Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

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. The company now operates in 190 countries and 28,000 cities, and its founders expect the service to grow to 100 million annual bookings and revenue of $1 billion.

Hotels 8

Hotels Disruptive Innovation Licensing Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2012

Responsiveness to communities — In many of the developing countries where these companies are active, it is not self-evident that you get a license to operate. They seem to prioritize direct meetings, but use all sorts of modern communication technology extensively to connect with the vast ends of the global corporation.

Globalization 15

Globalization Long-term Diversity Licensing 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

Your Uber account contains credit card information; once you leave the car the company calculates your fare, usually based on distance traveled, charges your card, divides money between Uber and the car, and emails you a receipt. When you get there, you get out and walk away, no cash or credit card required. Their reason?

Transportation 10

Transportation Licensing Letter Advertising 10

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

MAY 14, 2015

Meanwhile their short ranges, low speeds and limited payloads don’t detract from their value because the people using these vehicles weren’t traveling very far or very fast or hauling very much to begin with.

Marketing 8

Marketing Transportation Licensing Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Just imagine the operational demand if primary care providers also had to actively monitor their patients’ health data between office visits. Our view is that early conceptions of connected health and the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) traveled a flawed path. A Way Forward. Getting the right data to the right recipient.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Insurance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Uber Technologies , a pending class-action lawsuit by Uber drivers in California, which alleges that drivers are misclassified as independent contractors. Uber argues that its business model is premised on licensing software that acts as an intermediary between passengers and drivers.). The first is O’Connor v.

Management 8

Management Price Disaggregation System 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

Regulators would now decide how spectrum would be used, what technologies were permissible, and approve — or reject — the wireless services, networks, applications, and business models that might be introduced. That might seem like a good thing — using new technology to engage the public in ideological debate.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 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. India’s digital infrastructure is coming to life, with a combination of policy and technological innovation having played an important role.

Banking 15

Banking Long-term Short-term System 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Beacons are battery-powered wireless sensors installed in retail stores or event venues that detect nearby consumers who have opted in to alerts through Bluetooth or other technologies and that relay information to consumers’ mobile devices. This can help increase short-term sales as well as build long-term brand loyalty.

Short-term 8

Short-term Brand Long-term Media 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. An advertising-based model.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11