Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2015

Businesses like Facebook are filling an internet access gap in emerging markets that others, including the public sector, may simply never be able to address. Despite having 200 million internet users at the end of 2014, India is not even among the top 10 e-commerce markets in the world, according to a recent eMarketer report.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Marketing Wireless McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

As a member of a start-up advisory program, I regularly hear pitches from aspiring technology entrepreneurs. billion IPO valuation in 2013) can be attributed to its continued focus on that target. When a unique brand personality manifests itself in a unique customer experience, it enables a brand to rise above competitive comparison.

Brand 10

Brand IPO Marketing Strategy Airlines 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2013

Mobile technology presents all marketers with a tantalizing proposition. The chance to tap into this ever-present and intimate consumer channel at such tremendous scale seems like a no-brainer for marketers. But marketing spend on mobile pales in comparison to time spent there by consumers. At my company, Mondel?z

Strategy 8

Strategy Advertising First-mover Advantage ROI 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2013

October 2013) The Dark Side of Generic Drugs Dirty Medicine Fortune Generic drugs can be inexpensive and effective alternatives to their branded counterparts. In it, he traces the intersection of science and marketing that''s made junk food so delicious, so profitable, and so very bad for you. And we all know what happened next.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Long-term Short-term CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. Those who manage money for higher education, I propose, need to get much more interested in the market they are in.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Since 2013, an estimated 16.4 Marketplaces allow people to do apples-to-apples comparisons of health insurance products and prices through an online portal. California’s model is perhaps the most influential: It has affected prices and choice in the market by standardizing plans and aggressively negotiating insurance rates.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

There was a heartening rally between 1996 and 2004, when growth returned to its 1950s/1960s levels of 3% — a performance almost universally attributed to the efficiency gains from information technology. decline on the back of a flat 2013 and +0.7% markets was to systematically reduce prevailing price levels.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Price Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The new health insurance market places—the exchanges set up under Obamacare—have become the hot health policy topic. Liberals believe that market pressures, by themselves, will be too weak to prevent hospitals, doctors, and other providers from sustaining what economists call ‘rent seeking’ activities. Will they work or won’t they?

Insurance 9

Insurance Goal Health Care Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2014

In their best-selling 2013 book Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think , authors Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier selected Google Flu Trends (GFT) as the lede of chapter one. Lacking C ontrols: controls are typically unavailable, making valid comparisons and analysis more difficult.

Trends 8

Trends Short-term Analysis Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2013

In a recent Forrester survey of 100 customer experience professionals, nearly half of respondents said that their executive team''s strategy for customer experience is market differentiation. Other companies pray that technology can save them. But technology for technology''s sake can end in disaster.

Innovation 8

Innovation Forrester Business Model Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2015

Marketing manager Grier was just plain tired of colleagues playing the expert in her domain. I’d love to say it’s simple to get started, but if you use the version of Outlook that I use — Outlook 2013 — you’ll need to navigate a rabbit’s warren of clicks and commands. It’s worth it.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Comparison Document Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2018

” This definition is echoed by a 2013 national survey of 20,000 conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. They work 60-plus hour work weeks, are in near-constant communication with parents, and must collect copious amounts of student data, among many other administrative and technological tasks.

Education 8

Education Survey Stress Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

While India remains a formidably challenging market, there are at least three reasons why global firms cannot overlook India without consequences. Similarly, when Renault entered India and introduced Kwid in 2015, Maruti and Hyundai had almost 70% of India’s large and fast-growing sub-compact car market.

Globalization 8

Globalization CAGR Class Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2015

After two decades of failed efforts to spur innovation and competition in Europe’s lagging communications sector, the European Commission has promised “an ambitious overhaul” next year as part of its far-reaching Digital Single Market initiative. At least for voice services, the U.S. As a result, the U.S.

Price 8

Price How To Policies Report 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Too many companies still follow a “Plan-then-Do” approach to strategy: The organization works tirelessly to create its best forecasts about the future market and competitive landscape. Take Dell Technologies, for example. Caesars Entertainment has built test-and-learn into its marketing investments.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Contingency Plans Company 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

Here is a brief synopsis of what we missed: Under Chinese stewardship, a new and potentially disruptive player in the development banking landscape, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which was initially proposed in 2013 by President Xi Jingping, gathered steam. technology and communications companies. Undermining U.S.

Banking 8

Banking Development Policies Globalization 8