Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

As business tycoon Richard Branson has proclaimed in 2012, “our only option to stop climate change is for industry to make money from it.” Our research involved a detailed cross-case analysis of five major corporations operating in Australia over 10 years, from 2005 to 2015.

Goal 8

Goal Short-term Insurance Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

Social media companies use machine learning to block illicit content such as child pornography. Today, for example, social media companies are expected to uncover and remove terrorist recruitment videos and messages almost instantly. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Insight Center.

Banking 8

Banking Strategic Fit Risk Management Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Using our robust data archive system which captures electronic health record, medical and prescription claims, and other information, we create dashboard displays for use by leadership, operational teams, and clinicians to reveal population-level trends and identify patients and clinicians for targeted interventions.

System 10

System Health Care Review Focus Group 10

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. The Washington Post operated at a 9.2% Advertising Media Strategy' Scripps 6.9% And that''s progress, of a sort.

Advertising 8

Advertising Christensen Media Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Don’t keep relying on the same old social media platforms. SHRM reports that 84% of organizations use social media for recruiting, and 82% of them use it primarily in the hunt for passive candidates. If so many companies are using social media, it must be effective, right? Well, not necessarily. So venture out.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Hammer Media 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2014

Contrast this with 56 percent in 2012.) It was 77 percent in 2012.). This is a 16-point jump over 2012. Both marketing and IT leaders agreed that the top five marketing IT priorities include customer experience, customer analytics, social media, corporate website, and other web application development.

CIO 8

CIO Chief Information Officer Marketing Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2013

There''s been no shortage of media coverage on Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in the past year. Some MOOC critics have argued that the "MOOC revolution" has been characterized by the Gartner Hype Cycle and that 2012, the Year of the MOOC , has given way to a new trough of disillusionment.

Education 10

Education Core Competence Globalization Course 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. In 2012, analysts forecast the company will achieve nearly $1.5

P&L 13

P&L Lewin EBITDA Ries 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Social media certainly connects us to whoever is on the other end of the line, and so extends our social networks in amazing ways. Friedman added that “at their worst, [social media sites] can become addictive substitutes for real action.” But this can come at the expense of deeper personal relationships. It sure does.

Drucker 8

Drucker Information Technology Globalization Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

And the timing is so awkward: In January 2011, a survey showed that Windows was the most-desired operating system among consumers intending to buy a tablet, with 45% of U.S. Just nine months later, that percentage had fallen to 25%, and by August 2012 it was 18%, as Apple’s and Android’s mindshare expanded. A COZY SPOT.

Forrester 8

Forrester Survey Policies System 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

” Social media and digital platforms giving local start-ups global reach increasingly facilitate “born global” start-ups. from 2012 to 2014. But speed and agility matter measurably more for many innovators than proprietary software development and patent filings. Insight Center. Sponsored by Northern Trust.

Globalization 8

Globalization Entrepreneur Innovation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

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.

Advertising 8

Advertising Brand Marketing Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Today, the term increasingly serves as a corporate bogeyman that warns executives of the need to stand up and respond when disruptive developments encroach on their market. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013.

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

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. hours of media and entertainment a day, while 70 percent of the national population spends money on content, both online and off. This expansion isn't just domestic.

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Conference Wireless 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In 2012, Cabot became a certified B Corp. B Corp certification encouraged more “whole-systems thinking” around our social and environmental practices, which led Cabot to develop even more robust customer and consumer programs, cut operating costs, and strengthen our brand reputation as a sustainability-minded company.

Cooper 8

Cooper Benchmarking Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

Some senior leaders simply lean harder on their operating units, increasing their targets and demanding more growth. He instituted a policy of continuous productivity improvement, but also allowed — even encouraged — his operating units to use the savings to fuel future growth. 3: Make your company growth-friendly.

Retail 11

Retail Long-term Short-term Apparel 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. But she also realized that the company needed to develop greater marketing muscle to drive a commercial transformation. Develop—and stick to—a marketing blueprint.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

Companies have long developed and managed their sales people differently from other employees, placing great emphasis on individual performance. From 2002 to 2012, the impact of individuals’ task performance on unit profitability companywide decreased, on average, from 78% to 51%. Culture That Drives Performance. An HBR Insight Center.

Team 10

Team Metrics Compliance Attrition 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2017

We call this ever-moving frontier of AI’s development, the paradox of automation’s last mile : as AI makes progress, it also results in the rapid creation and destruction of temporary labor markets for new types of humans-in-the-loop tasks. A hybrid of humans and AI is remaking retail, marketing, and customer service.

Content 8

Content Trends Media Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. So with Alibaba, we realized we needed to be willing to give up all operating control.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

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

OCTOBER 14, 2014

million customers and an annual revenue of 4 million dollars, social media service Buffer has grown by introducing useful products and exemplary customer service. Buffer builds tools to help businesses manage and analyze their social media activity. billion dollars in sales (a 50% increase over 2012) in the Etsy marketplace alone.

Company 9

Company Business Model Workshop Metrics 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

Although the media has spoken loosely about a company "clawing back" pay, there are, in fact, different ways to hold responsible individuals to financial account. A future compensation action would reduce 2012 variable benefits (bonus or equity awards) in absolute terms (or through a much slower rate of increase).

CIO 8

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

After weeks of media frenzy around the Greek election and the new government’s once-ambitious plans to renegotiate with the Eurozone over its debt crisis , the searchlights of publicity are shifting. And although it has been given a temporary lifeline, little has been resolved. So, clemency on loan terms might make procedural sense.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Policies Crisis Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The proliferation of cheap bandwidth is making it easier than ever to consume media via download instead through the purchase of a physical good. In this month's HBR, Professor Clayton Christensen and I have an article that describes how to develop core business strategy in the face of disruption. It's being attacked from every angle.

Price 9

Price Retail Business Model Christensen 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

What’s important is that your management team is aware of these issues and can use that understanding to develop a solution that fits your business and allows you to deliver the most value to your customers. Instead, they’re taught to focus on their income statement and optimize their operations around preserving profitability.

Business Model 8

Business Model System Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

From the moment I stepped off the bus at the rowing venue, I felt reassured that the London Olympic Games were operating like a well-oiled machine. Particularly in the last 12 years since the Sydney Games, it has put extensive effort into developing a Knowledge Management Program. Contractual commitment.

Committee 13

Committee Knowledge Management Project Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

This new style in soccer was first experimented with by FC Barcelona manager Laureano Ruiz, who called it rondos, and between 1988 and 1996, Johan Cruyff built on it to develop the concept of futball total , or total football. Studies however show that less than 10% of departmental managers develop visions that guide their staff.

Cooper 16

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

And the more growth opportunities stretch beyond a company’s current capabilities, the more the company needs to build systems to manage the unique nature of these opportunities (the kind we describe in more depth in our recent article “ Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days ” and our 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory ).

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

So I reached out to Brandon Webb, an innovative SEAL trainer/educator, and CEO of Force12 Media for real-world perspective on what industry could learn from a special operations sensibility. “Our instructors were teaching better, and our students were learning better,” Webb noted in The Red Circle , his 2012 SEAL memoir.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

This new style in soccer was first experimented with by FC Barcelona manager Laureano Ruiz, who called it rondos, and between 1988 and 1996, Johan Cruyff built on it to develop the concept of futball total , or total football. Studies however show that less than 10% of departmental managers develop visions that guide their staff.

Cooper 8

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

Business development. They take what is said at face value because they have not or don’t care to develop abilities to discern what is hyped by others. Their words overstate, get into the media and are accepted by audiences as fact. ‘Develop the Drive to Accomplish Anything.’ Running the business.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

So why were citizens blocking the roads and protesting in the streets, drawing considerable attention from NGOs and the media and delaying the project? For example, the delays associated with social conflict at large mining operations can run in the vicinity of $20 million per week.

Company 9

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Increased demand for transparency and its close partners, (a) the quest to define and develop useful sustainability metrics and (b) the growing sustainability data explosion. It certainly has become a media darling for clean tech skeptics. Looking Forward to 2012 and beyond: New business models coming. business continuity").

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Women on Business

MARCH 18, 2013

Without understanding CLV or analyzing the ROI of customer acquisition, you’re essentially operating in a marketing vacuum. Positive Social Media Sharing. Social Media. Do your customers with the highest CLV use social media? Many businesses conduct their marketing without calculating CLV.

Efficiency 259

Efficiency PR ROI Loyalty 259

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

However, if you need capital to validate, you are operating in a zone that will be full of very dark hours. I haven’t dug up the 2012 numbers. This is not what the media makes it out to be.”. Using IT services to generate cash and develop customer intimacy, it is entirely possible to build products.

Incubator 8

Incubator Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist How To 8