Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

A new Fisher-Price report, “The Future of Parenting” , notes that “[o]ur lives online hold just as much weight as our “real lives.” Indeed, there is a lot that managers, IT teams, and tech-laden professionals can learn from the way that toy and gaming companies tackle the incursion of technology into play.

Technology 8

Technology Company Software Document 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

I was there for a gathering of Human Resources executives, the third conference I have attended this autumn in which a central theme was the “technological revolution” and its implications for employment, education, and lifestyles. Those cheap train rides were a social technology. Where will new technologies take us?

Technology 8

Technology Drucker Taylorism Taylor 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

It’s Friday morning just before 10 AM, and I’m packed in a queuing area with over a thousand fans, all eagerly awaiting the rope drop, and the start of day one of the conference. The auto industry was among the first to see the promise of technologies like Computer Assisted Design (CAD) and Computer Assisted Manufacturing (CAM).

Technology 8

Technology Video Conference Learning-by-Doing 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

We believe coherence confers a substantial premium, and we’ve measured it. PL and CM: Our take on capabilities and how they work in systems is new, as is our view of coherence as this three-part balanced system that confers a measurable premium. SD : What new ideas are you bringing to the table with capabilities-driven strategy?

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C The first priority — which the IPCC makes clear — is to put a price on carbon. Companies must lobby for escalating prices on carbon everywhere.

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Technology is reconfiguring traditional roles and divisions of labor. Utilities are rolling out smart meters and introducing dynamic pricing schemes. Now some are deepening their existing relationships with local governments and branching out into other types of smart technology implementation. That mandate is worth keeping.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

Blogger Jason Kottke reported last month on Kuwait''s "booming Instagram economy," where anyone with an Instagram account is simply putting a price tag on an item, taking a photograph, and selling it via the photo sharing online social network. Global business Social media'

Company 8

Company Merchandising Entrepreneur Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

In Las Vegas for a conference last week, I heard that question more times that I could count. Much has already been written about the technology and gamification of an active lifestyle that Nike delivers with this hybrid of a watch, accelerometer, online social network, and digital physical activity drill sergeant.

Brand 8

Brand Advertising Technology Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2013

I typically don''t go to this meeting, but was asked to speak this year and decided to stick around afterwards to learn more about the strategies broadcasters are using to remain viable in the face of technological progress and competitive pressures. Innovation Media Strategy' Key takeaway: We all need to build a brand!)

Business Model 8

Business Model Wireless Content Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. Everything is on the table,” Flannery said on a conference call to discuss quarterly earnings. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D. “Things will not stay the same at GE.”

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

companies spend over $900 billion on their sales forces, which is three times more than they spend on all ad media. Companies fail to get the most out of the $12 billion a year they spend on sales enablement tools and the billions more on CRM technology. Sales is, by far, the most expensive part of strategy execution for most firms.

Execution 8

Execution Cost CRM Telecommunications 8

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

JUNE 24, 2013

We read the odd business book or attend an occasional conference, and that''s the extent of our professional development. Check out the Advertising & Branding newsletter along with the Technology Today one. I''m a major fan of their Online Media Daily and Mobile Marketing Daily newsletters. Media ReDEFined. HBR IdeaCast.

Marketing 8

Marketing Newsletter Godin Magazine 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

Senior executive customers tend to have larger budgets, are less price sensitive and more focused on value. Helping my smaller vendors grow and get established is in my interest," notes Patty Morrison , CIO of Cardinal Health — and the kind of dynamic customer advocate ideal for any technology firm. "So

Reference 12

Reference CIO PR Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

For so long, it was a price he had never had to pay," writes Carlson. Instead of monitoring the media for new ideas, attend trade shows and conferences and go to talks in areas that are out of your area of knowledge. Armstrong told his board he could make Patch profitable within a year, but it didn’t happen. Crisis management'

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Bond Entrepreneur Crisis Management 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

It looked like a stuffed animal — a cartoonish plush bird with a beetling brow and goofy eyes — but it contained a microphone, tiny speaker, headphone jack, computer chip, and enough speech-recognition and voice-generation technology to engage in sassy banter in Mandarin. But the Brrrd's heyday had come and gone.

Case Study 8

Case Study Retail Learning-by-Doing Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion. We now have entire conferences dedicated to the analytics of our business and our basketball operations. In some cases, demand says that you can raise the price.

Price 8

Price Team Sports Franchising 8

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.&# - Eugene B. It sounds like your conference offers a great message to those in need of hearing it. Serves their best interests, and in doing so will not always be popular, may not always impress. I Think Not.

Definition 313

Definition Blog Leadership Covey 313

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

In 2006, 26-year-old Frank Wang started up DJI in a dorm room at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. As part of his graduate thesis, he perfected an electronics flight controller, a critical element of drone technology. Western media has been quite critical of the Chinese miracle. Unlike in the U.S.,

Innovation 8

Innovation Engineering Business Model Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2018

” But if you are the Ford Motor Company and face the prospect of investing billions in new technology while your century-old business model is overturned, you might first have a few questions. “We are getting pull from enterprises,” Ford Mobility head Marcy Klevorn said recently on a media conference call.

Business Model 8

Business Model Transportation ROI Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2014

Suburban Caucasian mothers are most likely to use social media to share their complaints, followed closely by Asian and Hispanic mothers. After all, they tend to be both more profitable and measurably more willing to effectively use social media. Customers Innovation Technology' African-American women do not.

Merchandising 11

Merchandising Media Price Cost 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

What happens next is often not captured in numbers, but in the fine-print details of recent media reports. Whether the industry is media, entertainment, politics, technology, or something else, these women say things like: “ I quit.” And we all pay the price. ” Or, “ I left that place.”

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Gordon Industry Report 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

And academic research has found that rising industry concentration correlates with the patent-intensity of an industry, suggesting “that the industries becoming more concentrated are those with faster technological progress.” Greater productivity meant lower prices and faster growth, leading to increased industry dominance.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2012

Status no longer confers a "Get Out of Jail Free" card, as too many indicted and convicted executives have learned. Not any longer, with rapid technological development rendering some knowledge obsolete and a global knowledge explosion democratizing access to the rest. Status doesn't confer privacy or exclusivity either.

Conference 11

Conference Open-book Committee Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2015

Some have predicted that digital technologies will hasten the demise of brands because customers will have ready access to information they need to make purchase decisions, and “brand” will therefore become less relevant. This trend is powerfully reinforced by digital technologies.

Brand 8

Brand Brand Valuation Power Brand Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

It's the growing fidelity demands of today's internet population, as they transition from text, image, and standard-definition media-sharing, to high-definition (and even 4K) file transfer. Today, billions of people are increasingly using the same pipes to deliver billions of HD media files. We're facing a congestion crisis.

Fixed Costs 15

Fixed Costs Technology Efficiency Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

It's the growing fidelity demands of today's internet population, as they transition from text, image, and standard-definition media-sharing, to high-definition (and even 4K) file transfer. Today, billions of people are increasingly using the same pipes to deliver billions of HD media files. We're facing a congestion crisis.

Fixed Costs 8

Fixed Costs Technology Efficiency Innovation 8