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Is Programmatic Advertising the Future of Marketing?

Harvard Business Review

” Who knew that it was the dawn of a new era not just for advertising, but for all of marketing? In the ensuing years, the technology ecosystem enabling the new ad medium would steadily unfold, while digital devices proliferated and network connectivity became ubiquitous. How did we get here? Insight Center.

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Why Your Customers Hate You and How to Fix It

Skip Prichard

They tend to think of innovation as a shiny new product or service that incorporates a major advance in technology—something like the Model T or the iPhone. Because it takes an enormous amount of money to find a truly revolutionary technology or product. Many of them have little understanding of what innovation actually means.

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2012: The First Big Data Election

Harvard Business Review

Despite Steve Jobs' masterful creation of an "easy button" for consumer technology, the fact remains that pulling off cutting-edge technology implementations of the kind Romney's camp was putting together is tough stuff, and needs a lot of forethought, resources, and high-prioritization from leadership. "We

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The Big Picture of Business: Institutional Reviews Help Public Companies to Learn from the Downturn and Move Forward

Strategy Driven

There is a sense that company operations are out of control. Branch 2: Environmental, safety, IT systems design and computer software, training for computers and technology, architecture, engineering and legal. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. External-Marketplace. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Can Your Mobile Customers Afford to Watch Your Ads?

Harvard Business Review

As mobile devices and borderless technology networks like Facebook, Google, and Tencent increasingly connect billions of people around the world, everything about the pace, profile, and application of modern media is changing. It’s the operating system, applications, and, of course, the access to data.

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business Review

On March 25 mighty Uber bowed out of Southeast Asia by selling its operation in several countries to local rival Grab. Grab, which launched its service in 2012 with 40 drivers in Malaysia, came late to the ride-hailing game, only after Uber had established a formidable position in the United States.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Realities of Branding… Slogans that Mislead

Strategy Driven

This is not written to take swipes at responsible branding, marketing and advertising. Advertising fulfills many essential niche needs. Business-to-business publication advertising. Communications is fundamental to maintaining, but technology is only as good as the people using it. Self-promotional brochures. World Class.

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