. As technology-satellites, cellular networks, etc…- made the transmission and reception nearly instantaneously, this float collapsed. Variable costs.

Business Model 93

Business Model Ries Agility Entrepreneur 93

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Is digital technology a democratizing force, allowing smaller, newer companies to compete against giant ones? Despite those trends, our research suggests that technology can in fact provide an advantage to small and new firms. Pivothead is a firm with 25 employees producing wearable technologies to help the blind and visually impaired.

Technology 10

Technology Agility Fixed Costs Software 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

telecom carriers face daunting challenges from device makers, content providers, social networks, and an array of disruptive technologies. But a solution could come by following the example of the lean, agile, and India-based company Bharti AirTel Limited. Bharti, on the other hand, has little expertise in technology.

Outsourcing 10

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 10