Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Perhaps no term has so captured the global analyst community since the coinage of "emerging markets" itself. Clever turns of phrase can fool many except those who actually spent time in emerging markets and ask tough questions. In doing so, they often fail to ask the right questions beyond which acronym rolls of the tongue most easily.

Banking 14

Banking Politics Globalization GDP 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

If you're among the many multinational CEOs planning to appoint a local executive as your next country head in an emerging market such as Brazil, China, or India, you may want to think again. Knowing the market and possessing networks are important, but that's not all your company needs for success today.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO Long-term Operations 8

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For instance, in 2004 a group of employees travelled to Mexico, where they rebuilt an orphanage and a community center. When Steve Miller—now a Market Partner—came to interview, he came with a trophy, which read: Resume of Steve Miller. ###-###-####. He loves when roadies and future employees are innovative.

Taylorism 70

Taylorism Taylor Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 70

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The beauty of these vans, and the reason I believe they’ve been dreamt up by managers in very different businesses, is that they perform a wide variety of marketing functions. Many products can be complicated to operate or dangerous if used incorrectly, and a van can save a customer from traveling to a training center.

B2B 8

B2B B2C Education Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. In founding TripAdvisor, Kaufer wanted to take his hard core engineering skills and apply them to vertical search in travel.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

Every new market I look at seems to have an Amazon-style copycat — a website that looks, functions, and sells products a lot like a well-known online retailer. In India there''s Flipkart , in Russia there''s Ozon , and in Thailand, Indonesia, and other South East Asia markets there''s Lazada. In some cases this is true.

Globalization 8

Globalization First-mover Advantage Retail Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

For years Apple’s market penetration hung in the single digits. Google Android quickly lost market share to the new versions. But by early 2015 they stopped accepting new submissions to their open market and discontinued their API support for external developers. Failure to launch the right side.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Highways and bridges are in desperate need of repair, making travel slower—and more dangerous. For instance, the average transit times to move containers from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Chicago grew from 84 hours at the end of 2004 to 120 hours by early 2015. Railway systems are near capacity. Insight Center.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

The Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984 (and amendments in 1988 and 2004) called for government agencies such as NASA to support the development and growth of commercial space. First, the frontier technologies that NASA needed were not already available on the market; they had to be developed from scratch by specialized contractors.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Technology Innovation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

And as the smartphone market continues to explode, more parents are passing their phones to their offspring as tools to educate or gadgets to pacify. How many children travel to school in a sustainable way? Two-thirds of 4- to 7-year-olds have used an iPhone or iPod. 6% of 2- to 5-year-olds have their own smartphone.

Technology 15

Technology Wireless Stage-Gate Content 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