Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

These have forced AirBnB, Tesla, and Uber to make costly concessions to their operating practices or to exit certain markets altogether. The petition was seen as instrumental in getting the city council to adopt new regulations which permitted Uber to operate legally. Partner organizations.

Licensing 9

Licensing Proposal Retail Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Data contributes not only to brand equity, but to what constitutes product and service delivery in globally connected and hyper-competitive markets. Using the same formula, Apple’s intangible assets in 2014 were $280 billion — or almost twice the value of its 2015 calculation.

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Intellectual Capital Corporate Accountability Activity Based Costing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The past year has been difficult for many markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). While SSA was predicted to grow above 5% year-over-year in 2015 at the beginning of the year, actual GDP growth is more likely to come in at around 3–4% year-over-year. Growth in 2016 is unlikely to be much higher.

GDP 8

GDP Politics Marketing Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2018

Finally, in 2016, it took a new tack. They had to work in sequence, meaning they had to streamline the operation first — before they could launch their new growth effort. The underlying trouble had been McDonald’s working from an inside-out perspective: what fit with its current infrastructure and operations.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Decentralization Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

By 2017 it was operating in over 190 countries, and today close to 73 million of its some 130 million subscribers are outside the U.S. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. It also must face a diverse set of national regulatory restrictions, such as those that limit what content can be made available in local markets.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

It operates in over 190 countries, and close to 73 million of its some 130 million subscribers are outside the U.S. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. It also must face a diverse set of national regulatory restrictions, such as those that limit what content can be made available in local markets.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Most businesses wouldn’t survive without driving demand for their products or services, either through marketing and advertising or through involving users so deeply in the design of the product that word of mouth spurs adoption. adults were at risk of developing type 2 diabetes in 2015. The same is true for social innovators.

Innovation 9

Innovation Rogers NGO Participative 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

With a $25,000 personal investment and a small office in her home, she began aggregating sales leads and aggressively acquiring customers through very traditional marketing means — like yellow page advertisements. Data-Driven Marketing. It was 2001, and online advertising was at its nascent stage. The situation was untenable.

Retail 8

Retail Audience Budgeting Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2016

percent between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016. percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016. percent of retail sales shifted from offline to online between the beginning of 2015 and 2016. Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble. Looking only at that 15.2

Retail 8

Retail Real Estate B2B CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

She distilled the notes about her many accomplishments into an overview of the 10 years in her current role: Keep University’s School of Design (eight graduate programs) running flawlessly for Director, other staff, faculty, and students — during routine operations and emergencies. into multiple global markets.

COO 13

COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Fundamentally, though, digital transformation is the result of enterprises seeking to adapt to the storm of new technology affecting markets and customers. Digital transformation forces wholesale change to the foundations of an enterprise — from its operating model to its infrastructure, what it sells, and to whom and how.

Technology 8

Technology Industry GDP Content 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

Yet by April 2016 Adobe’s stock price had nearly tripled from its value four years earlier. Due to the fast growth of the SaaS market and the high valuations of SaaS startups, a move toward SaaS seems very compelling for traditional software vendors. On April 23, 2012, Adobe Inc.

Business Model 8

Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

On March 25 mighty Uber bowed out of Southeast Asia by selling its operation in several countries to local rival Grab. Uber’s setback in the international market, however, wasn’t its first. In 2016 the company sold its China operation to Didi Chuxing because of the fierce competitiveness of the local player.

Transportation 10

Transportation Health Care Venture Capitalist Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

Home Run Media, a media agency that helped its clients plan and carry out their marketing strategies, had been operating for more than a decade when a key client in the fantasy sports industry began to grow rapidly, thanks in part to Home Run’s work and to a healthy dose of venture capital that was fueling its growth.

Media 8

Media Hammer Software Company 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

But peruse some of the recent headlines about Iran , and you might wonder whether the market’s potential was overstated. However, despite a weakened economy, political tensions, market uncertainty, and the lingering effects of sanctions, Iran remains an important opportunity for multinationals in emerging markets.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. Four years ago, an Oxford University study predicted 47% of jobs could be automated by 2033.

Company 12

Company Survey Finance Engineering 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

By the time of the Paris climate meeting in 2015, which resulted in the more robust global agreement now supported by every country in the world except the United States, it was clear that we needed to consider a more ambitious target, 1.5°C Set science-based carbon reduction targets for operations. °C (3.8°F)

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Generate high-quality imaging, laboratory, and operational data. billion people worldwide will use mobile health apps, according to a Deloitte report, 2016 Global Health Care Outlook: Battling Costs While Improving Care. Consumer demand in all markets, aided by technology, will drive disruption in the health care industry.

Health Care 8

Health Care Content Power GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Consider that the basis for the health care market’s inertia — the resistance of the incumbents to changing the volume and direction of the money flowing in the current system — is counted in trillions of dollars. These shifts are finally creating the market demand — the business case — for solutions to emerge.

Health Care 8

Health Care Analysis Constraint Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

Organizations can now engage with customers and employees like never before, and the virtual environment holds the potential to drive operational efficiencies, save time and money, and open the exploration of new commercial avenues. November 2016). This age is ripe with opportunity. In the industrial age, value came from machines.

Organization 8

Organization SPM Content Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

So, in August 2015 we secured board approval to create an innovation committee of 14 top executives and a full-time innovation strategy team of five people, to orchestrate the portfolio of specific initiatives that would create a new way of innovating throughout the company. Building an agile network. More than 600 were selected.

Innovation 11

Innovation Company Agility Workshop 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For most of 2015, I was the director of Rhode Island’s SBM, known as HealthSource RI, which more than 32,000 Rhode Islanders use to purchase health insurance. 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

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Last year during Climate Week, my company took the opportunity to publicly announce a commitment to increase the energy efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of our operations and product portfolio. In Year One, we have avoided 1.5 It starts with leadership support. We will convene third parties and industry players.

Energy 8

Energy Commitment Globalization Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2016

In medicine we’ve long operated under the mantra “doctor knows best.” In fiscal year 2015, UUHC supported 10 physician-driven initiatives to improve customer service and care. And in 2015, we were judged the safest university hospital in the country. Payments to physicians rose 42% from 2011 to 2015.

Review 8

Review Health Care Quality Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

So far, 2015 has produced 30 unicorns. It employs over a million workers and is expected to hit $25 billion in revenues in 2016. For example, American services marketplace Thumbtack leverages close to 1,000 home-based contractors in the Philippines to help with business operations. They’re tech companies from the U.S.,

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Technology B2B GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2016

Instead of getting into a price war or squabbling over a shrinking market, both disruptors and incumbents find new ways to create value. This benefits customers – both the high-end customers being chased by incumbents, and the low-end or middle-market consumers being served by disruptors — and the industry at large.

Airlines 10

Airlines Travel Industry Disruptive Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Too many companies try to expand wherever rapid revenue opportunities lead them, diversifying into new products, entering new markets, expanding through mergers and acquisitions, or investing in organic growth (which often means stealing market share by releasing products or services similar to those of your competitors).

Company 8

Company Engineering Apparel Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

In 2015, CareMore embarked on a journey to transform care delivery in Medicaid with the aim of leveraging its 20-year history in providing comprehensive care for seniors under Medicare. We described our early progress in this 2015 HBR article. Our primary care clinicians operate in multidisciplinary teams.

Health Care 8

Health Care Metrics Cost Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Since 2015, our data shows that rate snowballing again, nearly quadrupling to an average of 1000 deals annually. Second, companies are attempting to pick up talent they suspect they cannot recruit directly – often as a catalyst to a broader digital transformation, or as a challenge to their existing IT operations.

Company 8

Company Business Model Price Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

If I asked you to picture the consumer luxury market, you might imagine jewels, sports cars, watches, premium drinks, high-end shoes and apparel, and so on. But according to a new report, 2016 Predictions for the Luxury Industry: Sustainability and Innovation , that sustainability gap is closing fast. Slavery is still a problem.

Brand 8

Brand Supply Chain Apparel Tourism 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Foreign investors have flocked to the country’s shores as many of the world’s largest manufacturers have established operations there. Moreover, the population is aging and the size of the labor force is set to plateau in 2016 (See “China’s Labor Market” chart below).

GDP 12

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Five main factors make our clinical partnerships work: Joint operating committees that meet regularly. Take Silver Cross’s joint operating committee with RIC, which convenes on a quarterly basis to review Balanced Scorecard metrics on quality of care, patient experience, volume, and efficiency. Willingness to compromise.

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Balanced Scorecard Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. They are not employees; they are contingent workers who are nonetheless vital to an organization’s R&D, marketing, and other key processes.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

In addition, highly successful companies — those who are leaders in their market and have surpassed revenue expectations — are the most likely to adopt this compensation policy. The survey reveals 81% of top performing companies (compared to 74% of average companies) used some form of pay-for-performance practices in 2015.

Metrics 8

Metrics Price Policies Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

A 2010 McKinsey study finds that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41 percent in terms of return on equity and by 56 percent in terms of operating results. But should the U.S. What are your thoughts?

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Resistance Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This frugal solution is built around affordable and easy-to-use medical devices that can be operated by nurses in rural clinics. Meanwhile, even middle-class Americans are being priced out of the housing market in states like California, where average low-tier property prices went up by 10% in 2015.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

While this “lab-bench to bedside” approach has improved healthcare globally, it can take years, even decades, for an innovation to get to market, often with limited input from patients themselves. In 2016, another event focused on the opioid-use crisis in Massachusetts and resulted in 18 innovation proposals. Challenges.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10