Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2018

These bubble startups were actually guessing at their business model and did premature and aggressive hype and early company launches and had extremely high burn rates — all predicated on the idea that they would IPO to raise more cash. Yet while we had plenty of tools for execution, we had none for search. So we built them.

IPO 8

IPO First-mover Advantage Business Model Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2018

In the age of rapid advances in data science and artificial intelligence, many organizations still struggle to incorporate advanced analytics capabilities into their business models. True incorporation requires bold decisions about reorganizing the business to make analytics a key component of strategy. David Malan/Getty Images.

Company 8

Company Chief Operating Officer Incentives Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2013

The other half might have been open to the idea that law firms needed a strategy, but completely opposed to having anything other than a consensus-built, senior partner-friendly mechanism for making strategic choices, which almost by definition is doomed to fail. Just keep billing those hours! Well, we did warn them.

Creativity 8

Creativity Consensus Business Model Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

Companies fall into the Jordan fallacy when they ask their very best operators, who are skilled at executing a known business model, to transform overnight into entrepreneurs who are skilled at searching for an unknown business model. Be prepared for lean''s consequences.

Ries 8

Ries Telecommunications Business Model Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

It involves too many people When a strategic plan needs to finely calibrate the moves of loosely controlled business units and achieve consensus, then it often makes sense to include a wide range of stakeholders in the discussions. Industry upheaval often calls for tough choices, and consensus will not be possible.

Strategy 15

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

There's no doubt: measuring "innovation" is a fuzzy business. Part of the problem is there isn't a clear consensus on what marks an innovative company. Return on equity (net income divided by equity) results from multiplying three key operating ratios: Profitability (net income over sales).

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

That was the general consensus after one of my favorite HBS classes: an entrepreneurship case on a company called Tickle. The most important way to mitigate risk is to become excellent at either engineering, product, selling, or operations and management. “I’m so glad we read that case — I’m NEVER going to start a company.”.

Career 8

Career Company IPO Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2014

So finally, real bipartisan pressure and consensus are building. What does that mean for business? Third, and most important, business needs to change how it operates fundamentally. But we’re going to have to redefine “business as usual,” a shift I’ve called the big pivot. It’s not just the U.S. —

Crisis 8

Crisis Report Consensus Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. Business models that can prosper at structurally lower price points are the engines that power true market disruption.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

ULA benefits from access to Blue Origin’s innovative designs and lean operations. Priorities develop to reflect a company’s business model and over time become enshrined in the company’s culture. Blue Origin gains instant credibility and access to ULA’s capital, regulator relationships, and deep well of experience.

Industry 8

Industry Disruptive Innovation Innovation Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Money, equities, bonds, titles, deeds, contracts, and virtually all other kinds of assets can be moved and stored securely, privately, and from peer to peer, because trust is established not by powerful intermediaries like banks and governments, but by network consensus, cryptography, collaboration, and clever code.

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2017

A thorough, respectful process for building scientific and stakeholder consensus around measures has been orchestrated by leaders like the National Quality Forum (NQF) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Health Care 8

Health Care Quality Report System 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

It recognizes this new reality will spell decline for some commercial activities, but growth for others who find better ways of operating. Unilever's strategy for 2020 is formulated in direct response to that quest for improved quality of life in a much more resource-constrained context. engage in effective dialogue (75%).

Globalization 14

Globalization NGO Leadership Development Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There is general consensus that a major solution lies in better managing and preventing adult chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. Lauri Rotko/Folio Images/Getty Images. The United States spends 40% more per patient than other developed countries but suffers the worse overall health outcomes.

Health Care 9

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 9