Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2016

People understandably get excited about new digital technologies, whether it’s the digital camera that is cheaper than developing rolls upon rolls of film, or the photo-sharing apps that – in turn — make your iPhone camera easier to use than your old digital camera. But who wants to stand up for old technology?

Technology 8

Technology Industry Business Model Film 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2018

However, they have all failed in China, the world’s largest digital market. Google, for example, has succeeded in dominating many foreign markets that have radically different political systems and cultures (including Indonesia, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia). imposing technological platforms developed for the U.S.

Competitive Advantage 11

Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology Marketing 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

marketing team offered the same promotion to U.S. A nascent technology business might require an adaptive approach and a stable commodity business might require a classical, planning-based approach. Indeed, entrepreneurs and disrupters often refer to this double inertia of incumbents as their greatest asset in taking on incumbents.

Execution 10

Execution Strategy Gantt Chart Film 10

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

A classic old film comedy, Being There , stars the late Peter Sellers as dimwitted Chance the Gardener, who tended the grounds for a wealthy elderly gentleman. Instead, the firm remained firmly in Rochester, New York, capital of an older technology era. How much on-the-ground presence is needed, and for what kinds of activities?

Succession 11

Succession Film Technology Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail).

Energy 10

Energy Finance IPO Biotechnology 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

It helps students see that Kodak did not understand or invest in the digital technologies that were to sweep away its business, a failure usually attributed to incumbent executive myopia. They invest over long time horizons, value their technology groups, and regard IT employees as core members of the firm. So it had no voice.

CIO 9

CIO Outsourcing Cost Center Film 9

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. In my book, I recount an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company.

CEO 57

CEO How To Venture Capitalist Follow-up 57

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Community financing refers to a form of cash-flow that channels the financial resources of the savers of a community into the well-being of that community via economic activities, which members of the community believe should be undertaken and therefore willingly supports with their savings. It is something I call community financing.

Banking 9

Banking Finance Globalization Film 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Community financing refers to a form of cash-flow that channels the financial resources of the savers of a community into the well-being of that community via economic activities, which members of the community believe should be undertaken and therefore willingly supports with their savings. It is something I call community financing.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Globalization Film 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2017

In the world of marketing, brand anthropomorphism can be a powerful mechanism for connecting with consumers. Today some companies are taking brand anthropomorphism to a whole new level with sophisticated AI technologies. 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

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. Thiry immediately replaced most of the management team.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2012

The Lean Startup has crystallized many of the ideas fundamental to successful innovation and provided companies with additional ways to understand and make room for rapid iteration, agile development, and in-market testing of new ideas. Don't get too fixated on the present market landscape. How will your next MVP change the future?

Ries 15

Ries Business Model Entrepreneur Agility 15