Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

The fall of the Berlin Wall, in 1989, ushered in a new era of globalization. The economic gains for developing countries have been extraordinary. Political sentiment has turned against globalization and the political and economic policies that promoted it. But this ascendancy is under threat. of GDP in 2007 to 3.3%

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Politics Globalization Business Model Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

Winning over Indian consumers seems to officially have become one of the global tech industry’s Next Big Things. 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.

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Price Globalization Forrester Marketing 8

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.

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Brand Case Study Globalization Marketing 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

JANUARY 2, 2017

Given the pace at which digital innovation is disrupting industries globally, it’s not surprising that most CEOs feel pressure to find and deploy the right technology as fast as their budgets will allow. Consider how General Electric arrived at the decision to develop and launch its Predix cloud-based industrial operation system.

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CEO Agility Technology Industry 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2016

Pharmaceutical companies traditionally invest heavily in research and development. billion, as estimated by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development in 2014. According to EvaluatePharma’s 2015 Orphan Drug Report , this market makes up 20.2% of total global prescription drug sales and is growing by 11.7%

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Price Pharmaceuticals Company Health Care 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

PepsiCo developed an entire line of snack foods, Kurkure, just for India, while Whirlpool designed its washing machines to attract Indian buyers who preferred hand washing. In this mix, an American company must develop a unique, India-specific strategy and product road map. Local autonomy makes important decisions possible.

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CEO Long-term Short-term Mass Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Both then and in 1686, when Lloyd’s was born in a London coffee house, the global insurance industry was a business of utmost good faith , as it remains today. As with all such innovations, a global standards war is under way. Rather, they can become early adopters of the technology.

Insurance 10

Insurance Industry Market Penetration Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 7th Global Drucker Forum. At a more macro level, the possibilities opened up by connected, more efficient production and new business models are also highly promising. trillion euros.

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Maturity Drucker Osborne Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

The EU’s human rights-centered views have been influencing global standards and privacy practices in the Middle East for decades, and businesses have adapted to more restrictive markets, like China and North Korea , and thrived. And Europe’s concerns are global concerns. and pressing for more robust enforcement on U.S.

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Innovation Safe Harbor Compliance Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2016

Eight years on, the world is tentatively emerging from a financial crisis that almost broke the global economy. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 8th Global Drucker Forum. Fast forward to today, and the picture is not so happy. Financial capital is in the driving seat.

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Drucker Long-term Short-term Christensen 8

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.

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Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

The World Health Organization describes stress as the “ global health epidemic of the 21st century.” While working as a director of learning and organization development at Google, eBay and J.P. Our current work culture is a direct reflection of the increasing complexity and demands faced by businesses globally.

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Stress Agility Globalization Energy 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

As business strategists, we see endless amounts of writing about how to achieve differentiation. But we are also regularly reminded of the lack of true differentiation in most mainstream global companies — and of the opportunities they are thus squandering. But in 2015, CostCo shifted its affiliation to Citigroup’s Visa.

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IAM Productivity Products Company 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 7th Global Drucker Forum. There are signs that this is very much today’s state of management, as managers face the digitization of business.

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Management Drucker Survey Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Organizations, whether businesses or nonprofits, almost universally pursue growth. In fact, 94% of the senior executives who responded to a recent global survey conducted by our firm, Strategy&, said that growth was a priority for their companies. Thirty percent said that growth was more important than anything else.

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Company Engineering Apparel Survey 8

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. So will some six billion devices.

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

JULY 12, 2017

We introduced the Digital Evolution Index in HBR in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. Today’s Digital Landscape.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

The Internet of Things is emerging as the third wave in the development of the internet. Samsung said at its 2014 investors forum it expects the global Smart Home Device market to reach $15 billion in 2015, almost doubling from 2013’s $7.8 We believe this segment could generate meaningful revenue in the near term.

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Early Adopters Information Technology Long-term Industry 10

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.

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Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

This new normal is the result of the oil business being disrupted. In the past, it was assumed that conventional oil reserves would be developed by national oil companies and major oil and gas companies to supply virtually all of the world’s oil demand. That has enabled the U.S. In January this year, the U.S.

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Price Energy Airlines Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Imagine the global potential if these local pockets of excellence could be harnessed for the benefit of whole populations. A collaboration of the editors of Harvard Business Review and NEJM Group, exploring how pioneering providers are making change happen. Insight Center. Leading Change in Health Care. Sponsored by Optum.

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Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

The company’s cultural dysfunction, it seems to me, stems from the very nature of the company’s competitive advantage: Uber’s business model is predicated on lawbreaking. The same, I’d suggest, is true about illegal business models. Uber’s Fundamental Illegality. A Race to the Bottom.

Licensing 8

Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8

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. The three other CEO success stories, however, more clearly did not involve breakthrough innovation.

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CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

A 2011 McKinsey study estimated that the internet accounted for 21% of GDP growth over the previous five years among the developed countries studied, a sharp increase over the 10% contribution over the 15 years prior. Of late, it is China, not Silicon Valley, taking the lead in developing mobile technologies.

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Politics McKinsey Katz Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

has taken in the fight against global climate change: The S&P 500 and Dow Jones stock indexes rose to record highs. Americans — and American companies — have also connected the dots between clean energy and economic growth, with 87% last year saying that developing clean energy should be a priority for the President and Congress.

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Power Planning Proposal Energy 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

DECEMBER 19, 2014

The subtitle of this year’s summary could be “reports, reports, reports,” with important and fascinating (no, really) studies from economists, government agencies, scientific bodies, and business coalitions — all making a compelling case for action on climate change. It’s hard out there if you’re a utility.

Chemicals 11

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

Tumbling transaction costs are altering the economics of organizations and, at a stroke, invalidating old business models. The digital revolution — the “mother of all technology developments”— marks a fork in the road. The theme: Claiming Our Humanity — Managing in the Digital Age.

Management 8

Management Drucker EPS Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The Global Digital Economy. The new game is to think about the business model and strategy for not just the company but the entire ecosystem. For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. On both counts. Insight Center.

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Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2016

In 2015, 2/3 of U.S. For every 100 ms of improvement, they grew incremental revenue by up to 1% (Source: Global Dots ). adults shopped online at least monthly, with 1/3 of adults shopping online every week, up from 24% in 2014 (Mintel). Now more than ever, customers expect free shipping and free returns.

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Loyalty Price Retail Brand 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

million drivers are active on the platform globally. Uber argues that its business model is premised on licensing software that acts as an intermediary between passengers and drivers.). The second is a new lawsuit, Meyer v. On forums, various drivers advised others, “Don’t chase the surge.”

Management 8

Management Price Disaggregation System 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

In a recent analysis of a massive, expensive innovation failure, Kim van Oorschot of BI Norwegian Business School, Henk Akkermans of the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands, and Kishore Sengupta and Luk N. The customer needs the project completed by mid-2015. Why Large Companies Struggle With Business Model Innovation.

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