Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

As a result, institutions in the financial services sector risk losing their license to operate — the permission to conduct business granted by customers, partners, and government. This is in direct contrast to "financial innovation" that focuses on only one dimension of performance, putting the others at risk.

Banking 8

Banking Licensing Finance Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The car service company just arranged low-cost financing to help add 100,000 cars to its fleet; revenues are growing by 20% monthly ; and New York Magazine proclaimed the company may be – one day – more valuable than Facebook. Great service and an innovative pricing strategy. Strategy Tech industry Transportation'

Price 10

Price Transportation Discount Incentives 10

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 21, 2011

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. or informal efforts produced via someone else’s R&D or innovation efforts, companies often start projects that they don’t finish. Other companies are in need of cash and are willing to sell certain contracts as a financing vehicle.

Real Estate 353

Real Estate Company Brand Operations 353

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Creative professionals do fare better when they’re given flexible schedules , meaningful work, and license to fail — but then, so do the rest of us. The good news is that the curiosity-driven creatives who come out of these programs can make excellent leaders, well-suited to the kinds of collaborative teams that spur innovation.

Management 8

Management Creativity Licensing Core Competence 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

This summer, the company applied for federal licenses to sell directly to customers the excess renewable energy it generates on its new campus and in facilities across Oregon, Nevada, and California. Consider Apple, hardly a byword in the energy business. California, Texas, and most of the U.S.

Energy 8

Energy Licensing Efficiency Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Success in this environment will depend on more than just creating better digital-enabled products; it will depend on building ecosystem-level strategies that encompass the many moving pieces that come together to create the new value proposition. A misunderstood story.

Company 8

Company How To Technology Strategy 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

Being a leader should not be viewed as a license to increase the volume of rhetoric. Bonus - Always have a Plan B : Another component of communications strategy that is rarely discussed is how to prevent a message from going bad, and what to do when does. Communicate more effectively.

Tips 417

Tips Blog Learning-by-Doing Open-book 417

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Barbers, plumbers, real estate agents, and almost all trade personnel are required to meet established levels of trade skills and be licensed; none will have as bad an impact on a customer as a bad manager or supervisor will! Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader. I Think Not.

Leadership 420

Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 420

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. One trend that has contributed to short-termism and lower innovativeness is the increased prevalence of outside CEOs.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2016

A well formulated Go-To-Market Strategy. Go-To-Market Strategy planning and budgeting is just as vital to a successful launch as the product itself. Go-To Market Strategy is, in essence, the launch. It’s the beach landing and the strategy for taking the hill. A great product. A great distribution plan to sell it.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Marketing Strategy Budgeting 50