Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2014

Propeller planes yielded to jet engines. How often have you seen a firm revolutionize an industry by creating a superior product using a new business model? The new company is fully integrated from the beginning , which means that it does not outsource critical functional departments to keep its cost structure low.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Technology Industry Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

There''s no doubt that people inside large companies over-engineer business plans, but don''t let the pendulum swing too far the other way. That doesn''t mean that companies should either outsource the task or bring in entirely fresh blood. Of course, the value of a tool depends on its application.

Ries 8

Ries Telecommunications Business Model Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The new game is to think about the business model and strategy for not just the company but the entire ecosystem. He built a team to develop Predix, a cloud-based platform that underlies all of GE’s industrial businesses. Dialogue took place without major upheaval to the business.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

One of the most difficult tasks for corporate innovators is to learn how to unlearn the legacy business models they have perfected. Often, maybe even always, companies take the standards they have for their current business and use that to measure the new model. Pilot, invest, experiment.

Learning-by-Doing 15

Learning-by-Doing Rogers Marketing Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

Rethink the role of partnerships in your business model. Adopting a software mentality should include rethinking your business model to include partnerships with others who can help form richer ecosystems, generate network effects, and improve your overall value proposition.

Software 8

Software Company Airlines Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Another cause of the decline in jobs is that our engine of job growth has stalled. Young businesses, not small businesses, as is widely believed, create the most new jobs. The growth of new young businesses is at historically low levels and the businesses that do start are creating fewer jobs.

Katz 8

Katz Disaggregation McKinsey Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Over the past two decades, we’ve led dozens of innovation projects and have talked to thousands of managers about the challenge of building a high-performance innovation “engine.” The engine may be otherwise well built, but without just one of these components, it will be essentially worthless.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 24, 2012

The challenge for business schools will be that most of their faculty don’t have coaching expertise and credentials, so when it’s outsourced, it’s often not fully integrated into the program. We do it with doctors, lawyers, electricians, and engineers – why not for the profession of management? Senior leadership development.

Leadership Development 256

Leadership Development Development Leadership Globalization 256

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

And in pharma or tech, CEOs should have also had a relevant formal education such as in medicine or science for pharma, and in math, engineering, or computer science for tech. In the pharma industry, the patent-based business model makes breakthrough innovation critical for achieving high returns.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8