Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

You have to consider salaries, marketing budget, office size, technology services, and on and on. These spending choices require tradeoffs, so entrepreneurs must first develop a strategy for allocating limited resources across a wide range of available options. What is your business’ core competence?

Strategy 8

Strategy Budgeting Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Two developments bear noting. Media companies are experiencing an extreme form of competition that comes with digital technologies: Everyone is a media company today. The media’s bias toward big events stems from three features of its economics: Fixed costs. The second is through name recognition.

Media 9

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 9