Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

In terms of people, processes and technologies, Toyota and Google's YouTube have little in common. While lean production has almost nothing to do with video production, the clear message was that genuinely lean enterprise craved innovation that made their suppliers more innovative.

Innovation 8

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2013

An outsourced idea and creative team that could get the production done at a cost that was less than what it would cost the brand to have a permanent staff in place. Not products. In the past, many marketing agencies have done their best to create, market and sell an actual product (be it digital or physical). So, now what?

Marketing 9

Marketing Brand Advertorial Advertising 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2011

This impersonal approach allowed the music industry to grow extremely profitable by simply selling "product.". Disintermediation has forced a focus on talented individuals who produce great art. If any given artist failed to deliver hits, another waited in the wings to take their place. But it's not all bad news.

Industry 13

Industry Disintermediation Merchandising Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

Last week Apple''s Tim Cook made fleeting reference to "new product categories." As I''ve written in my previous two blog posts, our first inclination is usually to play down the potential impact of a new technology. We are capable of grasping the change as a literal shift in technology and even as a shift in the way we travel.

Disintermediation 8

Disintermediation Hotels Airlines Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

Next, the innovator has to develop a behind-the-scenes advantage: a way of producing a product or service that seems magical from the customer’s perspective and that is difficult for other companies to replicate. That allows cab drivers to offer many of the conveniences of Uber without being disintermediated.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Disintermediation Business Model Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

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. The cycle time for new technology has compressed and will continue to do so. Is the developed world on the verge of a skills crisis?

Skills 8

Skills Company Core Competence Career 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Customers can use the ColorIQ service to find the best shade of makeup for their skin, access preferences in their profile, see recommended products in the mobile app, and discuss tips and techniques with experts and peers through the online community. First, they create value for people beyond the products being sold.

Media 8

Media B2B Disintermediation Content 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2017

Today some companies are taking brand anthropomorphism to a whole new level with sophisticated AI technologies. Executives should also be wary of how AI increases the dangers of brand disintermediation. The first is that chatbots are just one type of AI technology being used to establish or reinforce company brands.

Brand 10

Brand Disintermediation Ethics Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2015

Using software, like the apps on new “smart” TVs, or hardware, like Roku or Chromecast devices, any consumer with a strong Internet connection can now bypass the disintermediated MSO. Technology can power smarter media placements and dynamic creative strategies at scale. ” Data.

Brand 8

Brand Disintermediation Media Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

Much of the business story of the digital age so far has been about taking products and institutions apart — unbundling them. Yes, digital technology enables a lot of unbundling. And this fellow, he says something about, “How do you know that Microsoft isn’t just going to bundle a browser into their product?”. Why is this?

How To 14

How To Technology Industry Venture Capitalist 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. Best known as the technology behind bitcoin, blockchain enables a ledger of transactions to be shared across a network of participants. How technology is transforming transactions. Distributed Database. Blockchain may just be the answer.

Loyalty 12

Loyalty Customer Loyalty Travel Hotels 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

One reason why the sales force remains so important to the B2B customer is that most products and services sold to business organizations are components in a wider usage system at that buyer, and customer value ultimately resides in that usage, not just the individual product. Buying is a continuous and dynamic process.

B2B 8

B2B AIDA AIDAS Disintermediation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2012

So why don't more brands do this — solve the most frustrating problems we experience when we use their product or service? And yet, with this tremendous access and disintermediated channel, what have we gotten? If you go off course, the app will self-adjust as you go along. It's pretty amazing. Think it's not possible?

Marketing 9

Marketing Disintermediation Brand Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. Across the retail landscape, a war is going on, and the battles are being fought on multiple fronts: business models, channels, brands, customers, technologies, and more. The big retailers are getting squeezed and disintermediated at both ends.

Retail 8

Retail Technology Content Chief Technology Officer 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 26, 2021

and has studied emerging business and technology trends. Own and disintermediate the customer relationship. This disintermediation of the customer account control is a hallmark of digital giants. . What are the most innovative companies doing to position themselves? Ray Wang is the Founder of Constellation Research , Inc.

Disintermediation 131

Disintermediation Cost-Benefit Analysis Short-term Long-term 131