Finance, Focus Group and Technology

Customers Prefer to Crowdfund Products They Can Improve

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2024

Platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have not only broadened access to funding to companies that might struggle in the capital markets but have also transformed the way companies connect with consumers during product development, replacing focus groups with real customers who have a stake in the final product.

Productivity

Productivity Products Focus Group Analysis

Six Ways A Small Business Can Use Outsourcing

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Some of the outsource administration you could consider are: Surveying, polling, and focus group tests. If you don’t keep an eye on your finances, then you could be making an expensive mistake. It can also be handy to have a contact for any questions you may have about the business finances, based on your circumstances.

Outsourcing

Outsourcing Human Resources Learning Curve Marketing

Big Data In Your Shampoo?

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Back then, they would run focus groups to see what customers liked/didn''t like about the product and would check competitors that began to do well. They then took it one step further and asked, "How would you find the technology and material to meet this need?" Technology + Methodology. Robust + Comprehensive Insights.

Stage-Gate

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation

19 Tips & Ideas on Starting & Running Your Own Business

Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

But don’t be discouraged; for many the hard work is worth it when you consider the freedom over your own time and finances. As well as doing your main role, you’ll have to quickly learn to do every other role that a company needs as well, such as admin, accounting, marketing, and finances.

Tips

Tips Learning-by-Doing Industry Long-term

The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Alibaba Group. Technology. Technology. Burberry Group. InterContinental Hotels Group. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Tesla Motor. Automotive. Alphabet (Google). Consumer Goods.

Tourism

Tourism Telecommunications Automotive Company

Using Analytics to Predict Hollywood Blockbusters

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing. The increasing availability of data coupled with the abundance of sophisticated technologies, tools, and applications give filmmakers an opportunity to improve decision making for better forecast revenue before a movie is released.

Film

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience

Using Analytics to Predict Hollywood Blockbusters

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing. The increasing availability of data coupled with the abundance of sophisticated technologies, tools, and applications give filmmakers an opportunity to improve decision making for better forecast revenue before a movie is released.

Film

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience

What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.)

Management

Management IPO Diversity Long-term

Innovating the Toyota, and YouTube, Way

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

In terms of people, processes and technologies, Toyota and Google's YouTube have little in common. These investments are more about the development of human capital than finance. As global innovators, however, they share a remarkable core value and best practice: they invest in the innovative capabilities of their suppliers.

Innovation

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive

Find the Reverse Leaders in Your Midst

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

In my work with focus groups, interviews with leaders, and reviews of frontline employees' performance appraisals, I'm seeing more and more of these reverse leaders. But I'm not seeing many organizations able to recognize them — or cultivate their talents to gain a competitive advantage.

Self-aware

Self-aware Competitive Advantage Follow-up Content

How to Launch a Working Parents’ Support Group in Your Organization

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

But what these groups should be doing longer-term — what value they should be providing their members, how their leaders should steer and contribute to the effort, and what types of events and services they should offer — is frustratingly hard to see, or agree on. Use resources on hand.

Organization

Organization How To Seminar Follow-up

How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Sixteen women were interviewed and seven others participated in a focus group. They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions.

Management

Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline

Workforce Analytics Isn't as Scary as It Sounds

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

So early on, Finance and HR collaborated to simplify the process, reducing the number of data metrics. To answer these questions, the analytics team created focus groups of senior Sprint executives and managers, who reviewed the feedback and made informed decisions based on the data. No wonder customer satisfaction plummeted.

Metrics

Metrics Parcell Call Center Productivity

It’s a Match! How to Create an Equitable Compensation System That Fits You

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Emerging Roles and Technologies Stay attuned to emerging roles and technologies within the industry. Conduct regular surveys, focus groups, or town hall meetings to understand employee perspectives on fairness and equity in compensation. Adapt to these changing trends and standards accordingly.

System

System How To Benchmarking Diversity

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