Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2018

However, they have all failed in China, the world’s largest digital market. Google, for example, has succeeded in dominating many foreign markets that have radically different political systems and cultures (including Indonesia, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia). imposing technological platforms developed for the U.S.

Competitive Advantage 11

Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology Marketing 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

The first thing they should know is that not all technological change is “disruptive.” Entrants may target over-looked segments of the market with a product considered inferior by incumbent’s most-demanding customers and later move up-market as their product improves. It appealed to a niche of film nerds.

Disruptive Innovation 12

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Business Model Human Capital 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

However, 48% of the mid-sized world market leaders come from Germany. Of course, success of individual Hidden Champions is based on their leadership and strategy. This has allowed them to reach 70% of market share in this category. But focus makes a market small. Only about 1.1% of the world population is German.

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Class Drucker Globalization Film 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

A classic old film comedy, Being There , stars the late Peter Sellers as dimwitted Chance the Gardener, who tended the grounds for a wealthy elderly gentleman. That's why showing up is the first key to successful leadership of change (of course, there are several more, as I indicated in a recent TEDx talk ).

Succession 12

Succession Film Technology Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

Jobs in retail, transportation, manufacturing, and agriculture are highly vulnerable to technological change. It also offers a buffer against the downsides of technological unemployment for employees. Over 33 companies are now working on autonomous vehicles, which will soon replace transport jobs.

Company 11

Company Creativity Retail Business Model 11

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. No wasted film, slides, or prints. The CMO agreed, and the meeting took place.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

For the past decade, emerging digital markets have operated under the assumption that, despite the obvious similarity between a music CD and an MP3 downloaded from iTunes, digital goods are different. In brief, resale markets are dangerous, especially for information goods. Which may not be as long as nervous media executives think.)

Marketing 8

Marketing Licensing Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

Although a veteran in the film business, Katzenberg had no experience with animation and little appetite for it. It depicts a central film asset that in very precise ways infuses value into and is in turn supported by an array of related entertainment assets. Illustration: @1957 Disney.

Film 10

Film Franchising Industry Resources 10

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. No wasted film, slides, or prints. The CMO agreed, and the meeting took place.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

Two years ago, Swedish communications technology giant Ericsson found itself looking for a way to explain the value it saw in the Internet of Things. This is more than just a smart marketing campaign. In training courses that use robotics, the program leader sets problems to be solved. Education Human resources Technology'

Education 13

Education Human Resources Participative Training 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

The Postal Service, even with the constraints of its government mandate, has known for years that its traditional model was coming apart; Kodak realized that film was being replaced by digital media long before it changed its investment strategy; AOL knew that dial-up subscriptions were fading years before it took action.

Business Model 16

Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 16

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Worse, it sets a precedent for this type of authentic behavior that over time can trap a leader into an expectation or pattern of always behaving that way – and over the course of years this is a soul-destroying situation. In my book, I recount an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company.

CEO 57

CEO How To Venture Capitalist Follow-up 57

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

An interconnected world where technology advances at a dizzying pace and new companies emerge, scale, and decline in the blink of an eye means never a dull moment for corporate leaders. Sometimes rising (or even flat) revenue and profits are good things, of course. This post isn’t for you. Everyone still here? Thought so.

Disruptive Innovation 9

Disruptive Innovation Advertising Gilbert Market Segmentation 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

In the past, disruption occurred at the level of discrete product and service technologies that competed to offer better value for customers (e.g., Told this way, the Kodak story is a comforting caricature of the traditional failure to adapt to disruptive technological change. The nature of disruption is changing. inch vs. 3.5-inch

Company 8

Company How To Technology Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Michael Blake's 1988 book of the same name would be adapted into the 1990 Hollywood blockbuster western film directed, produced and starring Kevin Costner. But there is another, different story brewing that could change the course of robotics, work and the future of business. Double Robotics doesn't replace the human with a robot.

Technology 8

Technology Film Operations Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

Martin Sorrell, the CEO of advertising and public relations giant WPP, was just at the Sundance Film Festival, where he saw a documentary called The Flaw. Financial market deregulation, tax-code changes, and all manner of other policy choices in the have promoted inequality in the U.S., Well, businesspeople, of course.

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Porter Trends Policies Film 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Of course, you have to be smart to do it this way: You need "deep insight into the trends driving an industry and the needs of customers." The whole film is a celebration of this powerful brand, of the universe of products it has created, and the legions of fans it has acquired. economy," Mathews writes.

Film 8

Film Audience Brand Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

A good idea faces so many obstacles en route to market today that it''s a wonder we have any innovative products at all. Corporate R&D too often focuses on refining technologies that are already in use. You know those baby sea turtles that get eaten by birds and crabs on their way from the nest to the water? It''s like that.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Innovation Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2012

When the band, the xx , wanted to promote their latest album they chose a unique marketing strategy. Many information or content providers, as I'll term them, see themselves as the Node Zero in marketing their content. Film distributors want to control who sees movies, and herds viewers into theaters.

Information 15

Information Content Open-book Price 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

A good idea faces so many obstacles en route to market today that it’s a wonder we have any innovative products at all. Corporate R&D too often focuses on refining technologies that are already in use. You know those baby sea turtles that get eaten by birds and crabs on their way from the nest to the water? Ready to Innovate?

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Innovation Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

The look is always the same: A seasoned marketer is cajoled into watching their first Vine video. The marketer gazes quizzically at the smiling young person that brought the video to his attention. So how does Vine fit into your existing marketing ecosystem? Instagram recently announced their entry into the market.

Brand 9

Brand Video Marketing Tactics 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

The Postal Service, even with the constraints of its government mandate, has known for years that its traditional model was coming apart; Kodak realized that film was being replaced by digital media long before it changed its investment strategy; AOL knew that dial-up subscriptions were fading years before it took action.

Business Model 9

Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

In the throes of apprehending the future of advertising, much has been, and will be, said about new channels, emergent technologies, innovative measurement protocols, morphing agency roles and the like; much less, probably, about how we actually create marketing that works, that's worth consuming, and that's worth running in any channel.

Advertising 8

Advertising Brand Marketing Film 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Of course, Moneyball isn't just a baseball movie; it's Michael Lewis's account of the transformation of an industry by analytical decision-making. Even when they were the only team aggressively using analytics, they still found it difficult to overcome the disadvantages of a small-market team with a small budget.

Company 12

Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Film 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The story, which apparently has echoes in some other school districts around the country, is but one more salvo in the wars of educational reform (recently depicted in the film Waiting for Superman — dont miss it). Judgment of course is what is required when all the facts that can be assembled dont make a decision obvious.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In a tight labor market, it’s imperative that a hiring manager understand the immigration issues that affect who they can hire and how. In contrast, positions in business, marketing, public relations, and some artistic fields received heavy scrutiny, which leads to higher levels of denial. Not all visas are created equal.

Process 8

Process Outsourcing Long-term Public Relations 8

In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Time moved on, and during the nineties technology overran, and transformed the creative industry like it did most others. Now of course we are all suffering from the same affliction. Our technology whizzes along at the velocity of a speeding electron, and our poor overtaxed neurons struggle to keep up. Well of course not.

Advertising 265

Advertising Creativity Industry Bottom-up 265

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Technology has forced music artists to completely rethink the way they approach their businesses. They’re extending their brand into areas like technology, gaming, fashion, and lifestyle content — essentially becoming entertainment platforms. of course). We’ve all had to adapt. Photo by Lorenzo Errico.

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. The company was in free fall.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2011

Long term commitment in a world where the technology is advancing almost on a daily basis is difficult to maintain. Boston Scientific a few years back launched a secret project to reverse-engineer the technology of its single-source supplier of coronary stents. That of course requires sharing the spoils of winning.

Management 11

Management Airlines How To Pharmaceuticals 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2012

The Lean Startup has crystallized many of the ideas fundamental to successful innovation and provided companies with additional ways to understand and make room for rapid iteration, agile development, and in-market testing of new ideas. Don't get too fixated on the present market landscape.

Ries 16

Ries Business Model Entrepreneur Agility 16