Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

based Hotel Tonight , a last-minute online-booking service founded in 2010. First, she had to persuade many hotels in Spain to sign up for the service, often by conducting individual sales calls. Let’s consider first the example of Blink Booking , which Rebeca Minguela started in 2011 after graduating from HBS.

Business Model 8

Business Model Hotels Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. You will ask yourself, as I did back in December 2013, should I accept this job?

Politics 11

Politics Chief Information Officer Tourism Environment 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

At one of the company’s sustainability ”milestone meetings” in 2013, one senior exec said the initiatives would “help us keep our stores up and running no matter how bad the weather is or who else might be down.” The list included multiple questions about whether the hotel chain purchased or used renewable energy.

CEO 8

CEO ROI Environment Hedge 8

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

For example, we’ve been writing a lot about things like the hotel industry, the taxicab and limousine industry. Everybody was expanding and growing and you had this really crazy stuff going on, people who didn’t know how to operate in a competitive market. The managers just don’t have the tool set often to operate.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013. And alongside the country’s bad debt (some estimates say it is $40 billion ), sanctions were commonly evaded through money laundering , which discouraged foreign banks from operating locally.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Health spas, stone fireplaces, and five-star restaurant chefs are amenities typically associated with luxury hotel brands such as The Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons. In 2013, about 96% of eligible heart attack Medicare patients received this basic medication, which means 5,761 patients admitted for heart attack did not.

Survey 8

Survey Health Care Process Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2014

For proof , look no further than Airbnb which, at $10 billion, can boast a higher valuation than the Hyatt hotel chain. 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. billion and Avis at $5.2

Business Model 9

Business Model Hotels Venture Capitalist Transportation 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

” In order to chart the best way forward, you must understand emerging trends: what they are, what they aren’t, and how they operate. In 2013, technical glitches caused a three-hour stop at the Nasdaq. This might include banks, advocacy groups, travel agencies, hotel companies and more. Quantum computing.

Trends 8

Trends Film Technology Software 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

An additional 28 percent, or 32,044 workers, had been employed in hotels and motels. airline industry reported an operating loss of more than $10 billion in 2001 and a net loss of almost $8 billion, according to Air Carrier Financial Statistics Quarterly, a compilation of airline financial reports issued by the U.S.

Crisis 60

Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 60

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

India has been increasing its spending on infrastructure such as airports, new cities, hotels, ports, roads, bridges, hospitals, and power plants. India has added new customers at the fastest rate for Amazon in its history of operations across the world, including the U.S. India has seen growth in infrastructure spending.

Globalization 8

Globalization CAGR Class Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Following the company’s go-private transaction in October 2013 , Dell put in place new models for strategy development, resource allocation, and performance management. Webvan was forced to cease operations by 2001. Take Dell Technologies, for example. Think of strategy as a portfolio of options, not bonds.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Contingency Plans Company 8