Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2013

The International Integrated Reporting Council is developing a common framework for companies to submit "integrated reports" on their financial, environmental, social, and governance performance. Develop a solid business case based on how social improvement will directly improve business performance. Can Technology End Poverty?

System 8

System Merchandising Retail Class 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Games like Farmville and Mafia Wars hosted on Facebook are immensely successful, creating an ideal opportunity for retailers to do something they know well: marry entertainment and merchandising. Meanwhile, teen-fashion retailer Wet Seal has been developing its own Facebook game, Chic Boutique.

Retail 15

Retail Discount Reis Merchandising 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2013

They give private talks and major speeches, write books and blogs and articles, participate in panels and events, engage in social media — activities that can generate revenue (sometimes in considerable amounts), through a combination of fees, sales of their expressions, and related merchandise.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Career Merchandising COO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The key to artist-management success is identifying talent early and developing it cost-effectively over a long period of time. Ways of collecting fans and connecting them to artists are ever changing, but by embracing new technology opportunities, creative businesses will flourish. Other content producers take note.

Industry 13

Industry Disintermediation Merchandising Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Our work covers each brand’s visual identity, from the product itself all the way to the marketing and merchandising activities that bring a brand to life across different platforms—music, sports, fashion, and so forth. At the center, we have been developing the key pillars of the design functions.

Organization 8

Organization Brand Six Sigma Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2015

Sesame Street’s move last week to partner with HBO came as a surprise to some, but it makes a lot of sense given the broad trends in today’s media industry. The new world of media prizes both high quality content and high quality technology. But that’s not enough for today’s media market.

Media 8

Media Workshop Audience Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. We insisted that the local team follow Yahoo reporting, systems, and governance requirements.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Technology has forced music artists to completely rethink the way they approach their businesses. They’re extending their brand into areas like technology, gaming, fashion, and lifestyle content — essentially becoming entertainment platforms. We’ve all had to adapt. Photo by Lorenzo Errico.

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. This would mean, for example, working in R&D to lead pharma innovation, new product development for high tech, and product design or merchandising for fashion retail.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

How technology is transforming transactions. How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. Each of these middlemen takes a cut of the revenues and passes along the rest, with the leftovers typically reaching the artists themselves months later, per the terms of their contracts. Insight Center.

Creativity 9

Creativity Film Decentralization Reputation 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Over the course of several months, a digital platform was developed that could capture every fan interaction (whether a mobile check-in at the stadium, a profile update on the website, or a merchandise purchase online), deliver targeted promotional campaigns, and collect club mentions and other data from social media.

Sports 8

Sports Brand Content Industry 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

Business development. They take what is said at face value because they have not or don’t care to develop abilities to discern what is hyped by others. Their words overstate, get into the media and are accepted by audiences as fact. ‘Develop the Drive to Accomplish Anything.’ Running the business.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion. The big revenue drivers in our business are TV media rights — both national and local — and ticket sales. Clippers for $2 billion.

Price 8

Price Team Sports Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

How will they develop the next generation of leaders, and groom them for challenges that can't yet be imagined? Paul Leinwand is a Partner in Booz & Company's global consumer, media, and retail practice. How can they build the kind of advantage that will allow their company to thrive for decades?

Merchandising 14

Merchandising Budgeting Pharmaceuticals CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

Ask people how to develop a good corporate culture, and most of them will immediately suggest offering generous employee benefits, like they do at Starbucks, or letting people dress casually, as Southwest Airlines does. I’m not just talking about the obvious problem of managers who treat their employees poorly.

Brand 8

Brand Company Operations Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

The leading companies in online search, social media, and e-commerce are all based in one or the other of these two regions. and China have essentially won in the arenas of online search, social media, and e-commerce. Will Other Nations Develop Local Champions and Innovation Hubs? Thus, companies on the gold coasts of the U.S.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Even outside of the tech sector, the employment of more software developers is associated with a greater increase in industry concentration, and this relationship appears to be causal. 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.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8