Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Small businesses are also instrumental to our innovation economy; small firms produce 13 times more patents per employee than larger firms and employ more than 40% of high technology workers in America. The majority of small businesses rely on such loans, and in the fall of 2013 alone, 37% of small businesses applied for credit.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2014

ADVISOR – I launched the Gitomer Certified Advisor program in the fall of 2013. They’re independent businesspeople who are now marketing their sales and personal development services using my intellectual property, both online and in the classroom. I want to write, speak, travel, learn, read, and have meaningful family time.

Succession 50

Succession Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage Content 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

When Raja Rajamannar became CMO of MasterCard Worldwide in 2013, he moved quickly to transform how the credit card giant measures marketing. Roger Adams, CMO says: “As USAA developed into a data-driven organization, we were able to accurately predict the impact of different marketing investment decisions.

Finance 13

Finance Marketing P&L ROI 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Our annual Prosperity Index –- the 2013 edition of which we released yesterday –- measures national prosperity based on eight core pillars that combine “hard” data with survey data. This is driven by big technological advancements, as more and more people gain access to infrastructure vital for commerce and entrepreneurship to thrive.

Globalization 15

Globalization GDP Hammer Maslow 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

democratized communication technologies like Skype) and more physical touch points (e.g. more global travel and larger immigrant communities). Clearly one reason is remittances: according to the World Bank, over $400 billion was sent back to developing countries in 2012. That’s due both due to increasing information flows (e.g.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Metrics Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2015

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is the most visible organization tasked with shepherding that inclusive innovative growth. The AfDB has the strongest credit rating of any organization in Africa and in 2008, it surpassed the World Bank in lending to Africa , a signal of Africa’s growing agency in its own development.

Banking 8

Banking Globalization Credit Rating Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

To understand more about these types of changes around the world, we developed an “index” to identify how a group of countries stack up against each other in terms of readiness for a digital economy. Stand Out countries have shown high levels of digital development in the past and continue to remain on an upward trajectory.

Constraint 8

Constraint Marketing Innovation Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

They have given their social media staff a clear mission and a great deal of autonomy; the account’s managers chat with customers, offer up front to solve problems, and empathize with frustrated travelers. The energy, finance, and technology sectors tend to tweet using a male-biased tone of voice.

Company 8

Company Airlines Brand Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

More than once you’ve probably looked at some new digital or technological development and asked yourself, “How did we miss that?” In 2013, technical glitches caused a three-hour stop at the Nasdaq. But a lot of times, glitches have to do with newer technologies, which we are learning break in unexpected ways.

Trends 8

Trends Film Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Originally, business consisted of neighbors exchanging the products of their labors, dedicated craftsmen travelling from town to town, and localized general stores. But CIOs also need to not get caught up in the technology trap. Changing technology alone will not cause the changes discussed here; changing management will.

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2014

The global sharing economy market was valued at $26 billion in 2013 and some predict it will grow to become a $110 billion revenue market in the coming years, making it larger than the U.S. Berkeley, that found that, “car sharers report reducing their vehicle miles travelled by 44% (addressing travel congestion).

Business Model 9

Business Model Hotels Venture Capitalist Transportation 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

He charged developers for toolkits – inhibiting the very software producers he should have wanted on Apple’s platform. Apple has since figured out this balance, of course, by opening the iOS platforms to app developers. Failure to engage developers. The Platform Economy. Sponsored by Accenture.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

For short trips around a development, they are actually more desirable than cars; they don’t create tailpipe or noise pollution; they’re slow, increasing pedestrian safety; and they’re cheap to buy and charge. We’re witnessing a similar pattern develop in low-speed EVs and EUVs. Over time, steam ships improved.

Marketing 8

Marketing Transportation Licensing Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

and transplanting it somewhere else, particularly in a developing country. Absent regulatory barriers, Google can so easily extend its search technology to new regions and countries that would-be rivals struggle to find an untapped location. As a broader observation of this point, consider Rocket Internet.

Business Model 8

Business Model Hotels Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

But I''ve just finished work on a new book with Paul Nunes on the new age of disruptive innovation (based on our March 2013 HBR article, " Big Bang Disruption "). I haven''t actually seen Prof. Coase since I moved from Chicago ten years ago. Coase had observed first-hand the efficiencies to be gained by internalizing market transactions.

Cost 8

Cost Open-book Disruptive Innovation Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

So when I asked Mark Krolick—managing director of marketing and product development at United Airlines—about the hypothesis that having more superconsumers as leaders or employees enhances business performance, he smiled. “The romance of travel is near and dear to everyone’s heart. .” Building Empathy.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

See PageFair’s 2013 and 2014 reports). Now they can selectively choose what they allow websites to put in their browsers, which are people’s main vehicles for traveling online. In August, Apple disclosed developer support for “Content Blocking” on its new mobile operating system, IOS 9. As did use.

Advertising 8

Advertising CRM Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Over the past few decades, not only has NASA delivered crucial technologies for society, such as water filtration systems, satellite-based search-and-rescue, and UV coating on eyeglasses, it has also evolved its dominant logic and business model. Meanwhile, the organization’s mission aspirations grew bolder.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Technology Innovation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Determined to feature a global perspective, the authors include narratives of executives within India-based IT company HCL Technologies, the German division of online auctioneer eBay, and the marketing division of automaker Volkswagen in Europe. Developing the Global Leader. Willing to Take Chances. “He let them play it out.

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Determined to feature a global perspective, the authors include narratives of executives within India-based IT company HCL Technologies, the German division of online auctioneer eBay, and the marketing division of automaker Volkswagen in Europe. Developing the Global Leader. Willing to Take Chances. “He let them play it out.

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The first concerns the challenge of creating the meaningful use program for the HITECH Act when I served as national coordinator of health information technology from 2009 to 2011, at the beginning of the Obama administration. Two personal stories illustrate these points. They had incentives to do so, but they could easily refuse.

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Two developments bear noting. When the pseudonymous Robert Galbraith published A Cuckoo’s Calling in 2013, the novel sold about 1,500 copies in the first month. The first is competition among media, which has increased as digital technologies have led to a vast number of new media outlets, each catering to more-niche tastes.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Traveling and living abroad seems to broaden individuals’ perspectives while also improving creativity. A 2013 Pew Research survey found that business executives ranked ninth out of 10 professions in terms of social contribution, only placing ahead of lawyers. Perhaps U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8