Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2019

In Creative Construction , Gary Pisano says that when big organizations fail to innovate, the root cause is often related to “management practice and leadership than with organizational scale per se.” When faced with a potential threat of technology or business model disruption, you need to consider two things.

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Innovation Company Construction Creativity 282

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

As we have described in Your Strategy Needs a Strategy , businesses will need to adopt the right approach to strategy and execution, depending on the predictability, malleability, and harshness of each environment they operate in. We are living in an era where macro effects can easily swamp competitive and operational considerations.

Strategy 9

Strategy Uncertainty Long-term Politics 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

We’ve already seen that it’s possible to use external data to evaluate firms on what business models they are employing, and what those business models mean for their valuations. Active investors such as hedge funds seek to outperform the market and index providers.

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Benchmarking Software B2B GAAP 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Your current business is the performance engine. It both funds day-to-day operations and generates profits for the future. Where problems arise is when the present crowds out other strategic priorities—for example, when the only skills brought into a business are those that serve today’s core.

Innovation 8

Innovation Hedge Management Govindarajan 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

How Digital Business Models Are Changing. For most organizations, this is the least risky option, and a good middle road, despite the fact that many traditional organizations often see digital network operators as threats rather than allies. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture. No strategy is static.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

For example, the original Google car found it hard to compute the context within which it was operating. Likewise, understanding the context, business model, competition, and leadership of a client or an employer makes your understanding of content more useful.

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Skills Morale Ethics System 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

However, their high volume–low margin business model also makes them vulnerable to threats such as competition, increasing wholesale prices, and changing consumer demands. This is partly due to the tendency to grow more than needed as a hedge against weather and disease and fluctuating wholesale and retail orders.

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8