Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2024

Platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have not only broadened access to funding to companies that might struggle in the capital markets but have also transformed the way companies connect with consumers during product development, replacing focus groups with real customers who have a stake in the final product.

Productivity 23

Productivity Products Focus Group Analysis 23

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

This guest post by Amir Golan , VP of Business Development at Signals , shows how important it is to look for the small signals and patterns in big data that are easily lost. Back then, they would run focus groups to see what customers liked/didn''t like about the product and would check competitors that began to do well.

Stage-Gate 128

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Some of the outsource administration you could consider are: Surveying, polling, and focus group tests. If you don’t keep an eye on your finances, then you could be making an expensive mistake. It can also be handy to have a contact for any questions you may have about the business finances, based on your circumstances.

Outsourcing 61

Outsourcing Human Resources Learning Curve Marketing 61

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 5, 2020

This may need to be the subject of another post, but one example of how I have tried to address this lid is with what I call “focus groups”. Whenever we are stalled in an area of ministry, I like to invite different voices to brainstorm and develop new ideas. I wrote a post on innovative ways to develop people , as an example.

Bureaucracy 56

Bureaucracy Brainstorming Guidelines Edmondson 56

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Alibaba Group. Barratt Developments. Vodafone Group. Procter & Gamble. Consumer Goods. Technology. Johnson & Johnson. Biotech & Pharma. Walt Disney. Prudential Financial. Automotive. Cisco Systems. Communication. British American Tobacco. Technology. Biotech & Pharma. HSBC Holdings. Wells Fargo. Consumer Goods.

Tourism 8

Tourism Telecommunications Automotive Company 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. To increase diversity at senior executive levels, more must be known about one group in particular: women of color in midlevel leadership, who successfully developed and progressed beyond individual contributor and first-line management.

Management 13

Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing. Analytics allow studios to go beyond simple focus groups or established financial modeling to determine how audiences might respond to a given film.

Film 16

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience 16