Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

The beer maker started as South Africa’s national champion, snapped up global brands such as Pilsner Urquell, Miller Lite, and Peroni, and ended up on the London Stock Exchange’s FTSE 100 list before being acquired by rival Anheuser-Busch InBev for $103 billion in late 2016. Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga, and Georges Desvaux.

Brand 8

Brand Case Study Globalization Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

billion in 2015. In 2015 alone the country attracted $9 billion in venture capital and was home to four “unicorns” — privately held ventures valued in excess of a billion dollars. Forrester Research reports that online spending in India will grow to nearly $75 billion by 2020, from $12.1

Price 8

Price Globalization Forrester Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

When innovations threaten to disrupt an industry by replacing an old business model with a new one, incumbents need to invest in that model in order to survive. electric utility sector, in which the existing model for energy generation, which has prevailed for a century, may now be giving way to a new one.

Company 8

Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

HelloFresh has also had impressive growth rates, with revenues reaching about $300 million in 2015, a huge increase from its $3 million in 2012. They attempted nearly 34 projects that failed before developing an iPhone app called Picaboo, which was subsequently rebranded as Snapchat. A third example is Airbnb, now valued at $25.5

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

To them, the unit of differentiation is an individual product, service or brand. The heart of differentiation therefore is your company’s ability to develop and promote distinctive products, services, and branded experiences on a consistent basis. But in 2015, CostCo shifted its affiliation to Citigroup’s Visa.

IAM 10

IAM Productivity Products Company 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

The economic gains for developing countries have been extraordinary. Multinational banks are in retreat, and even digital businesses such as Uber and Airbnb have found their business models undermined in several countries by regulations introduced to protect the domestic suppliers they compete with.

Politics 8

Politics Globalization Business Model Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In industries being disrupted by new entrants with distinct business models, incumbents often have an important advantage: entrenched regulatory and legal barriers. In early 2015 the government announced its intention to auction 450 beer licenses to grocery stores, citing Ontarian’s demands as the motivating factor.

Licensing 9

Licensing Proposal Retail Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

The prevalent model of startup cooperation in recent years has been corporate venture capital and accelerators (CVC&A). From 2012 to 2015, the number of global corporate venture capital deals almost doubled, and their investments quadrupled, to $29.1 A New Name and a Unique Brand Identity.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2016

In 2015, 2/3 of U.S. Before our honeymoon, my husband and I stocked up on swimsuits and summer basics on Amazon Marketplace, shopping from several brands and categories all in one shopping cart, using our Amazon Prime benefits. Finally, for high-end brands, Amazon’s site does not offer luxury customers a distinctive experience.

Loyalty 9

Loyalty Price Retail Brand 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

If you are not familiar with the term, the Internet of Things refers to a dramatic development in the internet''s function: the fact that, even more than among people, it now enables communication among physical objects. For managers, this development creates challenges both long term and urgent.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Business Model Software Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

Though the new law was intended to unify and simplify European data practices, moreover, the minimum cost of compliance for anyone doing business with any EU resident is estimated by one survey at $1 million just for changes to IT systems , not to mention the costs of a newly designated data protection officer.

Advertising 10

Advertising Cost Business Model Information 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance. However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. But technical background isn’t an absolute requirement.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Traditional business models aim to create value for shareholders, often at the expense of other stakeholders. Sustainable businesses are redefining the corporate ecosystem by designing models that create value for all stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, supply chains, civil society, and the planet.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

In this adaptation from the new book, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy (HBR Press, 2015), BCG strategy experts make sense of the all the different, and competing, approaches to strategy: Which strategy is right for your business? Visionary firms win by being the first to introduce a revolutionary new product or business model.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

This finding confirms what bankers fear: digitization upends business models, enabling greater competition that puts pressure on incumbents. As JPMorgan Chase’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, warned in a June 2015 letter to the bank’s shareholders, “Silicon Valley is coming.” Sometimes David can triumph over Goliath.

Banking 10

Banking Stage-Gate Credit Scoring Competitive Advantage 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

It’s not that the media sets out to be sensationalist; its business model leads it in that direction. Two developments bear noting. JC Penney spent no money on television advertising during the 2015 Super Bowl, yet its “mittens” campaign was one of the most watched. That is some group of people.

Media 10

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Uber argues that its business model is premised on licensing software that acts as an intermediary between passengers and drivers.). Uber’s neutral branding as an intermediary between supply (drivers) and demand (passengers) belies the important employment structures and hierarchies that emerge through its software platform.

Management 8

Management Price Disaggregation System 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. So find them, ask questions, and let them help you.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

For any strategy to be successful and sustainable, an organization must develop an offering that attracts buyers; it must create a business model that enables the company to make money out of its offering; and it must motivate the people working for or with the company to execute the strategy.

Blue Ocean Strategy 8

Blue Ocean Strategy Strategy Execution Supply Chain 8