Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Although it is too early to tell if Tunisia and Egypt will prove the exceptions rather than the rule when it comes to dramatic political transitions in the Middle East, multinationals operating in the region have already faced significant losses. Lafarge , the French cement group, saw its share price fall four percent in one day.

Strategy 13

Strategy Politics Short-term Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2014

Additionally, markets based on contracts, including certain financial derivatives markets, lack transparency, which complicates regulation. Much of identity management, including passports, still operates on a paper-based system. Interpol’s database currently lists 39 million stolen travel documents.

Document 9

Document Real Estate Travel System 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Digital natives have already disrupted industries such as media, publishing, travel, music, and photography. We don’t expect Amazon or Microsoft or IBM to design, make, and market agricultural tractors, aircraft engines, or MR scanners. Ford or Tesla? The Challenges for Digital Natives. These are very complicated machines.

Industry 8

Industry Software Six Sigma Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2016

were alarmed to find that most of its sales agents are not properly licensed and trained to sell group health insurance. So how might a hotel operator respond to the rise of Airbnb? So an Airbnb property may offer one-of-a-kind charm at an affordable price, but could turn into a death trap in the event of a fire.

Hotels 8

Hotels Price Tactics Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

In the early days of the Internet, services such as eBay and Craigslist revolutionized secondary markets, making it easy for individuals to buy and sell used goods. The site''s early ambitions were modest — provide a website for cash-strapped out-of-towners to find cheap places to crash, a form of budget travel known as couch-surfing.

Hotels 8

Hotels Disruptive Innovation Licensing Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

Those companies are at the bottom of the market, ignored by the mainstream but thriving in applications where customers don’t need all of the features of a traditional automobile, or in specific applications where EVs perform better than traditional vehicles.

Marketing 8

Marketing Transportation Licensing Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

The app provides users with targeted recommendations for certain lifestyle insurance products such as skiing, golf, and travel-related insurance. GE is moving to an outcome-based economic model, bringing the company closer to its customers’ operations. These products were available through a specialized mobile app.

Business Model 8

Business Model Insurance Technology Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

When it comes to specialist operations, experience is key, so he was going to visit each of them and then make a decision. However, when I spoke to him again, he had just decided where he was going to have the operation: in the hospital in his hometown in Spain. I was surprised; there was no specialist in that hospital.

Gordon 8

Gordon Strategy Decisionmaking Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2016

Slow demographic growth in developed economies creates a zero-sum situation (which is part of why the licensed cabs vs Uber/Lyft contest is so heated). OpenTable (a restaurant reservations service), Motivate (the operator of CitiBike, Bay Area Bikeshare, and others), and Luxe (a web-based valet parking service) are examples.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Entrepreneur Finance Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Uber argues that its business model is premised on licensing software that acts as an intermediary between passengers and drivers.). These cases clearly point to the importance of understanding how platform-employers operate, and how work is structured within semi-automated, algorithmic management systems.

Management 8

Management Price Disaggregation System 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

Crushing the “Propaganda Stations” In considering radio license renewals in 1929, a certain station caught the attention of Hoover (now U.S. FCC licensing rules diminished freedom in the emerging electronic press. Homogenized content, with far less diversity than an open market would support, was the result.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

The pervasive adoption of mobile devices has driven an explosion of contextual user information, including geolocation data, which has become a valuable resource for marketers. However, a lack of technical skill sets among marketers has made it difficult for them to use this data (when they have access to it) effectively.

Short-term 8

Short-term Brand Long-term Media 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization. To collect the check she would have needed to travel to a government office. Then, of course, she would have needed to travel again to a bank to cash the check.

Banking 15

Banking Long-term Short-term System 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Political campaigns are marketing campaigns, messages aimed at selling a product. Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. It focused its efforts on earning a majority share of Europe’s digital classified advertising market (a product that connects buyers and sellers). Bigger marketing budgets may not pay off.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba in March 2016 drove excitement for businesses considering the market that the island could become. and Cuba could implement over the next two years will be critical for helping business executives determine the level of urgency around developing their Cuba operation.

Policies 8

Policies Short-term Long-term GDP 8