Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2012

Transformational developments are swirling around the banking industry — as they are in nearly every industry. The first innovators in the market are often too early in the technology curve. Is the advantage to the "first mover" or should you be a "fast follower"? And competition has its advantages.

Fast Follower 11

Fast Follower Banking Innovation Follow-up 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

The idea is to fast-forward a project, so you can see what the end result might look like and how the market will react. These aren’t all-out, late-night, stack-of-pizza-boxes-on-the-conference-table types of affairs that only work for fledgling internet companies though. Sprints encourage fast follow-up.

Consensus 8

Consensus Hotels Project Fast Follower 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

This was just one round in a developing fight over the rules and norms that govern the international political economy. Writing in 1979, Roger Hansen (in Beyond the North-South Stalemate ) succinctly characterized the choices faced by developed and developing countries in the face of these demands.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

“It feels weird eavesdropping like this,” Alejandra Chirinos told Ricardo Rodriguez, her marketing VP, and Miguel Martinez, her head of sales. Soledad Orellana, the market research consultant who’d arranged the session, concurred. Ricardo chuckled. “They know they’re being watched,” he said.

Case Study 8

Case Study Price Brand Focus Group 8