Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. We use this simple framework to determine the success of an innovative effort. In other words, successful innovation requires motive, means, and opportunity. Innovation efforts fail anytime they fail to deliver on all three of these domains strongly enough.

Innovation 14

Innovation Hammer Discount Globalization 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Avis has taken an interesting (and bold) step by acquiring Zipcar, absorbing an innovative but struggling competitor at what is likely to be seen as a bargain price while acquiring a small but desirable customer base and gaining a foothold in the rapidly growing world of collaborative consumption.

Disaggregation 9

Disaggregation Hammer Mass Marketing Gordon 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2011

That's the finding from our recent research, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing Research , which reveals a surprising fact about retail assortments: Consumers who are offered a richer array of relevant choices in a given product category grow engaged and interested in quality and are prepared to stretch their budget accordingly.

Productivity 14

Productivity Products Retail Price 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

This healthy, innovative sector holds out vast promise, but missteps now could cost the United States its lead. has underwritten much of the technological innovation behind clean energy's progress. could lose its edge quickly, both in innovation and deployment. The clean-energy field is evolving rapidly.

Energy 11

Energy Competitive Advantage Price Constraint 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

The companies that are most vocal about environmental and social issues tend to be big, mass-market brands — well-known retailers , consumer products giants , and tech firms that are telling a new story to consumers who increasingly care about sustainability. I’ll then discuss some of LVMH’s challenges.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Payback Period Brand Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Village matchmakers started making their living organizing marriage markets millennia ago. We identified significant platforms based on three different measures of importance: the five largest publicly traded ones by market cap; the five largest nonpublic startups by most recent valuation; and the five largest by web traffic.

Technology 8

Technology Hammer Operations Magazine 8