Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

And yet today’s top marketers are combining technology and teamwork to generate extraordinary results. Their insights and experience suggest five marketing capabilities that in their most refined form border on superpowers. Extraordinary marketers are amazing listeners. Exceptional marketers make the silos disappear.

Marketing 13

Marketing Teamwork Technology Information Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

In a previous post , I outlined the key capabilities I've found to be present in the social ventures that are able to reach sizeable impact (which can be remembered with the acronym SCALERS—they are Staffing, Communicating, Alliance-Building, Lobbying, Earnings-Generation, Replicating, and Stimulating Market Forces).

Library 14

Library Entrepreneur Operations Health Care 14

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

For the past decade, emerging digital markets have operated under the assumption that, despite the obvious similarity between a music CD and an MP3 downloaded from iTunes, digital goods are different. In brief, resale markets are dangerous, especially for information goods.

Marketing 8

Marketing Licensing Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

All too often, when marketers talk about their “social strategy,” they really mean a digital marketing strategy implemented on social platforms, rather than using social dynamics to benefit their business. Pepsi actually lost market share and fell to number three in the cola wars for the first time in modern history.

Media 8

Media Marketing Strategy Groupthink Kaplan 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Thomas Jefferson had one of the most exhaustive personal libraries of his time prior to donating it to the Library of Congress (which many joked Roosevelt had read). With the plethora of reading material on the market today it is not a simple thing to make sure that you’re covering all the bases in a time efficient fashion.

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2018

andrew nguyen/hbr staff/the new york public library. Without ever intending it, experienced leaders often allow what they know to limit what they can imagine going forward; their knowledge can actually get in the way of innovation. They’d visit Shell operations, customer sites, and other settings.

Participative 14

Participative Creativity Library Training 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

Others race to build a bigger library of downloadable movies. Gathering Type 2 feedback lets you take a fundamental look at whether your repeatable model remains competitive and whether there are discontinuities in the market that could undermine it. Some Amazonians try to reduce out-of-stock merchandise.

Merchandising 14

Merchandising Metrics Restructuring Library 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2016

From The New York Public Library. The prospect of urban innovation excites the imagination. The messy truth is that cities are not the same, and even the most innovative approach can never achieve universal impact. The opportunities to innovate will differ greatly by segment. Innovation in Cities. Insight Center.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Entrepreneur Finance Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

Most pundits agreed on what was wrong — a lack of breakthrough innovation since the passing of founder Steve Jobs. Apple has seemingly served as an anomaly to the theory of disruptive innovation. So, at the moment Apple TV is a $1 billion line of hardware that is so small, relatively speaking, that Jobs dismissed it as a hobby.

Industry 8

Industry Wireless Advertising Content 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Data from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) shows that the vast majority of college graduates want to amplify their commitment to good causes through their employer. Volunteering offers participants the opportunity to strengthen their skills, broaden their networks, break out of a career rut, and find new meaning in their job.

Participative 14

Participative Library Entrepreneur Survey 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

It’s the moment when they either decide to give you resources to begin to turn your innovative idea into reality, or send you back to the drawing board. Get the analyst reports that show market trends. If you really want to make the case for an innovative idea, then you need to go one step further. Please do it.

Advertising 10

Advertising Video Innovation Education 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

When presented with a surprising idea, smart organizations will bravely listen, because what comes next might just be game-changing innovation. Together, we've constructed school libraries, repaired churches, built roads, and, crucially, ensured clean water through new aqueduct systems.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Rogers Tourism Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

For one thing, thanks to a long history of exclusive municipal franchising regulations that didn’t end until 1992, the two companies don’t overlap in any market—TWC customers will become Comcast customers (and get arguably better technology and service in the process), but no local market will see a decline in the number of competitors.

Technology 8

Technology Content Information Technology Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

From The New York Public Library. All-inclusive global talent market. This quadrant might include work where employees are colocated and the operations and workers are easily accessible through physical connections. Social policies support boundary-less work beyond traditional full-time employment.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Technology Globalization Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You could tell by the language he used: "So we realized that streaming and DVD by mail are becoming two quite different businesses, with very different cost structures, different benefits that need to be marketed differently, and we need to let each grow and operate independently.". And with good reason.

Strategy 11

Strategy Christensen Price Engineering 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

Augusto was officially the head of operations, but his real job was as the right-hand man of the company''s diretor presidente, who had informally dubbed him "head of customer satisfaction." Marketing' He was in a hurry to get to their meeting — and to make a point to Cora. Cora was the sales director.

Case Study 8

Case Study Discount Price Proposal 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Strategy Driven

JUNE 16, 2023

Businesses primed to leverage these technologies to streamline everything from supply chains to sales and marketing will be riding the wave’s crest. Embedding these transformative technologies into operations will be easier than ever. And the good news? The future is pulsating with potential. Are you ready to meet it head-on?

Supply Chain 96

Supply Chain Loyalty Content Efficiency 96