Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

Over the past two decades, there have been many attempts to reform the electric utility market. Consider how Uber opened up the transportation market. In both cases, the two goods (car and real estate) are given value-creating potential through a process of market fragmentation and consumer empowerment.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Software Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

However, firms can efficiently increase margin growth without much revenue growth by managing to squeeze out their fixed costs to service the same level of output. What if concentrated market power of a few companies in an industry has made these companies more profitable than usual? Are all share repurchases myopic?

EPS 8

EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8

Ask Atma

MAY 5, 2012

Management 3.0 – a psychological shift. In my management 3.0 In this article, my description of management 3.0 What about doing market research?” In the management 3.0 process, some market research can still be done during the idea development stage. you might say. Good point.

Business Model 93

Business Model Ries Agility Entrepreneur 93

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Innovating for Value in Health Care. Exploring cutting edge ways to lower costs and improve quality. In healthcare, the need for administrative automation is viscerally felt – and the potential for alleviating burden and draining cost from the system is significant. Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic.

Health Care 9

Health Care Power Hotels Transportation 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2011

When stock markets gyrate and growth prospects darken, it's tempting to rein in innovation programs and hoard cash. Re-visit big, inflexible projects — The 80/20 rule often applies to corporate innovation portfolios; a few projects consume the lion's share of cash.

Innovation 15

Innovation Fixed Costs Airlines Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

They’re also more profitable, more innovative, and they pay better. It could be because “software development typically requires large upfront fixed costs,” meaning that firms that are already pretty large are the ones who can afford to invest in it. But why are these companies doing so well?

Document 8

Document Industry Software Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Skype , for example, competes with fixed-line carriers by offering free mobile Skype calls. Google has its own contender in the market, Google Voice. The vendors for telecom network management were paid only for the capacity utilized by Bharti Airtel, not for the equipment. In the U.S., The trend is spreading.

Outsourcing 10

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Consider its decision to pursue the market for pharmaceutical distribution, or the recent announcement that it will be teaming up with Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase to create joint solutions for reducing the health care spending of more than 1 million employees and their families. .”

Health Care 10

Health Care Retail Operations Insurance 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Hailed in the 1960s as bastions of sophisticated management, they used cheap financing to acquire, then rationalize, many family-owned firms. That gave it a steadier cash flow to cover the costs of its large fixed cost investments, but did not eliminate the unused capacity of plants dedicated to one kind of product.

Engineering 8

Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

The radical democratization of business over the last decade created by open innovation, crowdsourcing, and co-creation is transforming how advertising organizations work. Typically, outdoor companies use professional athletes as field testers to help them not only test their products but also help innovate.

Advertising 9

Advertising Brand Innovation Creativity 9