Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2018

ill-fated attempts to impose global business models unsuited to the Chinese market. failure to manage relations effectively with local business partners. underestimating the major differences between digital business and other industries. failure to develop and communicate business strategies effectively.

Competitive Advantage 11

Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology Marketing 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Network effects are the not-so-secret sauce profitably flavoring Amazon’s recommendation engines and Apple’s App Store. But managing network effects as technology byproducts is a bit like treating cars as extensions of internal combustion engines; technically accurate, yes, but missing the larger purposes and points.

Management 8

Management Supply Chain CIO Core Competence 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

How are these thriving firms reinventing themselves, their supply chains, and their marketplaces? For an upcoming MIT symposium on the topic, we’re focusing on four main themes: customer expectations, product enhancements, collaborative innovations, and organizational forms. Collaborative innovations. What to do?

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. Naturally, Sheila was upset.

Career 10

Career Examples Supply Chain CFO 10

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. In the past, many large companies tended to innovate in isolation. Insight Center. The Global Digital Economy.

Incubator 8

Incubator Supply Chain Real Estate Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

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. For great brands, CSV doesn’t simply draw upon the company’s innovation capabilities.

Brand 12

Brand Supply Chain Price Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

And, starting now, they must create the organizations and web-based business models that can turn these ideas into reality. In the field of mechanical and plant engineering, consider the advent of predictive maintenance. But embedding them into a services-based business model is much more fundamentally challenging.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Business Model Software Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

Deservedly vaunted venture capitalist Tom Perkins’ callous, arrogant and elitist recent comments should not serve as an expedient excuse to overlook an important “dirty little secret” about entrepreneurship, the acknowledged engine of economic growth: successful entrepreneurship always exacerbates local inequality , at least in the short run.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Real Estate Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2013

In a post yesterday, I mentioned Aereo TV , a new Barry Diller-backed business launched last year, calling it an example of a start-up that is "barely legal by design." Both the reasoning and the borders of the Betamax case have proven difficult for courts to fully unravel, and innovators have been exploiting that confusion ever since.

Licensing 8

Licensing Content Supply Chain Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? Trouble is, it’s hard to think of any business challenge where real pro­gress has been harder to come by. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The greening of the supply chain. Water rising — both literally and as a serious issue for business: Honda's supply chain gets slammed, Levi's gets creative. business continuity"). The extreme weather seriously disrupted coal production , one of the most important economic engines in the country.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

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. Meanwhile, Al Gore’s Generation Foundation sees sustainability as the new engine of economic growth.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. This model, where proprietary software pairs with other strengths to form competitive advantage, is only becoming more common. The business model was to write the software and then sell licenses to publishers.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8