Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2016

Between 65% and 75% miss their revenue or profit goals, depending on whose research you look at. Often new products are over-engineered with too many features, usually at too high a price. A few years ago, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of electronics components developed a product that would become a breakthrough in its category.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Price Arkes 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

The review summarizes what sets Apple apart from other companies: a relentless product focus, a culture of delivery, and an extraordinary marketing engine that communicates the magic of each new Apple offer. Strategy is less about the new, new thing than it is about actually delivering on the goals you set. I asked why he took the job.

Strategy 14

Strategy Wilde Committee Review 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

And the more growth opportunities stretch beyond a company’s current capabilities, the more the company needs to build systems to manage the unique nature of these opportunities (the kind we describe in more depth in our recent article “ Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days ” and our 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory ).

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2011

The key is to manage your multiple partners and not let your relationships run wild. The negotiators achieved their goal and closed a clever and profitable deal. Boston Scientific a few years back launched a secret project to reverse-engineer the technology of its single-source supplier of coronary stents.

Management 11

Management Airlines How To Pharmaceuticals 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

Several of the great success stories of corporate ethnography have 3M engineer Richard Drew as their protagonist. Product and package designers can see how people open, store, and use their purchases “in the wild.”

Document 8

Document Marketing Learning-by-Doing Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Increased demand for transparency and its close partners, (a) the quest to define and develop useful sustainability metrics and (b) the growing sustainability data explosion. The extreme weather seriously disrupted coal production , one of the most important economic engines in the country. The greening of the supply chain.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In the spirit of becoming more adaptive , organizations have rushed to implement Agile software development. These companies have become agile in name only, as the process they’ve put in place often ends up hurting engineering motivation and productivity. Agile software development.

Agility 8

Agility Engineering Software How To 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The latest “report card” from the American Society of Civil Engineers gives the U.S. It set aggressive goals for broadband evolution, including upgrading digital networks to provide 100 million homes with connection speeds of 100 Mbps (a goal already reached , according to the Department of Commerce).

Wireless 8

Wireless Policies Proposal Banking 8