Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2014

Download this eBook for 3 key strategic approaches to building and maintaining lasting supplier relationships. Relate Articles: Complimentary Resource – Why IT Struggles to Innovate, and How IT Management Can Fix It. Complimentary Resource – Summer 2013 Mood Tracker Report: Empowering Employees to Improve Performance.

Supply Chain 50

Supply Chain Resources eBook Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

When you combine artwork created by children with an organic bakery, you get an innovative campaign that generates 30,000 new Facebook likes and a handful of honorable awards. The resulting image can be posted, shared and emailed to friends, and has generated more than 20,000 likes and almost 6,000 coupon downloads to boast product trial.

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Media Workshop Brand Creativity 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

A case study we just published on Samsung’s European innovation team offers some helpful insights. It details how in 2010, Samsung set up a small consumer-focused innovation team in London, headed by Luke Mansfield. Rather, it is to position themselves to create disruptive innovation. When Innovation Is Strategy.

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2013

"Innovation" has become a buzzword in the customer experience field. They also believe that innovation will help them achieve these lofty goals — and they''re investing accordingly. Sixty-nine percent of these respondents report that their companies have dedicated personnel for customer experience innovation.

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Innovation Forrester Business Model Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2016

Some innovative local governments have realized this and are using technology and a customer-focused mind-set to innovate and better serve citizens, whether for setting up a business or renewing a driver’s license. The ones who are really innovating aim bigger. Innovation in Cities. Insight Center.

Technology 8

Technology Audience Call Center Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Even if the United States implemented all the approaches whose effectiveness has been measured, only 40% of the estimated $1 trillion of wasteful spending would be addressed, leaving a significant opportunity for innovation in all areas of health care. Take our survey and download “How Not to Cut Health Care Costs” as a thank you.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Digital media continue to be springboards for global innovation and enterprise. So here are four innovation ideas — themes, really — sure to gain significantly greater mind- and market-share over the coming year. Late Night with Conan O'Brien" invites its viewers to download a 'watchalong' app.

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Innovation Trends Human Capital Venture Funding 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2013

While many of these strategies apply both within and outside the consumer packaged goods industry, there is no secret sauce and all marketers should ask themselves what their unique mobile framework should be in 2013, and beyond. In its first few months, it was downloaded nearly two million times and has generated over $50,000 in revenue.

Strategy 8

Strategy Advertising First-mover Advantage ROI 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

From 1993 to 2013 the cattle herd in the Brazilian Amazon rain forest — covering most of country’s northern region — expanded by nearly 200%, to more than 60 million head. These and other benefits translate into better cost management, agricultural innovation, and increased land productivity and quality.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2015

One of the biggest challenges in health care is how to provide innovative, high technology specialty care while reining in costs at the same time. To date, these innovations have saved an estimated $4 million in annual medical expenses while decisively improving quality. But it needn’t always be. Here’s how we did it.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Proposal Incubator 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Our longtime client Smule, a leading iPhone app company and frequent innovative marketer, came to us with a simple proposition: “We want a video that will do a million views and introduce our product to 13- to 17-year-old girls.” Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Conclusion. Consider leaving a comment!

Marketing 50

Marketing Video Content Advertising 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Album sales are down 14%, single downloads are down 11%, and only the streaming services are up, 28%. Here at Machine Shop , the wholly owned innovation company of the alternative rock band Linkin Park, we identified the need to think differently years ago. Photo by Mark Fiore. How do musicians make money today?

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

CDs) and downloaded songs (e.g., When albums are less popular relative to, say, song downloads, albums might become shorter. Artists like Drake and Beyoncé show that the concept of an album is still relevant, in part because of innovations such as the visual album. As streaming has taken hold, U.S.

Download 8

Download Metrics Quality Industry 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. As a result, the U.S. based, with the rest coming from China.

Price 8

Price How To Policies Report 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

The f ive forces framework for strategy may be valid in one arena, blue ocean or open innovation in another, but each approach to strategy tends to be presented or perceived as a panacea. The firm can innovate to address a tired industry business model or can recognize a megatrend before others see and act on it.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2013

There''s no question that Amazon''s innovation went right for the jugular of any volume- and price-focused retailer selling commodity goods like consumer electronics and household wares. But innovative retailers are responding to this threat by turning "showrooming" to their own advantage. The strategy is a striking success.

Retail 8

Retail Reis Merchandising Download 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

In 2013, three trends gained purchase and this year, they’ll ascend. . Kleiner Perkins analyst Mary Meeker showed in her influential 2013 D11 address that “wearable computing is coming on strong, faster than the typical 10 year cycle” of tech trends. The second trend is the historic growth in “ wearables.

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Trends Kleiner Supply Chain Sports 8