Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Standing on stage on September 9, 2014 at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), Tim Cook announced, “We’ve created an entirely new payment process, and we called it Apple Pay.” And should retailers agree to take the new payment method? She paid in the blink of any eye. PayPal went on deathwatch.

Retail 8

Retail Business Model Press Release Strategy 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. Unfortunately, the follow-through never transpired after the media coverage died down. At a later news conference, OSHA announced that it was assessing its smallest fine, as a result of the forthright way in which my client had handled the crisis. by Hank Moore.

Crisis Management 82

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 82

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2013

couldn''t advertise themselves as investment opportunities through traditional media to nonaccredited investors. You run a division of his company and can only see him via video conference. Your job is to convince him to give you money to fund your retail operation, and not others in the company.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Advertising Hedge CEO 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Each issue is packed with thought-provoking content and insight into the business issues that affect all companies competing in today’s technology-driven marketplace with recent contributions by best-selling author and researcher Tom Davenport; social media guru Chris Brogan; and Myron Scholes, world renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner.

Resources 50

Resources Process Constraint Objective 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

The debates ( pro and con ) around these projects have brought data journalism out of its niche in digital media conferences and trade publications into the limelight. These new media outlets have been received with both praise and criticism. Why does this matter? How could things be different?

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Media Analysis Project 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

In B2B contexts, for example, rep performance in similar territories often varies by 300% between top and bottom quintiles, and in retail stores selling productivity typically varies by a factor of three to four. So it’s no surprise that a company’s usual response to stalled growth is to hire more stars.

CRM 8

CRM B2B Price Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

” For example, productivity has grown dramatically in the retail sector since 1990; inflation-adjusted sales per employee have grown by roughly 50%. Walmart went from a 3% share of the general merchandise retail market in 1982 to over 50% today. That’s not how Vox Media does it. IT Does Matter.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

media has come under intense scrutiny, with analysts , politicians, and even journalists themselves accusing it of bias and sensationalism — of having failed us — in its coverage of the presidential election. The media did exactly what it was designed to do, given the incentives that govern it. my answer is a sobering no.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11