Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2021

Similarly, the increased development of 3D games, 3D mobile devices, and 3D movies has stimulated the demand for true 3D displays both in consumer and enterprise applications. According to Market Analysts, the Global 3D displays market is expected to grow by double digits with market size of over $100 billion in the next 5 years.

Technology 103

Technology Content Video Globalization 103

Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2015

Widget manufacturing companies team with retail management experts to open a string of widget stores. Those who don't help to develop the business on the front end are just vendors and subcontractors. Here are some examples of Joint-Venturing: Producers of energy create an independent drilling or marketing entity.

Cooper 50

Cooper Open-book Tourism Telecommunications 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

Consider Adobe’s new content-marketing strategy. They saw that although online retailers were putting up fancy websites, the companies weren’t connecting their accumulated consumer data to the pages in order to drive sales. Adobe then went on a content-marketing spree. Retailers were all ears.

Content 9

Content Marketing B2C Early Adopters 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2015

Many companies start their search for global growth in an alphabet soup of emerging-market groupings such as the BRIC , CIVETS , MINT , Next 11 , and so on. There are several flaws in using such acronyms as the basis for entering overseas markets. Is that smart? Not really, suggests our analysis.

Marketing 8

Marketing Benchmarking Globalization Construction 8

Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 27, 2009

But nothing continues in a market over time without continued demand. Don’t protest Walmart pre-construction and then immediately take your business there once the inevitable store opening occurs. Then theres all those other fun things like developing a culture that represents the owner’s values and beliefs, etc.

Open-book 311

Open-book Price Blog Learning-by-Doing 311

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

But today, as a multinational construction materials company, our goals are somewhat broader: How can we help provide housing for people all over the world who need it? The estimated shortage of over 25 million dwelling units demands solutions for rapid and economical construction.

Industry 8

Industry Construction Energy Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

The ability to make thousands of changes a day to its online retail service has been a key reason Amazon is expanding its online lead over Walmart and other historically “bricks and mortar” retailers. Large decreases in costs by eliminating the waste of fully developing features that fail in the market.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Software Engineering 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The past year has been difficult for many markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, although some of our clients have been facing difficulties resulting from the current environment, primarily because of currency pressures, many others are continuing to see strong growth, even in troubled markets such as South Africa and Angola.

GDP 8

GDP Politics Marketing Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

To be constructive, we also asked about the things that foster innovation.) The responses , from 270 corporate leaders in strategy, innovation, and research and development roles, were illuminating. Too many companies wait for the annual strategic off-site to roll around before they address the changing dynamics of their market.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Budgeting Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

You’re an executive of a clothing retailer and your marketing team detects a new trend that you’re well-positioned to feed. They get locked into detailed agreements that turn out to be poorly aligned with their aspirations and that provide no room for innovation when markets change.

Innovation 8

Innovation Retail Banking Price 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In 2011, we published an article in HBR examining the surprisingly rapid growth of African economies and consumer markets. Our new research also shines a spotlight on the businesses—both global multinationals and Africa-based corporations—that are best poised to serve these burgeoning markets. trillion.

Globalization 8

Globalization Long-term GDP Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

The pervasive adoption of mobile devices has driven an explosion of contextual user information, including geolocation data, which has become a valuable resource for marketers. However, a lack of technical skill sets among marketers has made it difficult for them to use this data (when they have access to it) effectively.

Short-term 8

Short-term Brand Long-term Media 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Mugabe’s ouster and replacement with his one-time deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was the most significant development in the Southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.”

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

For example, same-store sales or sales per square foot measure success in the retail industry, and various volume measures do it in commodity industries. “In-store experience” has long been a core metric for retailers, and for good reason. ” A key word here is perception. It’s a good idea to pay attention.

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Stories allow the analysts to construct a set of hypotheses and provide a map for investigating the data. We recently worked with a department store retailer and a team of analysts looking for creative insights into customer loyalty. In order for a story to truly enable analytics, the story development process needs to be rigorous.

Analysis 8

Analysis Loyalty Customer Loyalty Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

And the essence of Walt Disney’s original strategy remains intact today: to construct a range of businesses — from animated film to fun parks, TV, retail, cruise ships, and more — around a group of engaging, family-friendly characters. How Samsung Gets Innovations to Market. Or consider U.S. When Innovation Is Strategy.

Company 8

Company Supply Chain Airlines Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Its goals are extremely ambitious; it is not just a pioneer in developing new fabrics for active wear, but in developing wearable electronics. Starbucks, for example, has a strong presence because CEO Howard Schultz, deliberately developed a growth plan grounded in its capabilities. Where are the markets with opportunities?

Company 8

Company Engineering Apparel Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2017

The EU’s case asserts, among other things, that Google unfairly exploits its dominance in search engines and smartphone operating systems to restrict competition in shopping services, ad placement services, and smartphone app store markets. The coming battle in antitrust will not be about controlling markets in the traditional sense.

Company 9

Company Engineering Operations Construction 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2014

The partners act almost as a single firm, sharing knowledge about wine making and markets. We are not talking about conquering a new geographical market or investing millions of dollars in joint R&D. Setting such goals is important, of course, but you first need to develop trust. Here’s another example.

Company 8

Company Construction Seminar Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2017

Yes, too much involvement can lead to a fixation on incremental improvements that can be shepherded to market quickly, to impact the next quarter’s results. Google’s X division is a good example of that model, as is the global network of innovation labs set up by Lowe’s, the home improvement retailer.).

Project 10

Project Innovation Press Release Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

It was hardly what you’d call an “adequate sample size” for market research, but the results were nevertheless eye-opening for the maker of a pain-relief ointment: A single consumer posted an online photo showing how he placed foil over the ointment to prevent it from staining his pants. Social listening doesn’t presuppose anything.

Sample 8

Sample Competitive Advantage Pharmaceuticals Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Small startup firms are already developing proprietary technologies — such as machine vision, deep learning, and other innovations —– that could help large investors evaluate opportunities and risks with far greater accuracy and efficiency than was previously possible.

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

We expect the drone market to surge to nearly $7 billion by 2020 globally, driven by regulatory clarification, continuously decreasing component costs, and – most important– ongoing innovation that connects drone capabilities to big-data analytics. Insight Center. How Digital Business Models Are Changing.

Competitive Advantage 9

Competitive Advantage Company Outsourcing Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

Given the forecasts of uncertain global economic growth, we might expect companies to hold off from hiring new employees and to limit whatever international hiring they do to emerging markets. We also find that companies in developed areas plan to hire in other developed regions (e.g., Asia into North America).

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Health Care Talent Management Biotechnology 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

At this point, the commercial viability of a market-based approach to providing good quality housing in urban areas at prices affordable to low income customers is beyond question. Achieving Global, Low-Cost, Class-A Construction. This development plan can be scaled to build 3 million or 30 million units per year, if needed.

Suri 14

Suri Construction Class EBITDA 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

Coca-Cola is one of the many companies that are making efforts to tackle the world’s greatest societal challenges — water scarcity, climate change, and even the rights of women and girls in the developing world. Coca-Cola operates in more than 200 countries and the needs of each market depend on a variety of factors.

CEO 10

CEO Supply Chain Operations Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Consider first the increasing use of auctions, which have a distinguished history in the development of economics. In the 1900s, French mathematician-economist Leon Walras envisioned prices in a market economy being set by an auctioneer (since known as the “Walrasian auctioneer”) conducting continuous auctions for all kinds of commodities.

Strategy 11

Strategy Black-Scholes Airlines Price 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

Based on what we’ve learned, here are some tips that can help recruiters and hiring managers alike better understand the contractor mindset and develop strategies to integrate them into their workforce. And when it comes to experience, companies in the market for contractors shouldn’t limit themselves to costly industry veterans.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Health Care Analysis Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Business units come and go, but finance, HR, IT, marketing, legal, and R&D are forever. Similarly, Amazon doesn't succeed because its people apply broad marketing expertise. In their view, functional priorities are all too often in conflict with — or not fully supportive of — the strategic needs of the business.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Real Estate Short-term Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Technology, marketing, retail, HVAC, construction, and manufacturing pros. Companies are beginning to expand beyond their home markets and into other states. One day, I have no doubt we will see household brands develop. And more are joining every day. The list goes on. That’s not to say everything is rosy.

Industry 9

Industry Retail Banking Brand 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Utility bills in major markets have been consistently increasing faster than inflation and are forecasted to continue to do so. Stakeholders ranging from your supply chains to customers that walk into retail storefronts increasingly prefer to do business with companies that pursue cost-effective sustainability.

Management 8

Management Payback Period Energy Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

When it comes to technological development for safer guns, it is a task assigned to the Departments of Defense, Justice and Homeland Security — not to the U.S. Remington sells to both federally licensed wholesalers and directly to some federally licensed retailers (Walmart being its largest retail account).

Licensing 8

Licensing Drucker Retail Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

In construction, a platform is something that lifts you up and on which others can stand. Consider the market for smartphones. It is from the app store on which external developers create value. Retailers are shifting from distribution channels selling products, to engagement platforms co-creating value.

Strategy 8

Strategy Succession Retail Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2012

This is especially true when you're trying to rekindle your retail business after decades of doing work elsewhere. It's a fascinating read, and full of hidden tips on the best (and worst) ways to make a business comeback in a particularly saturated market. BONUS BITS: Is Comfort Socially Constructed? SEE YOU TOMORROW (OR NEVER).

Health Care 8

Health Care Software Politics Brand 8

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. Q: What are some of the institutional barriers to developing an outside-in orientation? Developing the Global Leader.

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

If you’re a mid- or late-career marketer, chances are your job today is mostly unrecognizable from what you signed on for. Many marketers are left behind, simply tuned in to the wrong frequencies. But data, alone, isn’t enough; search and social marketing, for example, are content hungry disciplines.

Storytelling 10

Storytelling Brand Audience Marketing 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Will Wolf, the Global Head of Talent Acquisition & Development said that even if employees are not interested in the offered roles, “they are blown away that we’re going out of our way to try to find them something interesting and new.”. It’s no coincidence that this sounds like consumer marketing.

Human Resources 10

Human Resources Information Technology Report Human Capital 10