Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2015

Early adopters will be able to significantly expand their revenues by discovering and joining forces with blockbuster complementors. In its early days, its user interface was not good enough for regular users. Google now has expanded API-based access to Google Maps and several of its other products.

Levitt 8

Levitt Real Estate Business Model Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Research conducted by one of us (Kartik) on automated product recommendation algorithms, such as Amazon’s “People Who Bought X also bought Y,” found that people like algorithmic recommendations and often follow their advice. Our Selective Trust in Algorithms. Humans aren’t always algorithmically averse.

Participative 8

Participative Technology Learning-by-Doing Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

The bottleneck to deploying AI-enabled, society-enhancing products and services is shifting from technology to regulation in domains like autonomous vehicles and unmanned aircraft systems. Of course, early adopters also risk exposure to the costs of learning and of less-tested technologies.

Policies 8

Policies Report Technology Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

Are their particular game situations where their positive—or negative—influence is statistically pronounced? have become early adopters and innovators in multidimensional measurements for individuals and teams alike. How might “teamness” improve the time to market performance of new product development efforts?

Team 8

Team Sports Franchising Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

A turnaround subsequently lowered strategic stress to a productive level by discontinuing many of their seemingly unrelated projects, re-focusing on their core business, as well as streamlining operational processes that improved coordination activities. The multitude of projects drove the company in numerous directions at the same time.

Strategy 8

Strategy Strategic Planning Stress Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

AI is a transformative series of tools that can accelerate productivity, drive insight, and open up unexplored revenue streams. In a knowledge-based economy, research becomes the means of production. Each practice serves to influence the other. This is how we build products while pushing the boundaries of science.

How To 8

How To Technology Learning-by-Doing Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The choice of those markets was influenced by their degree of attractiveness, such as from shared similarities, the presence of affluent consumers, and the availability of broadband internet. Importantly, Netflix sees such content production as not just local-for-local, but also local-for-global.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The choice of those markets was influenced by their degree of attractiveness, such as from shared similarities, the presence of affluent consumers, and the availability of broadband internet. Importantly, Netflix sees such content production as not just local-for-local, but also local-for-global.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

What do they actually do that influences and inspires? Those answers begin building productive paths and platforms for leadership development. A managing partner at a global consulting firm makes a point of coming to the office straight from red-eye flights and radiating productive energy.

Examples 13

Examples Charisma Self-aware Mission Statement 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Executives can change strategy, products and processes until they're blue in the face, but real change doesn't take hold until people actually change what they do. Embracing a new behavior typically follows a diffusion curve — early adopters, safe followers, late-comers. I spent the summer reviewing research on this topic.

Early Adopters 18

Early Adopters Incentives Follow-up Comparison 18

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

Yesterday, Amazon unveiled the new product it had worked us up into a fever pitch to see. So Fire also includes a button-controlled feature called Firefly, which can scan up to 100 million products for review or purchase from the Amazon marketplace (making showrooming easier than ever). Was the launch just as innovative as the product?

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Public Relations Video Content 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

This likely influenced Google to reportedly offer Groupon $6 billion for the company ( which was turned down ) and the company to raise a record $950 million from investors. Now, thousands of companies are jumping on the latest trend trying to generate buzz for their products. At least that is the conventional wisdom.

First-mover Advantage 15

First-mover Advantage Venture Capitalist Dunning Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

If an industrial product like a car fails the manufacturer pulls it back, tests it and, if necessary, re-equips it. Still, market research suggests that future markets for its products and services could be huge — with the U.N. David Aubrey/Getty Images. It is hard to think of a single case.

TBL 11

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

Bringing new technology and tools into your organization can increase productivity, boost sales, and help you make better, faster decisions. What can you do to increase early and rapid adoption? Or increase productivity in a way that reduces weekend work? Get influencers onboard. Customize training.

Technology 8

Technology CRM Training System 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 4, 2017

That’s product, support, sales, marketing and the CEO/founder coming together to introduce a new solution that solves a real pain point. Part of the Steve Jobs legacy is his famous/infamous attention to the details of Apple product design that bordered on obsession, a habit we call “pixel polishing.” Build content early and often.

Succession 124

Succession PR Venture Capitalist B2C 124

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Without engagement, the influence of brands will continue to decline and big organizations will lose out on the best workers. Meanwhile, engaged customers are three times more likely to recommend or advocate a product or service to a friend. Credibility is built through influence, reputation, track records, and accumulated expertise.

B2C 15

B2C Early Adopters B2B How To 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2015

Those early adopters of technology – let’s call them entrepreneurs, or maybe even founders – helped drive overall economic vitality. The authors hypothesize that these early adopters used their newly acquired knowledge to build technologically based businesses that drove regional prosperity.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Early Adopters Education Technology 8