Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Integrate your digital skills with operations, marketing, and all the other kinds of functional expertise a business requires. The key to this approach is the agile team. In most situations, research shows, agile works better than traditional methods of project management. And it is held strictly accountable for results.

Agility 8

Agility Technology Project Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

There’s no question that legacy IT systems are too slow and rigid for the agility that digital business demands. But they also have changed how they work with each part of the company, allowing them to learn and adapt faster as new opportunities arise and markets change. “The integration layer is critical,” he said.

Technology 8

Technology Organization Content Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

We find that over the last decade, global flows of goods, services, finance, people, and data have contributed at least 10% of world GDP, adding $7.8 For businesses, these open platforms create efficient global markets with a huge base of potential customers and built-in ways to reach them. trillion in 2014 alone.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain GDP Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Campbell, the food company best known for its soups, is investing $125 million in a venture fund to help finance food startups, according to the Wall Street Journal. Startups must be agile and adapt their value proposition several times until they get it right. Other large consumer companies are doing the same. Insight Center.

Company 8

Company Brand Venture Funding Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Longer supply chains also increase inventory levels and carrying costs related to financing and warehousing. Supply-chain speed and agility sharply increase when information is shared across the network. These are just the first-order costs of congestion. The second-order costs are even greater. Improve information flows.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

It''s not about price, or code, or agile development. A good management team will be dedicated to creating product market fit, otherwise the business will flounder. It wasn''t profitable, or scalable, but it was a brilliant way to learn what the business would really need. Patient capital.

Company 9

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

They’re extending their brand into areas like technology, gaming, fashion, and lifestyle content — essentially becoming entertainment platforms. Machine Shop began to offer its grassroots marketing services to other bands, film studios, TV networks, and brands. Photo by Lorenzo Errico. Enter Harvard Business School.

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8