Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2014

If you read the business press, you could easily assume that proficiency in social media or online data analytics now determine business success. The Impact of the Internet on Reading Behaviour,” a paper reporting the results of research at the 27 th Bled e-Conference). This is a caricature, but not by much. According to U.S.

Media 11

Media ROI McKinsey Survey 11

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Instead of a monolithic one-way interaction, business is now being conducted through constant and meaningful two-way conversations between organizations and constituents – at every stage of organizational development. billion on these social sites by 2012. And it’s a good thing, too. Examples of Social Nations are everywhere.

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Buyers increasingly expect to check with their peers before they'll purchase from a company — using social media, peer communities, old fashioned live events and conferences, personal and professional networks, and other connective tools. Social media understands this and facilitates it. Traditional media also gets this.

Reference 15

Reference Tips Media Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Recently, I had the privilege of moderating a conference of global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Mumbai — an event called Founders Forum India. Further, we'll see a roll-out of 4G wireless services across the country in 2012. Fueling this explosion is a fact of national culture: Indians love media.

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Conference Wireless 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Buyers increasingly expect to check with their peers before they'll purchase from a company — using social media, peer communities, old fashioned live events and conferences, personal and professional networks, and other connective tools. Social media understands this and facilitates it. Traditional media also gets this.

Reference 13

Reference Tips Media Case Study 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

It’s Friday morning just before 10 AM, and I’m packed in a queuing area with over a thousand fans, all eagerly awaiting the rope drop, and the start of day one of the conference. One of the most recent developments is 4K, or Ultra High Definition. To my right is Batman. Consider the implications just for remote workers.

Technology 8

Technology Video Conference Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

Way back in the first decade of the new millennium, when Craigslist seemed like the biggest threat facing newspapers, founder Craig Newmark paid visits to lots of media companies and media conferences. Advertising Media Strategy' Yes, his site was definitely taking classified advertising away from papers, he would say.

Advertising 8

Advertising Christensen Media Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

It demands specific skills and you need to develop these skills to win the game.". Now in 2012, almost ten years later, I have started a new job in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. My job-search strategy was vastly different this time around not only because of the rise of social media, but also because of our current economic climate.

Enterprise Architecture 11

Enterprise Architecture Information Technology Skills Industry 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

In 2012, one of us — Gregor Gimmy, a California-based serial entrepreneur and former IDEO consultant — accepted a new role at BMW’s corporate R&D headquarters. From 2012 to 2015, the number of global corporate venture capital deals almost doubled, and their investments quadrupled, to $29.1

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

The AGI team focused Johnson-Sirleaf’s Cabinet on developing a 150-day plan. It’s one thing to drone on in press conferences about your general commitment to building infrastructure. And even more importantly, Liberian leaders developed a capacity for achievement that continues to inspire.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy GDP Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

In 2012, even in the midst of an anemic global economy and budget tightening at firms, the amount spent on these events worldwide was an estimated $565 billion. The Dreamforce 2014 homepage had a calculator that provided users with the projected ROI that their respective companies would gain from their presence at the conference.

CRM 8

CRM ROI Budgeting Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

We have developed a framework to help boards make decisions concerning corporate political spending — decisions that are informed; consistent with company strategies, policies, and values; and that mitigate risks as much as possible. million in the 2006 off-year cycle to more than $300 million in the 2012 presidential cycle.

Politics 8

Politics Committee CPA Policies 8