Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Disney's John Carter , which cost close to $275 million to produce, was tagged as a potentially huge, game-changing film. The marketing budget to cement that perception was nearly $100 million, but the opening weekend not only missed financial expectations, it flat-lined.

Film 15

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2016

I had been an engineering manager at GE, so my areas of expertise included managing projects, inventory, and finances, all of which would be helpful. Besides, we weren’t expecting them to start the next Facebook or Tumblr (even though those company’s founders were about as young as my teenage daughters). You and Your Team.

Company 8

Company Finance Real Estate Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Since its bankruptcy in 2012, Kodak has been a poster child for innovation incompetence: After inventing the world’s first digital camera in 1975, the conventional story goes, myopic managers allowed a bloated company to let inertia drive it off a cliff. “How could they not have seen it coming?” ” we ask. 3 globally).

Company 8

Company How To Technology Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala mentioned the “psychological impact” of the announcement on foreign investors. Before the announcement, the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio for Nigeria was 33%, compared to 270% for South Africa. First, there will be some changes in the competitive landscape. Global business'

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GDP Human Capital Film Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In industry after industry, companies have gone global with something approaching abandon, often with little regard for the local communities that gave them life.). It is something I call community financing. There are many examples of Community Finance initiatives around the world, some large some small.

Banking 9

Banking Finance Globalization Film 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In industry after industry, companies have gone global with something approaching abandon, often with little regard for the local communities that gave them life.). It is something I call community financing. There are many examples of Community Finance initiatives around the world, some large some small.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Globalization Film 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2018

That fear drives their companies to invest millions into coming up with breakthrough innovations. One major Asian electronics company built a design lab to develop new hardware product ideas. This electronics company had no clear plan for how projects would transition from the small design lab team back into the core business.

Project 8

Project Innovation Team Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

Last year, I finished directing a documentary film called The Work of 1000. Angela is a brilliant graphic designer who worked in-house for big companies before striking out on her own. Sometimes the market's just too small (luxury vacation planning for couples honeymooning in Belarus). No one wants a job or a career they hate.

Wilde 15

Wilde Film Career Marketing Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

A good idea faces so many obstacles en route to market today that it''s a wonder we have any innovative products at all. Effective means of boosting innovation already exist, but not enough companies are making use of them. You know those baby sea turtles that get eaten by birds and crabs on their way from the nest to the water?

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Innovation Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

A good idea faces so many obstacles en route to market today that it’s a wonder we have any innovative products at all. Effective means of boosting innovation already exist, but not enough companies are making use of them. You know those baby sea turtles that get eaten by birds and crabs on their way from the nest to the water?

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Innovation Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

This hand-off is a time of high risk and often fails because general management, human resources, marketing, communications, and sales teams haven't been informed along the way. Taking your company into new territory of any kind never comes without some healthy skepticism from your positive team players and cynicism from your naysayers.

Innovation 15

Innovation Brand Project Storytelling 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The story, which apparently has echoes in some other school districts around the country, is but one more salvo in the wars of educational reform (recently depicted in the film Waiting for Superman — dont miss it). No one would claim that new product design does not or should not involve wise judgment.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Although machine-reengineering is new, companies are already seeing striking results with it, particularly in boosts to speed and efficiency. How do companies do it? Here are some examples of how companies are using the speed and smarts enabled by machine-reengineered processes. Market monitoring. Interpreting images.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Company Root Cause Analysis Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Here at Machine Shop , the wholly owned innovation company of the alternative rock band Linkin Park, we identified the need to think differently years ago. Machine Shop began to offer its grassroots marketing services to other bands, film studios, TV networks, and brands. Photo by Lorenzo Errico. Enter Harvard Business School.

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Every February, businesses in India wait with bated breath for the country’s finance minister to announce the Union Budget. “One of the great things about India is its ability to over-celebrate everything from weddings to rain to the latest Rajinikanth film. Will taxes go up or down? Will new concessions be announced?

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Cost Globalization Sharpe 8