Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

stock exchanges has declined by almost 50% from its peak in 1996, despite dramatic increase in aggregate market capitalization. Many conjectures have been offered to explain this controversial trend. This trend, we claim, is the single largest cause for decline in listed firms.

IPO 11

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

In a recent Accenture study involving 1000 CFOs and CMOs across eight industries and a dozen countries in developed and emerging markets, 85 percent of executives expected their companies to grow at a rate equal to or significantly greater than global growth forecasts. Why is a growth market that "lifts all boats" so tough to imagine?

First-mover Advantage 11

First-mover Advantage Supply Chain Price Cost 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2012

The model is designed to enable fast response to fashion trends, which allows Zara to ensure that its store shelves are always stocked with the trendiest clothes. In contrast, consider the following: Pfizer's blockbuster drug Viagra was patented in 1996, and went on the market in 1998. We have long been fans of the Zara business model.

Business Model 9

Business Model Innovation First-mover Advantage Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.” ” Once one of Africa’s most developed markets – with a solid education system, good infrastructure, and a relatively large middle class – decades of mismanagement have cost Zimbabwe. . billion a decade later.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8