Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Forced to do more with much less, the small businesses that have managed to survive and even thrive during these tough times have recognized one important factor: You can’t always compete on price, but you can compete on service. Use technology to provide quick, efficient customer service. Great customer service doesn’t just happen.

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Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

While Blue Sky is an SOE, I think they really want to differentiate themselves, and they're willing to use a lot of our technology.". The only person not applauding was Wang Xiguo, the engineer who had led the development of Prime's power train technology. The workers standing near him applauded. Even Wang was smiling.

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Case Study Technology Tacit Knowledge Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2011

My crystal ball devoted to the intersection of business and digital technology brought forth six predictions for 2012. There will be at least one instance of a science fiction technology becoming reality. The two forces of trade and technology are combining to create a tough labor market for lots of workers in the U.S.,

Simon 15

Simon Sharpe Technology eBook 15

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

It''s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington''s corridors of power, they didn''t even stand Out." Xerox, which pioneered the photocopying business, lost important ground to the Japanese on price. ACCOUNTABILITY The value of accountability is the willingness to take responsibility for one''s own actions.

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Waterman Follow-up Automotive Learning-by-Doing 56

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

While the middle class has been eroded by currency depreciation and recession, the Russian consumer remains technologically savvy, interested in quality Western brands, and able to spend. The drastic drop in oil prices has obscured these issues, but they will continue to constrain growth even if oil prices recover.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

This is a sharp contrast with the investment that senior leaders used to make in employees. For example, if you’re a brand marketer, you might give yourself an “A” in advertising development, a “B+” in pricing analysis, “C” in trade marketing, etc. Focus on the C’s to close skill gaps.

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Career Development Company Supply Chain 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Achieving coherence requires a sharpness of focus that few companies have mastered. Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. The leading companies are getting out in front of this trend.

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Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2017

” Rapid technological advance in computers and automation has led to a huge fall in the quality-adjusted price of capital equipment. Moreover, China itself is experiencing a sharp decline in labor’s share. The disagreement is over why labor has been losing out. Maybe the leading story is “Robocalypse Now.”

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GDP Video Sharpe Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

There is ample evidence that things are better, trader-driven stock price gyrations notwithstanding. Housing prices have stabilized and are increasing in some regions. For example, the wealth effect from rising equity and real estate prices might make premium product segments more attractive in the coming years.

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Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

These changes are driven by seismic shifts in consumer behavior and an explosion of both consumer- and B2B-facing technologies. The tension between human-driven and technology-driven capabilities is often miscast, positioning automation as a threat to the people that drive our industry. Humans and Automation. Distribution strategies.

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Media Advertising Audience Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

I seldom, if ever, hear that apologetic tone from students choosing technology companies or consulting. And the sharp rise in markets-based compensation — including high-powered incentives for money managers and equity compensation for CEOs — has further fueled the depth and breadth of these errors.

Finance 8

Finance Insurance Career Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Zeynep Ton of MIT has identified a “Good Jobs Strategy” that allows companies to improve frontline jobs and still keep costs down so they can compete on price. The key was finding technology that was easy and seamless enough so people actually used it. But it requires the adoption of a whole new operating model.

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Retail Survey Operations Sharpe 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the cold hard truth…if you cheat your family to invest into your career, you and your loved ones will pay a very heavy price. I can't help but think it was an expensive price to pay, so I too need to check myself on this one given the recurring message! link] Bert Decker Great post Mike.

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Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 414

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

More of the same — a perma-crisis whose human toll on you and I seems to be a kind of crisis-malaise, a habituation to human heartache, the dulling of the once-razor-sharp edge of what could have been? It's a very sharp question. I'm 100% for science and technology, and especially for basic research. So what happens now?

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How To Sharpe Crisis Class 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Until now, the EU had hoped to drive down prices for DSL-based Internet services by forcing network providers to open their facilities at discounted prices to new entrants. and EU policy on their five most relevant characteristics — investment, availability, competition, adoption and price. The result is that the U.S.

Price 8

Price How To Policies Report 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. Clearly, something else, beyond the disruptive technology itself, is behind the demise of companies like Kodak.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

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Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

economy as a whole, rather than the narrow, specific slices of technology or communication, the first decade of the 21st century did not generate expected growth in jobs, revenues, profits, or stock prices. The business press puts a tremendous focus on technology and innovation, but what it doesn't do is put it into context.

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Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In the example above, they would outline (among other things) the process of targeting customers, approaching them, enabling them for usage, obtaining feedback on price points, and ultimately having them buy. Examples of constraints are regulatory, legal and ethical issues, or infrastructural or technological restrictions.

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Innovation Constraint Analysis Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

However, the region has long been volatile and unpredictable (from coups and sharp changes in government policies, to currency shortages, to terrorism and large-scale population displacements), so operating under uncertainty is not new. Many companies are assessing their exposure to specific policy decisions (e.g., if the U.S.

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Depreciation Contingency Plans Policies Marketing 9