Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

It wasn’t that Microsoft didn’t have smart engineers working on search, media, mobile, and cloud. The problem was that Ballmer organized the company around execution of its current strengths, the Windows and Office businesses. And services have a very different business model. They had lots of these projects.

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CEO Supply Chain Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

How are these thriving firms reinventing themselves, their supply chains, and their marketplaces? Digital technologies enable companies to better engage with their customers and offer superior experiences at affordable costs. Customer expectations. What to do? Organizational leadership.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Health Care Globalization Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

Over the last decade, Tech Square, the eight-square-block area in Midtown designed to facilitate private and public research ventures, has attracted the corporate research centers of 12 Fortune 500 companies, including AT&T, Panasonic, and Coca-Cola, as well as hundreds of small technology startups. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Incubator 8

Incubator Supply Chain Real Estate Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Rethinking process optimization — visualizing processes as platforms — can transform your business model. In a platform business model, firms create value primarily by connecting users and third parties, and they capture value by charging fees for access to the platform.

Process 12

Process Competitive Advantage Outsourcing Supply Chain 12

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. Sponsored by DXC Technology.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 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

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. A study undertaken by researchers from the Institute of Technology Management at the University of St.

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.

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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." Aereo says it's just helping its customers exercise established fair use rights using the latest technology, for which the company charges a correspondingly modest fee.

Licensing 8

Licensing Content Supply Chain Innovation 8

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

From relentless demand for resources to bamboo-like 9% growth to vicious competition for the technologies and industries of the future, China will be the big story for a long time. The greening of the supply chain. So one technology and company failed miserably (and perhaps the government made a bad investment choice).

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. Today, we see growing interest in new business benchmarks and in potential breakthrough materials and forms of energy.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. 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. Some particular applications of AI still do.

Retail 8

Retail Technology Content Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

And academic research has found that rising industry concentration correlates with the patent-intensity of an industry, suggesting “that the industries becoming more concentrated are those with faster technological progress.” They are becoming costs of doing business that must be paid by all but provide distinction to none.”

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8