Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2014

The question before the court is whether Aereo’s business model violates the Copyright Act. While the oral arguments in the court revealed more confusion than clarity, here are four lessons that the Aereo dispute should remind us all: It ain’t illegal just because it threatens your business model.

Technology 9

Technology Business Model Innovation Content 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

Now, companies like Mycelia , founded by Grammy-winning artist Imogen Heap, have developed intelligent songs with smart contracts built in, which enable artists to sell directly to consumers without going through a label, financial intermediary, or technology company.

Technology 8

Technology Cost Credit Rating Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

Regulators would now decide how spectrum would be used, what technologies were permissible, and approve — or reject — the wireless services, networks, applications, and business models that might be introduced. FCC licensing rules diminished freedom in the emerging electronic press. Then he paused.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. Other companies can do the same. Build a Re-Founding Team.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

How about by meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? To help support those moving in this direction, Volans and PA Consulting have joined forces with the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest sustainable business platform, with over 9,000 corporate members, to create Project Breakthrough.

Chemicals 12

Chemicals Long-term Business Model Bottom-up 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

Khoja recalls his chief technology officer, Eric Chapman, announcing a week into the search that they were going to have to choose their engineers in a different way. Four million subscribers later, Khoja was running the largest company in Afghanistan and still marveling: " Those were our engineers."

Innovation 15

Innovation Chief Technology Officer Engineering Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

Khoja recalls his chief technology officer, Eric Chapman, announcing a week into the search that they were going to have to choose their engineers in a different way. Four million subscribers later, Khoja was running the largest company in Afghanistan and still marveling: " Those were our engineers."

Innovation 11

Innovation Chief Technology Officer Engineering Disruptive Innovation 11

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

The innovation alone is a herculean task, but imagine being that upstart pioneer trying to develop the technology, while at the same time going up against entrenched, powerful competitors with deep industry knowledge, assets, and channels who’ve been around for a hundred years or more. A portfolio approach can take many forms.

Innovation 13

Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Even outside of the tech sector, the employment of more software developers is associated with a greater increase in industry concentration, and this relationship appears to be causal. The business model was to write the software and then sell licenses to publishers. ” Vox is one example of the full-stack model.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

Greg Koch tells the story of how plant managers around the world have absorbed their connection to the communities in which they do business, and work hard to earn the "social license" to operate. million-strong army of advocates for this principled approach to business in its "consultoras" (direct sales agents).

Organization 13

Organization Cooper McKinsey Long-term 13

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. Two developments bear noting. Consider the Scandinavian media firm Schibsted, which engineered an impressive digital transformation through a philosophy of connectedness. But they couldn’t.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11