Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2012

Frank Sonnenberg makes the case in Managing with a Conscience , that the only sustainable way to succeed is the right way—not cutting corners—emphasizing the intangibles like trust, creativity, focus, speed, flexibility, relationships, loyalty, and employee commitment. Management should announce an open-door policy.

Management 284

Management Intangible Assets Critical Success Factor Compliance 284

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

What we asked people was, at this point in their lives, are they actively building, maintaining, or depleting their tangible and intangible assets? Actively building both tangible and intangible assets is crucial to creating a long and productive working life. What the Old Can Learn from the Young.

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Self-aware Reputation Mentor 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. But right now that’s not happening.

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

These “superstar” sectors include financial services such as banking, insurance, and asset management, professional services, internet and software, real estate, and pharmaceuticals and medical products. Often when superstar cities fall, they tend to be advanced economy cities, replaced by a developing economy city.

Industry 9

Industry Company GDP Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2015

Through our research on network-centric businesses and our experience advising hundreds of companies we have developed a framework for understanding customer affinity. Example: Carol owns a small business and needs a customer relationship management (CRM) platform. It starts by understanding customers’ affinity with the brands.

CRM 8

CRM Brand Business Model Intangible Assets 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Even outside of the tech sector, the employment of more software developers is associated with a greater increase in industry concentration, and this relationship appears to be causal. That’s not how Vox Media does it. Vox is a digital publishing company known, in part, for its proprietary content management system.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8