Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

But it got stuck in its core competence of traditional film products and missed the rise of digital photography and printing. It sold this money-losing division systematically evolved itself to become, once again, a respected technology competitor. The Eastman Kodak Company was an iconic industry leader.

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Core Competence Prahalad Film Hamel 14

Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 10, 2015

That may have been the way Google started out, and search is undoubtedly still at the core of Google’s business model, but judging from the company’s diverse and rapidly widening portfolio of products, services, and interests, Page would appear to view Google much more broadly. This is the essential point. Jeff Bezos gets this, too.

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How To Retail Core Competence Innovation 100

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

You will also be competing to retain talented employees that other companies would like to lure away. What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? What about competing to maintain key business relationships with vendors, suppliers, partners and the like?

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Blog Brand Depreciation CEO 287

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

And as a company, we’ll lean into digitally enabled workflows and digital tools and resources for people to be productive working wherever they are. Digital transformation has fundamentally changed how we work, as we now have the ability to work anywhere.

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Software Engineering Learning-by-Doing Diversity 98

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2023

The pace of change and rise of global winner-take-all competition means that conventional product-market-structure approaches to strategy, as well as core competencies thinking, are difficult to implement in practice and may yield misleading answers.

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Core Competence Uncertainty Strategy Globalization 12

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. When was the last time you rolled-out a new product?

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 300

Sales Wolf Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Blog Talent Management Human Resources Greenleaf 166

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Cone proclaimed in 2010 that “cause marketing as we know it is dead” “Slapping a ribbon” on a product, website, or advertisement was now perceived as inauthentic. In a nutshell, The Little Give teams up Edelman employees to develop PR programs for local nonprofits focused on children and youth.

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Ryan PR Project B2B 130

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 13, 2014

When it comes to promoting innovation in our organizations, we are continually reminded of the importance of communicating acceptance of failure as part of the process to developing a new product or service offering.

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Delegation Long-term Learning-by-Doing Motivation 266

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Core Competencies. Aron Vellekoop Len/Getty Images.

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Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

Consider how Apple has been able to capitalize on the first I-Pod with additional, similar products that capitalize on its attractive design and user interface features. The fear of making mistakes is deeply ingrained in our psyche says Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies [link].

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Creativity Influence Innovation Brainstorming 183

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Had they set out simply to make a profit, Apple likely wouldn’t be the revolutionary technology leader it is today. They’re less productive, take more “unhealthy” days off of work, and cost your company money. Which behaviors will contribute to a healthier, more productive working environment?

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Had they set out simply to make a profit, Apple likely wouldn’t be the revolutionary technology leader it is today. They’re less productive, take more “unhealthy” days off of work, and cost your company money. . Which behaviors will contribute to a healthier, more productive working environment? Tangible and measurable.

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 22, 2016

What % of your new business is coming from your core competencies? What % requires capabilities beyond your core? New disruptive technologies may displace your products/services as alternative solutions to your markets. Developing Leaders of Growth: 5 Leadership Success Factors for Fast Growth from Denise Corcoran.

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Company Leadership Long-term Short-term 100

Lead Change Blog

MAY 11, 2020

Build on your strength and core competencies. Honor your network and continually develop it. I believe, like me, you will be awed by what one woman can do with her core competencies and with creativity, a willingness to ask for help, and endless curiosity about what might be next. I needed to know her secret sauce.

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Core Competence Strategic Planning Short-term Human Resources 278

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

I think our principal observation was that what was happening was that disruptive innovations driven by largely information technology but lots of other technologies on the fringe here that are getting ready to exhibit the same kind of characteristics were entering the market in kind of this better and cheaper way.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2011

He said: "Technology alone is not enough. It's technology married with the liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields the results that makes our hearts sing. We think we have the right architecture not just in silicon but in the organization to build these kinds of products.". John Gruber is already convinced.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2017

It has also been acquiring e-commerce niche players, including Shoebuy and outdoor gear retailer Moosejaw, and digital technology companies, such as search experts Adchemy and cloud platform OneOps. In its announcements and ads about the new free shipping service, product prices have not been mentioned. But this rarely ends well.

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IT Strategy Strategy Core Competence Price 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The strategic underpinnings of most companies’ workforce plans should change dramatically as a result of technological innovation. The World Economic Forum predicts that “by 2020, more than a third of the desired core skill sets of most occupations will be comprised of skills that are not yet considered crucial to the job today.”

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2012

Do you know why you make the products or offer the services you do? They get stuck making incremental improvements that are rooted in existing competencies, markets, and business models. I call these types of insights core insights, a concept which I first introduced in my book, Innovation X. in a new way. Forward-looking.

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Core Competence Prahalad Hamel Brand 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

And big companies tended to be more efficient than smaller firms, which meant their workers were more productive and therefore better paid. Bigger firms also seemed to resist too much inequality developing between pay at the top and bottom. Bigger companies could attract qualified, sought-after employees who could demand higher wages.

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Company Core Competence Outsourcing Restructuring 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

Rivals were developing digital technology to replace the existing analog standard. Build off its core competence, or play from weakness? Could both technologies exist side by side? That’s partly because they had spent much of their lives building up their expertise in analog technology. Insight Center.

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Organization Engineering Technology Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The bigger the data, the more profitable and productive predictive analytics can be. As The Economist recently observed : “More than 90 groups of scientists are now developing hypothesis-generation software. But that’s conventional wisdom. AH, not AI, will increasingly inspire tomorrow’s breakthrough innovation.

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Engineering Core Competence Information Technology Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

Because they try to repeat their past success formulas — the ones that work so well for them in developed markets. However, the company's initial steps to penetrate developing markets were unproductive. Rich countries are the most technologically advanced. As they develop, poor countries will catch up with rich ones.

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Chief Technology Officer CTO Constraint Engineering 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise. Why is this?

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Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

R&D and marketing typically come at product development from different angles, and R&D’s “things” approach is often at odds with marketing’s “people” focus. In companies where R&D is very powerful, marketers can sometimes be heard complaining about products that are hard to understand and use.

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Marketing Power Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Is the developed world on the verge of a skills crisis? The challenge is obvious: the quickening pace of technological change has shrunk the shelf life of skills acquired by today’s university graduates to just a few years. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. An edited version of our conversation follows. Insight Center.

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Skills Company Core Competence Career 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

The sad but simple truth was that Cisco — arguably the world's premier internet network technology company — didn't deliver a Wi-Fi-enabled device. Cisco's leadership is very smart and Wi-Fi is part of the firm's core competence. The proof is Cisco's own 2009 new product promise. This was obvious.

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Wireless Management Telecommunications Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. It’s not just products. Experimentation is vital.

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Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Year after year, you perform work that makes full use of your skills and challenges you to develop new ones. You enjoy opportunities for learning and development. You are confident that your skills and competencies make you valuable and marketable and that you can access opportunities through your network.

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Career Self-aware Proposal Core Competence 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Some of the most exciting — and challenging — innovations in social media are around how to enable users of sites like Facebook and Pinterest to make recommendations, referrals, or "likes" of the products and services they use. Let's say you're preparing for a major product or service launch.

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Reference Tips Media Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Instead they create portfolios of innovation projects of different types, technologies, and markets, with large numbers of early stage projects and smaller numbers over time. As such, good managers make sure that they have a mix of solid performers and superstars on their teams, with different strengths and at different stages of development.

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Management Core Competence Project Bond 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

While working as a director of learning and organization development at Google, eBay and J.P. The current and rising levels of stress in the workplace should be cause for concern, as there is a direct and adverse relationship between negative stress, wellness and productivity. The result is at times a frenetic way of working.

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Stress Agility Globalization Energy 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Some of the most exciting — and challenging — innovations in social media are around how to enable users of sites like Facebook and Pinterest to make recommendations, referrals, or "likes" of the products and services they use. Let's say you're preparing for a major product or service launch.

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Reference Tips Media Case Study 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2011

But Thomson Reuters Foundation took a different tack in its response, going beyond donating to leverage its parent company's core competencies in information and the legal industry to catalyze change. It's different from traditional social responsibility programs, which are often tangential to a company's core operations.

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Porter Core Competence Globalization Business Model 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Selling additional products to current customers leverages the costs of establishing those relationships in the first place, and serving more and more of their financial service needs (to grab a greater “share of wallet”) is appealing, in theory. Take the notable failure at Wells Fargo last year.

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Strategy Agility Execution Core Competence 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2013

Ancona says that many companies include teamwork as a core competency in their leadership development models. Every six months or so, take a close look at the group''s progress, noting its accomplishments, where it has succeeded, and how it can further develop. If you''re at a loss, ask them for input. And he was right.

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