Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2021

The higher cost of 3D display technology and the availability of content continue to bottleneck the growth in this industry but it’s changing and changing fast. Unlike 3D films made for the cinema or stereoscopic televisions operating with glasses, such 3D displays require proprietary content combining as many as eight discrete images.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

If we didn’t study films and scouting reports, develop plays that would exploit match-ups, and execute our game plan we would lose…it was as simple as that. Similarly, in my days as an athlete, our game plan each week was refined based upon the strengths and weaknesses of the team we were playing next.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

The harsh reality is that great numbers of leaders continue to operate in a vacuum by sequestering themselves away in the corner office and attempting to lead from afar. So the real question is this…how does a CEO get to the point of being so disconnected from operations that he or she just doesn’t have a clue? Our Freedom.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 24, 2019

You should also know its exact cost as well as the estimated revenue that you will be generating through the sales of this product. This research will also refrain you from incurring unnecessary costs on a product, or producing something that has minimal demand. It used to be a giant in the camera film industry.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Disney's John Carter , which cost close to $275 million to produce, was tagged as a potentially huge, game-changing film. Disney admitted its studio would have an operating loss of $80-$120 million, making the film arguably the biggest flop of all time.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Disney's John Carter , which cost close to $275 million to produce, was tagged as a potentially huge, game-changing film. Disney admitted its studio would have an operating loss of $80-$120 million, making the film arguably the biggest flop of all time.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

We expect the drone market to surge to nearly $7 billion by 2020 globally, driven by regulatory clarification, continuously decreasing component costs, and – most important– ongoing innovation that connects drone capabilities to big-data analytics. No strategy is static.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

No wasted film, slides, or prints. And we are aware of this relationship between mistakes and the consequences when we pick up the camera – so we click away, taking many more photos digitally than we would have in a world of costly film. You just hit the ‘delete’ button, and it disappears.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

The current mantra is “Move fast with stable infrastructure”, which speaks to the organizational design challenge of operating at scale in a fickle and volatile world. ” It further revealed a complex and siloed organization, with competing operating assumptions, values, and practices across the group.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

No wasted film, slides, or prints. And we are aware of this relationship between mistakes and the consequences when we pick up the camera – so we click away, taking many more photos digitally than we would have in a world of costly film. You just hit the ‘delete’ button, and it disappears.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

In the decades that followed Kodak established a dominant position in the lucrative film business, with its "you push a button, we do the rest" slogan demonstrating its commitment to making photography accessible to the masses. Of course, being a dominant film provider became increasingly irrelevant in light of recent technological shifts.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Beyond the devastating and saddening human costs, the earthquake in Japan is another reminder of the complexity of the world's supply chains and the great interdependencies in global production systems. The world's supply chains are complex and highly optimized to deliver products efficiently at the lowest cost.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This premise equally applies to the environment businesses operate in today. Human error is a very real consequence of people operating in the real world. Our lives are full of multiple interdependent decisions as we try to navigate complex interactions with multiple competing goals.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Traditional marketing, which was heavily skewed to broadcast media, worked because it allowed marketers to reach a lot of people in a short amount of time at very low cost. In fact, it is exactly that line of thinking which makes it difficult for marketers to succeed. That’s why it’s important to anchor your concept.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Unusually excellent leaders deliberately create high-risk, low-cost environments – a.k.a. No wasted film, slides, or prints. And we are aware of this relationship between mistakes and consequences when we pick up the camera – so we click away, taking many more photos digitally than we would have in a world of costly film.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Facebook, KickStarter, Kiva, Twitter, and other companies thriving in the social era are operating by the rules of the Social Era. Most organizations operating today started when companies needed more operating capital. Many organizations still operate by Porter's Value Chain model , where Z follows Y, which follows X.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

And now Sony faces an alarming new threat of violence against theaters that show its film The Interview , which is at the center of this predicament. (By By way of an update, Sony has since decided to cancel its release of the film and U.S. officials are now said to be linking North Korea to the hack.)

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

And the essence of Walt Disney’s original strategy remains intact today: to construct a range of businesses — from animated film to fun parks, TV, retail, cruise ships, and more — around a group of engaging, family-friendly characters. However, leaders must always ask themselves whether their differentiating capabilities are still relevant.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

. “Sometimes, when I sit in meetings, especially ones in which people don’t seem engaged, I calculate the cost in staff time. In what broader culture and environment are you operating and what are some of the overarching challenges and opportunities? To use film, images, poetry, or music to spark ideas?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

Hulu Plus and Netflix can be procured for just $17 per month, roughly 1/3rd the cost of basic cable according to the MACC. So, according to the theory, disruption is coming and there will be a new set of distributors leveraging fundamentally different cost structures to the old regime. It's the perfect storm.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Another casualty of cost cutting, it simply closed its doors — even though local people and businesses that had used that bank all their lives still relied upon it. That globalization has come at the cost of local service. The classic film offers an eloquent lesson in how much good a bank can do for a community.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Another casualty of cost cutting, it simply closed its doors — even though local people and businesses that had used that bank all their lives still relied upon it. That globalization has come at the cost of local service. The classic film offers an eloquent lesson in how much good a bank can do for a community.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Dr Reddy's plan is to leverage Chirotech's scientific capabilities to optimize drug development processes, thus lowering manufacturing costs and speeding time-to-market. You can't run your global R&D operations from headquarters in Mumbai. are aimed at finding ways to lower the cost of its core activities like software testing.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The services, retail, transport, and construction sectors make up a large share of GDP, and the country’s vast film industry, Nollywood, is good for commercial activity in the country outside oil and gas. In high-opportunity and resilient markets, companies should find ways to improve the efficiency of their local operations.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2011

You used film to take pictures, got them developed in a photo shop, and mailed copies to relatives if you wanted to share them. AT&T was the only telephone operator in the United States; telephony was just one of many high-impact industries that were highly regulated and protected from competition. Consider 1980. Roughly half of the 4.4

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Strategy Driven

JULY 23, 2019

Transforming into a green business is a low-cost, high-reward investment. Or, heat energy waste via window films and reflective exterior coating. Smart planting can reduce energy costs inside, too. And, tap those connections to expand operations, sales, and reach. How can we bring these into our businesses? Water run-off.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

“This isn’t possible in print, broadcast, or traditional films, which may be why the media industry is such a dysfunctional place,” Peretti has said. That’s why film producers have no choice but to go with their gut. ” But what if you could automate your gut decisions? Consider entertainment.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

Examples could come from art, comics, film, music, architecture, economics (weird black markets), music, media, etc… Creating opportunities for team members to communicate and share both creatively and intellectually improves team communications and fosters innovation. 5) Operational Transparency -. Avoid hyperbole at all costs.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Innovation takes time and costs money so projects that aren't clearly linked to your "why" are especially vulnerable to fail. For it to be successfully implemented, your development project needs to be accepted into the operations side of the business. Use skits, storyboards, and films to develop customer personas and scenarios.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You could tell by the language he used: "So we realized that streaming and DVD by mail are becoming two quite different businesses, with very different cost structures, different benefits that need to be marketed differently, and we need to let each grow and operate independently.". And with good reason.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

For the past decade, emerging digital markets have operated under the assumption that, despite the obvious similarity between a music CD and an MP3 downloaded from iTunes, digital goods are different. But a digital copy of the latest "Iron Man" movie is a perfect replica, and infinitely reproducible at a marginal cost of zero.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

The inventors, who publicly announced this new approach in March, say they were inspired by the film “Terminator 2” – specifically the scene where a robot reshapes itself after having melted into a puddle. The cost advantage of conventional “subtractive” manufacturing will disappear sooner than expected.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

After repurposing many of the original structures and facades, the district is now evolving into a retail, restaurant, arts, and culture destination, a forum for local events, a flexible work space for businesses, and a residential area, all while evolving its manufacturing with 21 st century operations.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Whatever the nature of your business, there are certain technologies that are slowly and quietly but consistently revolutionizing the ways in which businesses operate and the tech savvy business can either get in on the ground floor or face the combined impediments of increased running costs, lower output and reduced productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

There’s no doubt that the auto industry will continue to vigorously pursue automation solutions to lower the cost of producing cars. Clearly, there has to be a better way to paint a car, but to make that operation more efficient and take cost out will require the development of a new process.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

This Sunday many of us will be watching the red carpet arrivals and cheering for our favorite actresses, actors, and films at the 84th annual Academy Awards. Winning an Oscar not only signals the high quality of a film, but also creates a marketing windfall. This captures the increased value of both the film and usage occasion.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Think of Kodak, which in the 1990s was the apparently unassailable leader in its market, with 80% market share in its core film business. The cost of a single element is remarkably high, because each requires a separate mold and creates scheduling and inventory complexity on the shop floor. The results were amazing.

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