Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

My current favorite example comes from Net-a-Porter reaching out to my wife. Simply calling this a clever promotion or thoughtful UX or engagement marketing misses the (touch)point. Of course, it’s part of Net-a-Porter’s larger UX but, in the moment, what’s perceived and experienced is a value-added touchpoint.

Porter 8

Porter Environment Definition Course 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

But in recent decades, the information revolution has helped the private sector speed ahead in data aggregation, analysis, and applications. For example, Uber maintains a “God’s Eye view” of every driver on the road in a city: Imagine combining this single data feed with an entire portfolio of real-time information.

Porter 9

Porter Competitive Advantage Core Competence Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

Eventually Microsoft developed Internet Explorer and outflanked it by eliminating the market for a paid browser. Firms must thoroughly understand themselves and their competitors through appropriate environment scanning and market intelligence. Eventually, some incumbents adapted and invested in technology as well.

Porter 13

Porter Banking Globalization Information Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

So when Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter invited HBR last month to attend a class where Kagame was the guest speaker, and talk to him and Kagame afterwards, I was curious but also a little worried about being enlisted as a Kagame salesman. To Porter] How did you hook up with this guy? How did this partnership evolve?

Porter 9

Porter Tourism Politics Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2011

But Thomson Reuters Foundation took a different tack in its response, going beyond donating to leverage its parent company's core competencies in information and the legal industry to catalyze change. Disclosure: Thomson Reuters Foundation is an FSG client; this data was compiled from interviews with Foundation staff.).

Porter 12

Porter Core Competence Globalization Business Model 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2013

That's what Michael Porter says , and tough-choice-making has clearly been a big part of Apple's success. To quote Porter: "Strategy renders choices about what not to do as important as choices about what to do." Of course, modern technology businesses have some other unique strategic characteristics.

Strategy 8

Strategy Porter Christensen Mauborgne 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Because it includes the word media , and the genesis is marketing, most people think of this as the stuff the CMO and their team worry about. about six years ago, and the emphasis was on the on software tools and platforms that increase information flow. technologies could be used on organizations' intranet and extranets".

Media 8

Media Supply Chain Tools Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Michael Porter has defined value as “health outcomes achieved per dollar spent.” An efficient business gets the most output possible, given current technology, from every dollar spent. Porter and colleagues adapt microeconomics to health care through their definition of output: patient-centered health outcomes.

Health Care 8

Health Care Porter Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2013

Increasingly, I see people looking starry-eyed to business and markets to solve social problems. My view is that pretending companies and markets hold all the answers actually puts at risk our ability to deal with our most pressing societal problems — and to help our most vulnerable citizens. I have an M.B.A.

Porter 8

Porter Welch Health Care Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

Some tentative conclusions: There is not much of a market for stand-alone strategy studies any more. co-founded by Michael Porter back in the early 1980s, has seen better days. For us, our strategy informs every big decision we make — what markets to enter or exit, what acquisitions to make, what products to introduce." (The

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

But, as Michael Porter and Robert Kaplan of Harvard Business School have argued , we need to examine costs at a more granular level at which clinical outcomes are matched with the business and administrative processes. These trends likely result in market-share gains for providers that deliver high quality at lower costs.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Facebook has similarly leveraged the News Feed for general purpose voter information tools on Election Day in the United States. Still, we’re entering a brave new world where the creators of technology platforms can activate billions of users to specific political action of their choosing.

Politics 8

Politics Real Estate Morale Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. In some areas and sectors, the market provides all the capital needed. For example, the market for bank credit for small businesses has been tight, particularly for loans under $150,000.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

We are also bringing students to India and Haiti to do ethnographic research that will inform development of a $300 House, and when prototypes are developed, they will be deployed and tested with those who will live in them. We simply disagree with the idea that if it's a market, it can't also be a socially progressive solution.

Suri 13

Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Through a concerted focus on our supply chain, we use rigorous value-based purchasing protocols, market intelligence, and business analytics to examine every purchase from the standpoint of value, utility, and outcomes. At Cleveland Clinic, we’ve been engaged in an ongoing effort to trim costs across the entire system.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Cost Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

These gold coasts are home to nine of the top 10, and 18 of the top 20, internet companies, as measured by market capitalization. and China that were able to take advantage of large domestic markets to achieve scale and to surround themselves with rich ecosystems of startups, suppliers, complements, and customers.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Informational, International Interactions. Although the internet is a global network, it is used primarily to transmit information within national borders. Countries that are deeply connected to international information flows are less likely to view their cultures as superior. One study indicates that as few as 4% of U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8