Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

Our research shows that companies with platform- and network-based business models are exponentially better at creating value. Building a successful platform business is hard enough when you have an original idea, ample capital, no core business to cannibalize, and a team of top talent. Companies are right to be worried.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

What’s driving companies to relocate near urban universities is the changing role of innovation within the private sector as firms are increasingly relying on external sources to support technology development. Insight Center. The Global Digital Economy. Sponsored by Accenture. Strategies for growth in a connected world.

Incubator 8

Incubator Supply Chain Real Estate Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

But a different development is emerging in the area traditionally known as CSR. One that is exemplified by efforts like GE’s Ecomagination project, which involves developing alternative-fuel engines and other products that address today’s environmental crisis and drive economic growth.

Brand 12

Brand Supply Chain Price Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

How are these thriving firms reinventing themselves, their supply chains, and their marketplaces? Imagine that you’re on a tight schedule driving an 18 wheeler and your engine light comes on when you’re 100 miles from the nearest service station. What to do? Organizational leadership.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Health Care Globalization Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Eventually her team ended up with a portfolio of investments that caught the attention of the CFO and CEO because some were bringing new technologies into the company’s supply chain, and others were hinting at new business models for engaging with customers.

Career 10

Career Examples Supply Chain CFO 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

Currently in the business world we are witnessing something like the epic collision of two galaxies — a rapid convergence of two very unlike systems that will cause the elements of both to realign. For managers, this development creates challenges both long term and urgent. It''s all thanks to the Internet of Things.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Business Model Software Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2015

” Examples of referrers are a search engine, a blog post, and a Facebook message. Many bots are benign, such as the ones created by search engines to discover web pages. If and when the industry gets serious about combating fraud, a technological rat race will develop, similar to the one between spammers and anti-spammers.

CPM 8

CPM Advertising Marketing Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The greening of the supply chain. Increased demand for transparency and its close partners, (a) the quest to define and develop useful sustainability metrics and (b) the growing sustainability data explosion. business continuity"). Its Common Threads campaign/business model questions consumption at its core.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

By comparison, think of the long strides many businesses have made in reengineering their supply chains, boosting product quality, and rolling out lean six sigma. The engine may be otherwise well built, but without just one of these components, it will be essentially worthless. These efforts have paid huge dividends.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

But this single-minded focus can be a major problem when it comes to tackling slow-building, systemic challenges, like global warming, that could take down not just supply chains but, over time, entire economies. Challenges of this frame: Successful business leaders must evolve a much more expansive view of time, no easy task.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Thin Difference

APRIL 11, 2019

While business leaders say they want higher employee engagement, the traditional models have stumbled. With more than one way to organize a business, why don’t we see other models used more? Other business models exist. Let’s review a snapshot of some of these organizational and business models.

Organization 62

Organization ESOP Cooper Reis 62

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Across the retail landscape, a war is going on, and the battles are being fought on multiple fronts: business models, channels, brands, customers, technologies, and more. When it comes to business models, structural barriers are coming down, empowering everyone to disrupt each other’s businesses.

Retail 8

Retail Technology Content Chief Technology Officer 8

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. 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