Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

Over the past two decades, there have been many attempts to reform the electric utility market. But recent technological advances and new business models are now allowing nimble players to compete and provide consumers with cost-saving alternatives. Consider how Uber opened up the transportation market.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Software Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

On March 25 mighty Uber bowed out of Southeast Asia by selling its operation in several countries to local rival Grab. Uber’s setback in the international market, however, wasn’t its first. In 2016 the company sold its China operation to Didi Chuxing because of the fierce competitiveness of the local player.

Transportation 8

Transportation Health Care Venture Capitalist Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

Network businesses have always been around, from matchmakers to real estate brokers, but it’s the move to digital platforms that has led to market-shaking effects. How Digital Business Models Are Changing. They bring together a network of individuals who both create and share in that value.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

HourlyNerd profits by taking a cut of the fees from both the client business and the student providing the service. HourlyNerd represents one of the newest business models in consulting, the facilitated network business , which is structured to enable the exchange of services between clients and freelance consultants.

McCallum 8

McCallum Consultative Disruptive Innovation Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2011

Typically a phone or device vendor needs to license Android and then build a product which must then be accepted by another intermediary — usually a mobile operator — before sale to the end-user. So Google's own platform is not the only venue through which Google's money makers can reach the market. It's a platform.

Software 14

Software Real Estate Maturity Licensing 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The lure of establishing an organization that uses market mechanisms to achieve its mission is substantial. Over the last five years there has been a substantial increase in the number of leading business schools offering courses to meet this demand. Some have decades of experience in their industry. Some are recent graduates.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

To set this in context, it’s important to first understand the fundamental challenge of building contemporary (and future) workspaces, especially for technology companies: Software and buildings operate on entirely different timescales. Their business models are fluid. Enduring Value Beyond Efficiency.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Technology Hedge Project 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Facebook’s News Feed stream is an incredibly valuable piece of digital real estate, without historical precedent. Many of the companies inserting politics into their user experience operate popular social platforms themselves. Over 968 million people access it daily. Close to 1.5 billion people view it at least monthly.

Politics 8

Politics Real Estate Morale Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Ok, this one is cheating a bit, but on a fundamental level, the top themes in green business haven't actually changed too much ( see the 2010 list ). But the real reason I'm not too worried is that.clean tech is rising fast: Renewable investment tops fossil fuels for first time. business continuity"). China, China, and China.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

According to a new book by Harvard Business School’s Ranjay Gulati, it is customer-centric firms—those with a so-called outside-in perspective—that are most resilient during turbulent markets. Please describe the business model of looking “outside-in” versus “inside-out.”

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2016

What’s the real story? Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble. It is about devising retail models that work for people who are making increasing use of a growing array of Internet-connected tools to change how they search, shop, and buy. Investors shouldn’t write off brick and mortar.

Retail 8

Retail Real Estate B2B CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

Venture capitalists are head-over-heels in love with platform markets these days. Most of the so-called unicorns — startups achieving billion-dollar valuations — are platforms: markets that connects buyers, sellers, and others, with the platform standing between them. Platform markets have been around for centuries.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Long-term Marketing Travel 8