Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Long before "think global, act local" was the conventional wisdom for how corporations should operate in the international interconnected marketplace, we at Children's Television Workshop (CTW), as it was known then, pioneered the development of a flexible global brand. Being Willing To Try New Operating Models.

Globalization 8

Globalization Power Workshop Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 23, 2015

Or how Richard Branson turned a single record store in London, UK, into a conglomerate comprising over 400 companies in a range of different industries. Their answer was Curves—a women-only club which is now the world’s largest fitness franchise chain. Then they design solutions from the customer backward. innovation Rowan Gibson'

Innovation 120

Innovation Business Model Trends Franchising 120

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2012

For a social entrepreneur with an innovative solution, the holy grail is scaling it —that is, taking it to a level where the new approach operates efficiently and effectively to achieve significant mitigation of a social problem. Increasing numbers of social programs grow with revenue generated by their own operations.

How To 15

How To Franchising ROI Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2015

But that policy came at the cost of badly degraded incentives for providers to invest in new technologies, leaving the EU with minimal cable Internet, fiber-optic networks, or high-speed mobile broadband. Since 1996, and even during the most recent recession, private network operators in the U.S. At least for voice services, the U.S.

Price 8

Price How To Policies Report 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

These aren’t mom and pop operations anymore. We now have entire conferences dedicated to the analytics of our business and our basketball operations. We have a global audience that has an unending thirst for mobile content, and a sophisticated CRM database that allows us to be a state-of-the-art marketing operation.

Price 8

Price Team Sports Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2018

.” But if you are the Ford Motor Company and face the prospect of investing billions in new technology while your century-old business model is overturned, you might first have a few questions. How are consumers going to react to all of this? How can you tell which opportunities are real and which are science fiction?

Business Model 8

Business Model Transportation ROI Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The app was a big technology project for us. How to Be a Company That Employees Love. The restaurant teams were just as excited when we explained that the app could be used to share loyalty rewards or donate them to the non-profit community partners that all of our owned locations and franchises are required to have.

Franchising 8

Franchising Loyalty Download Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

This perspective created the industrial economy lens through which most managers perceive their operations. IT professionals need to recognize and embrace the Serendipity Economy in order to better understand the impact of technology investments, improve employee engagement and drive business transformation. This can''t be forecasted.

CTO 8

CTO Franchising CIO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Its fortunes have been built upon its successes in pushing the technological frontier of the microprocessor. How has this strategy worked? Well, since 1985, Intel has generated cumulative operating income before depreciation of $287.4 It has built and defended its competitive position by reinforcing its Windows/Office franchise.

Innovation 8

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Depreciation 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right? Ultimately, I agree with Peter. Its about results.

Blog 385

Blog Mentor Advice Brand 385

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

I disagree with the argument that it takes several years to learn how to get things done in Washington. One might add that at the time of the Founders, America had approximately 2 million people, and many fewer had the franchise than today. That is only because those who control the congress make it that way. TERM LIMITS NOW!

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Blog Politics Short-term Long-term 415