Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. But on the other hand, in order to safeguard the company’s future competitiveness, CEOs may have no other choice than to invest now.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2017

Higher carbon taxes would have a direct effect on encouraging households and firms to consume less fossil fuels and would accelerate directed research in green technologies such as electric vehicles, solar panels, and other forms of renewable power. The small market size would lead the company to not invest in baldness medication.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Aggregate Demand Incentives Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

While Facebook is still working diligently on mobile applications, CEO Mark Zuckerberg went so far as to hint that the acquisition places the company on the cutting edge for the next pervasive platform: virtual reality. Disruptive innovation Technology' Virtual reality is a way of experiencing the content within a computing platform.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Automotive Software Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

The McKinsey Global Institute, in conjunction with FCLT Global, recently released research stating that long-term-oriented companies perform better than those that focus on short-term results. While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex.

EPS 8

EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

The costly and complex operations of transporting energy have made utilities natural monopolies, while regulatory barriers and the high fixed costs of building and maintaining regional electrical grid infrastructure have also kept much competition at bay.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Software Price 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 25, 2013

Companies are investing millions of dollars in business intelligence technology. Similarly, we believe the primary purpose of an investment in business intelligence should be to help companies reach their intended destinations in spite of all the storms they are likely to encounter along the way. Information & technology'

Business Intelligence 8

Business Intelligence Information Technology Uncertainty Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

In the 1960s and 1970s, he was already anticipating some of the implications of the Big Shift just beginning to emerge: the transition to an information economy, the centrality of knowledge work, and the transformative impact of digital technology on all types of work. The result is relentlessly mounting performance pressure.

Drucker 9

Drucker Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

An investor-owned hospital executive whose company had acquired major nonprofit health care enterprises compared the proliferation of contracts to the growth of barnacles on the bottom of a freighter. cancel or rebid them). obstetrics, orthopedics, cardiac care) that could benefit from consolidation.

Cost 10

Cost System Management Franchising 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Google and Intel rely on experts in social science and biomechanics to develop transformative products by better understanding how people think about and use technology. But as companies depend more on this agile talent for fulfilling strategic capabilities, that mind-set won’t cut it anymore.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

On any given day in America, 40% of hospital beds lie empty, their enormous fixed costs weighing heavily on the system. Think of the potential for this kind of orchestration of resources in healthcare where waste accounts for an estimated $750 billion annually. Or take medical appointments.

Health Care 9

Health Care Power Hotels Transportation 9

Ask Atma

MAY 5, 2012

Now that you have an idea for your business, or perhaps your company has an idea for a new division, or you want to reboot, either way you need a business model. As technology-satellites, cellular networks, etc…- made the transmission and reception nearly instantaneously, this float collapsed. Pro-rated fixed costs.

Business Model 93

Business Model Ries Agility Entrepreneur 93

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2011

the prospects for company growth looked barren, which is what will happen after firms have locked their cash away. So we saw a wave of mergers and share repurchases as companies found they had few programs in-house that could profitably absorb all that cash quickly. The company has invested in this brand's innovation in many ways.

Innovation 15

Innovation Fixed Costs Airlines Business Model 15

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 23, 2023

Research from Chicago Booth suggests that not only is this not happening but that a smaller number of companies are making up an ever larger share of the economy than ever before. of companies has nearly doubled, from 47% to 88%. “Corporate concentration (e.g., shares of the top 1% or top 0.1%

Creativity 106

Creativity Innovation Trends Information Technology 106

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

But why are these companies doing so well? One answer to that first question shows up in study after study: superstar firms are succeeding in large part due to information technology. Technology is clearly part of it, as is the trend toward intangible investment.

Document 8

Document Industry Software Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

telecom carriers face daunting challenges from device makers, content providers, social networks, and an array of disruptive technologies. Already, the popularity of the iPhone app store and the iPhone device itself has given credence to a purchasing phenomenon and the clout a device company can have on a telecom carrier's success.

Outsourcing 10

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

The technology’s flexibility introduces synergies where none existed before. The company has invested heavily in 3D printing technologies that are flexible enough to produce a variety of products. Because the technology is still developing, they would need not only capital but also a good deal of technical expertise.

Engineering 8

Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Proponents liberally term it “disruptive,” seeing a natural diversification opportunity for the company that has aspired to be “earth’s most customer-centric company.” This latest move has engendered robust debate. Passive data capture. So where is the link to health care? Data analytics.

Health Care 10

Health Care Retail Operations Insurance 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Is digital technology a democratizing force, allowing smaller, newer companies to compete against giant ones? Despite those trends, our research suggests that technology can in fact provide an advantage to small and new firms. Ansgar Schwarz/EyeEm/Getty Images. Or does it provide even greater advantage to incumbents? businesses.

Technology 10

Technology Agility Fixed Costs Software 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2015

In my experience from working at an advertising technology company, the reasons are clear: they are easy to install and immediately effective, they make the web look cleaner and load faster, and they prevent advertisers from tracking user activity online.

Advertising 8

Advertising Content Fixed Costs Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

Congestion, rather than raw usage, is the key driver of this phenomenon; given that the Internet Service Provider network is largely a fixed-cost asset. Like any fixed-cost asset, such as the Interstate highway system in the U.S., a distributed computing company. Needless to say, I believe in this technology.

Fixed Costs 15

Fixed Costs Technology Efficiency Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

Congestion, rather than raw usage, is the key driver of this phenomenon; given that the Internet Service Provider network is largely a fixed-cost asset. Like any fixed-cost asset, such as the Interstate highway system in the U.S., a distributing computing company. Needless to say, I believe in this technology.

Fixed Costs 8

Fixed Costs Technology Efficiency Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Media companies are experiencing an extreme form of competition that comes with digital technologies: Everyone is a media company today. The media’s bias toward big events stems from three features of its economics: Fixed costs. Fixed costs have always been central to the economics of media.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11