Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. And he’d seen and heard about similar cases of misuse elsewhere. Was Andrew right to suggest a hybrid model? But not here , he thought.

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Skip Prichard

MAY 10, 2021

They start by sharing the “Seductive Seven” which is a list of common tactics organizations may use to respond to problems: More technology. For example, we can see data dashboards, organization charts, spreadsheets, new strategic plans, or the latest new technology trend bouncing around social media. The Seductive Seven. More money.

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Constraint PR Policies Tactics 107

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

But he couldn’t deny that the flexible, inventive models the two units had followed for years had served them well. Editor’s note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Strategy Business models'

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Case Study Price Chemicals Strategy 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

We like the “neighborhood” concept—a mix of design, technology, and service within each Adobe office to encourage and support casual collisions, impromptu gatherings and collaboration.

Software 98

Software Engineering Learning-by-Doing Diversity 98

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

But it was also potentially a business model weakness — it was the impossible problem that had prompted the contentious discussion at the office and then driven VV and Reza onto their bikes. Reza’s categorical opposition to charging fees was what had stalled the business-model conversation earlier in the day.

Case Study 8

Case Study Entrepreneur Business Model Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Once the patent expires next year,” he told the crowd in the Waldorf Astoria ballroom, “this business model will crumble – just like an old, stale granola bar.”.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Technology has forced music artists to completely rethink the way they approach their businesses. The most successful artists in this new landscape have begun to look at new business models and new industries to strengthen their existing brands. We’ve all had to adapt.

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Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

Too much money is spent on attention-grabbing activities that are straightforward to do, like hiring new people, procuring new technologies, and buying more facilities. This includes technology and people, as well as tangible, intangible, and financial assets. Together, these companies have spent billions on innovation.

Budgeting 9

Budgeting Innovation Business Model Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2018

In our view, while the proposal to ban dual-class shares raises important issues, its implementation would do more harm than good, given the challenges from the digital revolution and the growing imperative for established firms to transform their business models. Almost 50% of recent technology listings have a dual-class status.

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Class Maturity IPO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

They also illuminated what could become a vast chasm between traditional privacy and security laws and regulations and rapidly evolving internet-related business models and activities. To ensure that they do, internet and technology companies must engage with legislators in a different way, beyond the transactional and fleeting.

Policies 8

Policies Long-term Ethics Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2014

We’ve suggested that the Internet of Things can change business models. And we begin with a case study of a mining company that’s using IoT technology to connect machines — very big, very scary-looking machines — to make mining safer and more efficient. Information & technology'

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Gordon Porter Information Technology Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

Survey 9

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 9

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Instead of selling clinic visits, hospitalizations, or technologies to prospective patients, a health system organized around key clinical processes finds its business model driven toward population-level health. Correctly managed, they lead naturally to patient-centered care.

Deming 28

Deming Health Care System Cost 28

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Fueling this dynamism, Africa is adopting technology at a furious pace: it will soon have double the number of smartphone connections than North America. Yet Africa remains a challenging place to do business. Africa’s Business Revolution: How to Succeed in the World’s Next Big Growth Market. billion by 2050.

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Brand Case Study Globalization Marketing 8

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. electric utility sector, in which the existing model for energy generation, which has prevailed for a century, may now be giving way to a new one.

Company 8

Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

While not historically dedicated to connected devices, these companies are good case studies for the commercialization and valuation of their data assets. These companies’ valuation of their data assets begins with a commercial business case. Information & technology Internet'

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Discounted Cash Flow P&L NPV EBITDA 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

The vision resonated with government leaders, who were seeking a constructive way to work with the private sector to attract new investment and technology. Companies committed specific investments and developed new business models to extend value chains to poor farmers. Governments improved key policies and infrastructure.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Decentralization Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

By default, the two gold coasts have a self-sustaining edge: They have accumulated massive value, wealth, and power through the winner-take-all economics that govern many digital business models. In many cases, as with Skype, the size of the European operation shrank after the acquisition. digital giants in these countries.

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Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

But even a business model innovator like Zipcar must eventually respond to a changing world. While most companies reward those who make a direct contribution to technology or product innovation, the best approach involves recognizing anyone who makes a significant contribution, regardless of the type of innovation.

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Innovation Business Model Incubator Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

CEOs of large companies face a conundrum: they are confronted with a growing number of frugal consumers clamoring for affordable solutions, yet their existing corporate culture and incentive systems are designed to support a "bigger is better" business model — not to deliver more with less.

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CEO Innovation Restructuring Incentives 15

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

I can’t help clients lead change if my business model is antiquated or static. Spare me the slick info-product sales people, and give me authentic, professional practitioners of the art and science of leadership. I have long believed in eating my own cooking. I simply don’t proffer what I don’t practice.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

We hear a lot about technology and globalization these days, especially how they are hollowing out the American middle class. But there has been an immense positive impact from the globalization of entrepreneurship, making Silicon Valley’s formula of technology-based start-ups an international instrument for economic development.

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Venture Funding Entrepreneur Attrition Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

We asked for real-world case studies and bold new ideas that will help us make innovation a deep-rooted, systematic competence in every kind of organization. Story by Pranay Shah Singh, co-authored by Puneet Ramaul and Annu Talwar, HCL Technologies. Hack by Jean Angus, Saint-Gobain. Story by Dan Tran, DPR Construction.

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Innovation Armstrong Construction McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

As CEO Dave Steiner put it, "When your company is called Waste Management, and your customers all talk about 'zero waste,' you better change your business model.". what is driving the transformation of Xerox to a services-led business.". That's a big shift in business as usual.

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Productivity Products Christensen Document 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Sesame Street , in fact, is a great case study of a brand that has managed to remain powerful over decades and across cultures. The outpouring of support for the giant yellow puppet that followed the first debate is a testament to his and Sesame Street's continued relevance in people's lives.

Globalization 8

Globalization Power Workshop Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

To see why, please check out "Two Routes to Resilience," an article from Innosight-affiliated authors in the December issue of Harvard Business Review. The HBR article describes how B&N moved on multiple fronts at once: It aggressively reduced costs in its core retail business while refocusing its stores around consumer needs.

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EBITDA How To Crisis Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

CEOs of large companies face a conundrum: they are confronted with a growing number of frugal consumers clamoring for affordable solutions, yet their existing corporate culture and incentive systems are designed to support a "bigger is better" business model — not to deliver more with less.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Restructuring Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Aravind has become a business example of compassion, as well as proof that wise leaders can radically change the world by following their North Star. The case study written about Aravind has been required reading for all Harvard Business School students for over a decade. Aravind now sees 2.7

Self-aware 15

Self-aware Franchising Quality Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2014

Many modern businesses take stock in the reality of disruptive innovation and try to react accordingly. In the software industry, giants like Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, and IBM have all invested heavily in the cloud technologies that are disrupting software. I don’t believe these answers.

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Disruptive Innovation Airlines Tactics Tools 8