Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

We invest billions of dollars each year in medicines, new technologies, doctors, and hospitals—all with the goal of improving health, arguably our most prized commodity. So reducing investments in low-value care services means spending less on doctors, hospitals, and other health care technologies. rawpixel/Getty Images.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Pharmaceuticals Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

CEOs of large companies face a conundrum: they are confronted with a growing number of frugal consumers clamoring for affordable solutions, yet their existing corporate culture and incentive systems are designed to support a "bigger is better" business model — not to deliver more with less. In sum, CEOs need a frugal innovation agenda.

CEO 15

CEO Innovation Restructuring Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Technology is reconfiguring traditional roles and divisions of labor. Companies in multiple industries are already altering their approaches in changing urban markets. Now some are deepening their existing relationships with local governments and branching out into other types of smart technology implementation.

Real Estate 10

Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2017

Sponsored by DXC Technology. A D2C initiative can involve one platform or many, depending on things like image, objectives, target audience, and what’s feasible in a given market. The cosmetic company responded with a new product, and backed it up with a dedicated consumer marketing plan. Make room for new technologies.

Retail 8

Retail Brand Apparel Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2017

As more and more companies face disruption from globalization, new technology, and startups that have more capital than the incumbents, the continuing cry from Wall Street investors is, “Why can’t companies be as innovative as startups?” Initially, a startup has no business model and no market share to defend.

Company 8

Company Hotels Business Model Drucker 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

companies are outperforming their overseas counterparts: Clean-energy technologies. has underwritten much of the technological innovation behind clean energy's progress. has underwritten much of the technological innovation behind clean energy's progress. could lose its edge quickly, both in innovation and deployment.

Energy 11

Energy Competitive Advantage Price Constraint 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2016

That is a remarkable example of how technology will reshape how we organize to get work done at scale in the future. We needed to process reams of data using expensive and sophisticated software and computers to predict demand, know the capabilities of each aircraft type, and to understand each work group’s constraints.

Organization 8

Organization Airlines Constraint Power 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Some observers have pointed out that blockchain projects may have an inherent incentive and strategic reason to be more aggressive in raising capital earlier in the experimentation process. One of the benefits of blockchain technology is that it is immune to centralized parties making changes of their own accord. How ICOs Constrain.

Cost 8

Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

CEOs of large companies face a conundrum: they are confronted with a growing number of frugal consumers clamoring for affordable solutions, yet their existing corporate culture and incentive systems are designed to support a "bigger is better" business model — not to deliver more with less. In sum, CEOs need a frugal innovation agenda.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Restructuring Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2013

In careers and the workplace, this means that credit or blame for performance is likely to be assigned to an individual more based on his or her perceived character, personality, intentions or efforts rather than on the situation, context, opportunities or constraints within which that individual is working. There is a better way.

Human Capital 8

Human Capital Constraint Politics Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2015

Pricing textbooks certainly all assume they do, or at least that they want to achieve a certain profit level under given constraints. Growth: A TV cable company offers special subscription plans for new customers, aiming to achieve a strong market position within 24 months. Doesn’t every business want to maximize its profits?

Balanced Scorecard 8

Balanced Scorecard Company Price KPI 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

Most of us assume that if we want to change people’s behavior, we need to change their incentives. And they faced big constraints. Harness your internal sales data to show people that smart collaboration is not just a nice-to-have — it’s a strategic advantage for capturing market share.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period How To Real Estate Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

But workday pressures and time constraints often get the better of us. “You need to set expectations around what’s most important and create an incentive to focus,” she says. “You need to set expectations around what’s most important and create an incentive to focus,” she says.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products How To Report 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

Regulators would now decide how spectrum would be used, what technologies were permissible, and approve — or reject — the wireless services, networks, applications, and business models that might be introduced. That might seem like a good thing — using new technology to engage the public in ideological debate.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

In a world with severe healthcare resource constraints, mobile digital technology can be a major " force multiplier." In this respect, health care is no different from other economic sectors that have gained enormous efficiencies and improved outcomes through the use of modern information and communications technologies (ICT).

Wireless 15

Wireless Health Care Pharmaceuticals Business Model 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. Gaining real insights into customers’ needs demands more of companies than those arising from typical market research.

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Irrigation is a big deal in many countries: in just the last 50 years, the world population has doubled and irrigation water is increasingly becoming a critical constraint in many parts of the world. But drip irrigation is not a new technology, it has been around for over 120 years, and many companies have developed and marketed it.

Business Model 8

Business Model Technology Mission Statement Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

In these cases Rwanda had eroded assets, but there was a foundation and a proof point, a market test that these areas could be successful and they could be competitive. What are the constraints?". Rwanda is winning international awards and marketing globally, and tourism is booming. How do we upgrade? What are the bottlenecks?

Porter 11

Porter Tourism Politics Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Deep in the golden corn fields of Iowa, technology is transforming life on the farm. But FarmLogs is not your typical technology start-up, and its founders, Jesse Vollmar and Brad Koch, are not your typical Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurs. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images. households lack a choice of broadband provider.

Policies 8

Policies Content Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Over the last two decades, business leaders in the West have been responding to risks posed by profound changes in the global economy, in technology, and in demographics. They have used advances in information technology, which might have destroyed their businesses, to improve their offerings and cut their cost of production.

Politics 12

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The end of the Fairness Doctrine in 1987, relaxation of ownership constraints in 1996, and technological developments that reduced the use of radio as a medium for music also helped fuel the popularity of conservative talk radio. Fox News was introduced in 1996 and by 2000 was broadcast in geographic markets that housed 50% of U.S.

Media 8

Media Company Politics Armstrong 8