Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

Eventually Microsoft developed Internet Explorer and outflanked it by eliminating the market for a paid browser. Securing flanks means using multiple SWATS tools while understanding that some will become obsolete with time. There is a lesson here for business.

Porter 14

Porter Banking Globalization Information Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

For example, when Caitlin Zaino, Founder of Porter & Sail, a hospitality company, was expecting her first child, she was desperate find an example of another female founder who’d juggled childbirth and running a startup. The firm is now in its second year, with a team of 13, and zero attrition by new parents.

Porter 8

Porter Policies Attrition Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

While this reality poses grave risks to thousands of communities, it is also the driver of a daunting, and often confusing, economic dilemma which businesses must prepare for.It's time for companies operating in the many dry regions around the world to equip themselves with the tools and mindset they need to navigate this new normal.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Long-term Short-term Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

about six years ago, and the emphasis was on the on software tools and platforms that increase information flow. The idea was that if we use social tools, we would share information freely both within the organization and external marketplaces. Some people tie it to Michael Porter's Shared Value concept. Implication. Social Era.

Media 9

Media Supply Chain Tools Porter 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

In November 1996, Michael Porter published What Is Strategy? Thank you, HBR, for the unique way you have allowed the essence of the most powerful business ideas to be collected and packaged into one of the most useful business tools in the world. _. Here are just a few of the highlights. HBR's 90th Anniversary: Why Management Matters.

Goleman 8

Goleman Emotional Intelligence Porter Covey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

Michael Porter and I recognized this limitation in our work studying the organization and structure of cancer-care delivery and published a case study that aims to track the complexities of navigating the healthcare system. But by integrating patient voice early and often, those roadblocks can be better understood and more quickly remedied.

Health Care 8

Health Care Policies Porter System 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In the past, economic development has prioritized big businesses. But these economic development strategies focused on big businesses, sometimes known as “elephant hunting,” may overstate the importance of large firms. For the government to help make more debt available, the most powerful policy tool is loan guarantees.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

“The proper goal for any health care delivery system is to improve the value delivered to patients … To properly manage value, both outcomes and cost must be measured at the patient level,” Harvard’s Robert Kaplan and Michael Porter tell us. But, why do we only define patient value by outcomes and cost?

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Kaplan Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2013

In my recent HBR article, The New Dynamics of Competition , I present a new analytical tool called Value Network Maps, which I explain below. These Maps are an outgrowth of exciting new work by strategy scholars developing a mathematical model of firm strategy that I refer to as the Value Capture Model (VCM). Video Platform.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Analysis Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

If a user agreed to the noble goal of free connectivity for their fellow citizens, they were directed to tell their Member of Parliament to support Facebook’s developing world program: Internet.org seeks to connect billions of people in the developing world to the internet.

Politics 8

Politics Real Estate Morale Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Michel Porter and Mark Kramer pioneered the idea of “creating shared value,” arguing that businesses can generate economic value by identifying and addressing social problems that intersect with their business. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

So marketers today have unprecedented “weapons” and “recon” in terms of technological tools and access to data. The New Tools of Marketing. Again, Porter’s models frequently help in getting a perspective clearer. Still, as military experts will tell you, air campaigns don’t win wars.

Marketing 8

Marketing Competitive Intelligence Porter How To 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

This was a period when large numbers of politicians and voters in the English-speaking world developed a sense that governments were failing to solve social problems. This isn’t just a developed-world phenomenon. It’s not always so easy to break the tradeoff between sustainability issues and developing-world growth.

Price 8

Price Constraint Resources Cost 8