Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2014

And they’d all seen radial tires take over the European market. Almost none of their patents would be useful (the tire business was the second most research-intensive industry in the U.S after chemicals). market in the first 18 months after their introduction. This was no surprise to the top five U.S.-based incumbents.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Technology Industry Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Bolognese yarns were sold to the doges of Venice or exchanged for spices and salt, and they were also exported to the large international markets, to France, Germany, England and even to the East. They are known for demonstrating a special sensitivity to the market needs of the specialized manufacturers who use their services.

Education 8

Education Pharmaceuticals Innovation Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The lure of establishing an organization that uses market mechanisms to achieve its mission is substantial. Over the last five years there has been a substantial increase in the number of leading business schools offering courses to meet this demand. Some have decades of experience in their industry. Some are recent graduates.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

He highlights the short-term focus of financial markets and of political systems, and also the need to change consumer preferences and habits, as three big areas that need to change at the system level. There’s $12 trillion in business opportunities for solving sustainability challenges. Andrew Liveris.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2018

The business was her third baby: She’d launched it when the pups were a year old simply because she couldn’t find any high-quality shampoos for them on the market. Existing products had touted their cleaning power, but their ingredient lists were long and full of nasty-sounding chemicals that irritated the dogs’ skin.

Case Study 8

Case Study CEO Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

How can we create $12 trillion a year in market opportunities by 2030? But a recent report concludes that meeting the goals in just four out of 60 sectors (food and agriculture, cities, energy and materials, and health and wellbeing) could indeed open up market opportunities worth up to $12 trillion a year in less than 15 years.

Chemicals 12

Chemicals Long-term Business Model Bottom-up 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

While "running out" isn't really the right phrase, it's clear that delivering many commodities to market is getting harder and more expensive (we don't dig for oil a mile under the ocean for the heck of it). Markets have a remarkable way of sorting the wheat from the chaff. trillion market for clothes and shoes.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The companies that occupy the limelight are typically diversified giants that achieve growth through constant expansion into new markets and the introduction of additional product lines (just think P&G, GE, and Microsoft). Which raises some interesting questions: why don't we see more of these firms in other countries?

Succession 8

Succession Simon Airlines Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For any innovation to have an impact, there needs to be a discovery on an important insight; a viable, scalable solution; and, finally, a business model that allows the new idea to be adopted. First, a big idea or a new discovery is never enough. Second, geniuses rarely act alone.

Innovation 8

Innovation Business Model Competitive Advantage Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Each time, the idea was dropped, because both businesses had carved out lucrative niches for themselves and were doing quite well. First one and then two companies took aim at each unit’s market, aggressively selling products at lower prices. You may say we need to adhere to a single revenue model. But all patents expire.

Case Study 10

Case Study Price Chemicals Strategy 10

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

With Discovery-Driven Growth , Rita and Ian offer managers everywhere a time-tested blueprint for planning and executing a strategic growth agenda with confidence – in any market. Surprisingly, big inroads in the physician office-management market are being made by non-traditional players, such as Best Buy’s Geek Squad.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

The utility and energy businesses are changing fundamentally (well, some of them are). Distributed generation (meaning solar panels on my roof) is a direct threat to the business models of the large power plants that utilities know best. It’s hard out there if you’re a utility. utility sector. Tough choices.

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13