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. In 2016 the company sold its China operation to Didi Chuxing because of the fierce competitiveness of the local player. A year later, Uber admitted defeat in another region, selling its operation in Russia to Yandex.

Transportation 10

Transportation Health Care Venture Capitalist Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

The costly and complex operations of transporting energy have made utilities natural monopolies, while regulatory barriers and the high fixed costs of building and maintaining regional electrical grid infrastructure have also kept much competition at bay. This story of disruption should feel familiar.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Software Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

For example, many leading hotel companies moved to an “asset light” model years ago. In other words, they sold their real estate assets to institutional investors and private wealth funds, and they began to operate as essentially management companies focused on defining a brand proposition, marketing and generating sales.

Hotels 8

Hotels Disintermediation Real Estate Franchising 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. What differentiates most of these upstarts is the way they create value. Insight Center.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 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

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The men and women who choose this path have diverse expertise and job responsibilities: marketing, leadership development, communications, operations, new business development, purchasing. James is using his expertise as a chemical engineer to develop new business models for base-of-the-pyramid consumers.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2016

What’s the real story? Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble. There’s too much physical real estate for the crowds, which is one reason why stores are downsizing and closing. Of course, the shuttered stores, depressed execs, and tanking stocks suggest otherwise.

Retail 8

Retail Real Estate B2B CFO 8

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Technology and the Internet are enabling women to work and run businesses more virtually, often from their homes and often with help from angel funding. These women are testers, trying new ideas and experimenting with new business models. Her husband left his real estate firm to run her office and manage the company.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

The list goes on and on: video game consoles, container shipping, credit cards, package delivery, magazine and newspaper businesses, web search, real estate brokerage, HMOs, shopping malls — there are even now platforms, such as MicroVentures and FundersClub, that match investors with startups — including yet more aspiring platforms.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Long-term Marketing Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2012

But instead of adopting multiple martial art styles, more B2C companies are using mixed business models, or MBM, to win. We are not talking about the classic conglomerate model, in which the main purpose is diversification. The media industry has always been a fertile ground for mixed business models.

Business Model 9

Business Model Advertising Retail Supply Chain 9

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

MAY 3, 2016

Gulati, whose research explores leadership and strategic challenges for building high growth organizations in turbulent markets, is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor at Harvard Business School. Please describe the business model of looking “outside-in” versus “inside-out.”

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 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 ). business continuity"). Perhaps the most heartening business story of the year came from perennial thought (and action) leader, Patagonia. China, China, and China.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

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. The company is thus no longer just a plumber but also a house builder and real estate developer. It's a platform.

Software 15

Software Real Estate Maturity Licensing 15

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 9

McCallum Consultative Disruptive Innovation Real Estate 9