Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

But peruse some of the recent headlines about Iran , and you might wonder whether the market’s potential was overstated. However, despite a weakened economy, political tensions, market uncertainty, and the lingering effects of sanctions, Iran remains an important opportunity for multinationals in emerging markets.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Despite the fact that Niantic, the American software development company that developed Pokémon Go, has failed to maintain high levels of engagement on the game (its current user base is now 30 million users), the phenomenon demonstrated AR’s potential to be adopted by mainstream culture.

Tourism 9

Tourism Technology Content Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The health care system in the United States, with its technological prowess and massive infrastructure, often serves as a reference point for rapidly developing economies around the world while they build their own medical systems. So why would emerging markets still adopt this practice?

Health Care 8

Health Care Tourism Pharmaceuticals Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Capital markets are fragmenting and while merchandise trade recovered strongly since 2009, the intensity of services trade has remained stagnant. The world's most globally connected country (the Netherlands) is hundreds of times more connected than the least connected country (Burundi). Why does all of this matter?

Report 15

Report Merchandising GDP Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

Six years ago, David and Donna Allman approached Opportunity with an idea that fell outside our traditional microfinance model: to build a Community Economic Development (CED) program in Nicaragua. Across the world, Opportunity's field operations couple our financial products with training, preventative health education, and much more.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Rogers Tourism Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Marketers have long known that stories capture consumers’ attention and they commonly weave storytelling into their marketing messages. In fact, while the total tourism market in Amsterdam grew 19 percent from 2009 to 2014, the Heineken Experience grew 143 percent. The New Tools of Marketing.

Brand 8

Brand Storytelling Trout Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

While Gordon’s argument is often characterized as being the opposite of the one I have made in my two books about the impact of advancing automation technology on the job market (most recently, Rise of the Robots ), there are many areas in which I think we would agree. Perhaps in tourism? Would other jobs be created? I doubt it.

Gordon 8

Gordon Transportation Tourism Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

Cuba’s growth domestic product per capita in 2015 is approximately what it was in 1985. There was a spike in the 2000s when Venezuela began to provide petroleum at deeply discounted market prices, and that peaked just before the 2008-09 financial crisis. This is not a good scenario for productivity and economic growth.

Biotechnology 8

Biotechnology Tourism Human Capital Pharmaceuticals 8

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The challenges of city centers have been compounded by the shortage of tourism that would also provide economic heft to so many. With pan-European research showing that remote workers are more productive, it’s perhaps no surprise that so many knowledge-based firms are voting with their feet and their wallets. Shifting sands.

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Reis Transportation Real Estate Tourism 69

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Customers overwhelmingly prefer products tied to a social cause. Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. In turn, this will foster better social outcomes and create new markets and consumer segments. Develop portfolios of financing to offset risk and achieve greater scale.

Company 10

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2017

In the beginning companies sold products. A focus on products means a focus on selling running shoes. Selling products limits the revenues you can make from clients: Unless you are innovating and continually updating your product offering, customer attrition tends to be high, and incentivizing repurchases can be hard.

Project 8

Project Productivity Products Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Only a minority of firms is well ahead in planning and preparing a UK market strategy. have products that must comply with UK regulations or particular specifications. The company should look to bring in staff from other markets to apply their skill sets and ideas. How to Plan for Brexit. Create a strategic Brexit team.

Planning 8

Planning Supply Chain Strategic Planning Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

State satisfaction mattered more than market disruption. Your most important customers may not be the people who buy your products but the ones who regulate your company and industry. With apologies to Ted Levitt , a new “Marketing Myopia 2.0” The unhappy innovation inference? ” has emerged. Insight Center.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Levitt Tourism Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

He has presided over an economic and social rebirth, with Rwanda making dramatic gains in health and development indicators ( watching its recent progress on Gapminder is a remarkable sight). So far, Rwanda''s three big clusters are coffee, tea, and tourism, but Porter is convinced there are more to come. How do we upgrade?

Porter 10

Porter Tourism Politics Long-term 10

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

It’s what happens every time you expect a company’s service or product or process to work, but it doesn’t—and nobody can seem to fix it, even though everybody knows what’s wrong. In fact, we lose up to 40 percent of our productivity by switching between tasks; the more we switch, the worse our performance.

How To 76

How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 76

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Especially given the fragmentation of the ”splinternet,” dramatized by the development of a distinct internet ecology in China, this is currently a matter of much concern. But developments such as robotics and 3-D printing might end up reducing rather than increasing trade levels, depending on how quickly their costs drop.

Globalization 8

Globalization Offshoring Tacit Knowledge Intangible Assets 8