Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Real estate developers are integrating automation systems, sensors, and mobility options into their properties. Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing. But now the range of possibilities has gotten bigger, and B2C or even B2G2C business models are growing more common.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 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. Comparatively, online lenders have limited brand recognition, and acquiring small business customers online is expensive and competitive.

Banking 9

Banking Stage-Gate Credit Scoring Competitive Advantage 9

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

An idea is not synonymous with a competitive advantage, an idea is not necessarily a sign of creativity, an idea does not constitute innovation, and as much as some people wish it was so, an idea is certainly not a business. It should be developed as a solution to a problem or to exploit an opportunity.

Blog 413

Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Consider, for example, Google’s acquisition of DeepMind, which is using its machine learning chops to help the tech giant improve even core businesses like search optimization. But while machine learning has many applications, it is just one of many AI-related technologies capable of solving business problems.

Survey 9

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

But there has been an immense positive impact from the globalization of entrepreneurship, making Silicon Valley’s formula of technology-based start-ups an international instrument for economic development. Traction means running experiments to suggest you’ve found a validated business model, some actual revenue, some early wins.

Venture Funding 8

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Attrition Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Right behind it are media, finance, and professional services, all of which have far more sophisticated digital capabilities than the rest of the economy. Companies in the leading sectors make more extensive use of digital payments, digital marketing, and design-led product development.

Industry 8

Industry Benchmarking Supply Chain Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Digital has removed barriers across sectors, even in old-line businesses known for “sticky” products, such as telecom and insurance. And that same transparency has radically shortened the shelf life of any new competitive advantage. “We’ll But the CMO has a unique and critical role to play to deliver the change.

P&L 8

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Mission-driven employees naturally expect competitive compensation, but more important is the opportunity to shape the path of innovation, to play a meaningful role in growing the business, and to develop their own leadership chops. Think like engineers and customers. Startups need money, too, of course.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

In effect, they all had skin in the game, which remains one of the most elusive elements of modern finance. 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. Rather, they can become early adopters of the technology.

Insurance 9

Insurance Industry Market Penetration Policies 9

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

JULY 28, 2014

It happens every time there’s a big announcement about a national or regional innovation policy that will lead us into the future: We are presented with schemes to strengthen intellectual property rights, enlarge the pool of risk financing, and upgrade the universities while pushing them to collaborate more with industry.

Policies 8

Policies Innovation Finance Industry 8