Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

There are core competencies that every PM must have – many of which can start in the classroom – but most are developed with experience and good role models and mentoring. Performing market assessments. Pricing and revenue modeling. So, what should you consider if you’re thinking of pursuing a PM role?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The main effect of higher productivity is to make labor more valuable; therefore it stands to reason that employers would — in the classic logic of "if you liked it that price, you'll love it at this one" — snap up more of it. Out of their work came a new business focus on "time to market" and "cycle time."

McKinsey 14

McKinsey Efficiency Long-term Analysis 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Based on our research, we suggest that CEOs eager to do more with less drive systemic changes across their entire organization — focusing their change management efforts on three functions: R&D, marketing, and sales. Doing so will reduce the problems of brand dilution while ensuring greater market coverage.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Restructuring Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

As a practitioner of a design-led form of product development, and in my own research and writing about an empathetic approach to product design, I’m overtly critical of the Lean manifesto. The buds of innovation are fragile, and are easily squashed by critique or a view of the competitive market environment. But what is lost?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Reis Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

This seems to be a key question on the minds of not just marketers, but company strategists these days. This intensive customer focus has increased as technology-enabled transparency and online social media accelerate an inexorable flow of market power downstream from suppliers to customers. How well do you know your customers?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

Most CIOs will benefit from this trend through increased competition, better prices, and quicker provisioning. At the same time, the trend also heightens the expectations of CIOs'' internal customers to deliver better solutions at greater speed. Our own research has further looked at the problem.

Technology 9

Technology CIO Agility Software 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Top startups already have market leading solutions. Moreover, through venture clienting, startups gain valuable insights into technical, process, and quality requirements and the workings of an actual corporation, which helps them become savvier and more adept at business development. But only large corporates can offer the last one.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

This shift is being brought about by three developments. If you’re like the thousands of global consumers my colleagues and I have interviewed over the past few years, the answer is yes, provided the price premium isn’t too great and delivery times are short. Design Manufacturing Product development'

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Productivity Products Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Furthermore, administering and/or participating in an REBP model can help both payers and providers develop many of the capabilities they will need for total-cost-of-care management. To implement REBP at scale, most payers will have to shift their focus from prospective to retrospective models in most markets. How Does REPB Work?

Health Care 9

Health Care Cost Analysis Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

You have to understand these fundamentals to craft trade-policy prescriptions — which, by the way, I think the free trade agreements largely do: A thick supplier market. Manufacturers want to be close to their suppliers, because this can speed time to market and minimize the risk of disruptions. Nearness to market.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Globalization Cost Efficiency 8