Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Eighty-seven percent of senior business leaders say that digitalization is now a priority and in many cases is a do-or-die imperative. Our research shows that a company’s ability to gain strategic clarity on its path to business model transformation is crucial to its success. But in some companies, strategists are bolder.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content CIO Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

It could upend supply chains, business models, customer relationships, and even entrepreneurship itself. Each of the potential business benefits of 3D printing carries tax implications that could alter the equation for any anticipated operating efficiency or return on investment.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2020

Changes in tools, teams, regulations, and markets are putting sustainability in the hands of the finance department.

CFO 11

CFO Finance Tools Marketing 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

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. At the same time that IT organizations are rebuilding their company’s core, they’re affected by changes in customers and business models.

Technology 8

Technology Organization Content Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

If you were offered the opportunity to finance a high risk , low return investment, how eager would you be to write a check? It's time to bring a proven business model to the social enterprise space: the franchise. We should package proven social business models that motivated franchisees could copy.

Franchising 8

Franchising Business Model Supply Chain Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Amazon has only a handful of brick-and-mortar stores, Uber doesn’t manage a fleet of cars, and Ebay doesn’t manage a supply chain. You’ll notice that the finance industry is included in this group as well. Adopt some new beliefs about technology, value, and business models. This is quite a shift.

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Business Model Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. By streamlining store complexity, the team was also able to slash the retailer’s supply chain costs by 20 percent.

Retail 9

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. Cloud-based hardware is also increasingly available to any business at low cost. will grow to U.S. $5 5 trillion to U.S. $7 ZB by 2020.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

billion before it had even $20 million in revenues) or YouTube (which was sold 19 months after its founding to Google for close to $2 billion), or other companies whose hyper-growth attracted suitors before a viable business model emerged. just acquired for $1.1 But it''s important to consider how incredibly rare these examples are.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Long-term Christensen 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

APRIL 11, 2017

How it will impact business, industry, and society. Of the large markets, the U.S., It’s time for boards and executives to ask themselves hard questions about how the new mobility could affect their business models. How can we finance fleets through leasing and/or mobility securitization? Financial services.

Automotive 8

Automotive Transportation Health Care Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Fueled by growing demand among entrepreneurs, investors , and consumers , a specialized ecosystem of support has also been emerging around for-benefits, providing tailored legal services , capital markets , management education , technical assistance , performance metrics , and more. Here are a few suggestions: Lead by Example.

CEO 11

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Apple demonstrably understands design, UX, and global supply chain alignment in ways few organizations ever have. According to data from Yahoo finance, company’s market cap exceeds that of Toyota, BMW, Volkswagen, Ford, GM, Honda, Fiat Chrysler, Tesla, and Daimler combined.

Automotive 8

Automotive Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Capitalists focus on the financial returns from capital invested, and most business leaders prioritize issues that are financially material. For anyone with a pension linked to market performance, that is a good thing. Expand the focus from today’s business case for action to tomorrow’s business models.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. Rather, they trade in outstanding shares in the hope that their market price will increase.

Innovation 9

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This is not a surreal scene painted by Salvador Dali, but rather a workshop convened by The Finance Innovation Lab (which Rachel co-founded). To tackle the growing problem of overfishing, they mapped the current supply chain, identified entrepreneurs who are working to fix failing parts of the process, and then supported them to succeed.

System 8

System Incubator Supply Chain NGO 8