Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Janitorial and Cleaning Services Operating a business from your home and staying on top of cleaning can be tough. With today's technology and the affordability of websites, anyone can start a business from home. If you go the non-medical route, you need to decide if you want to be part of a home care franchise or go independent.

Tips 95

Tips Franchising Cost Travel 95

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Prior to the age of instant communications, intelligence operatives usually targeted international travelers who were known diplomats, military personnel or government contractors — essentially, those individuals most likely to carry sensitive information. In the parlance of intelligence operatives, this activity is called elicitation.

Travel 8

Travel Hotels Business Intelligence Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Once wholly in the hands of managers (the "visible hands" chronicled by industrial age historian Alfred Chandler), technology innovation used to begin with a company's commitment of resources to R&D and patent protection. For example, Texas Instruments' 1990 revenues from patents exceeded its manufacturing revenues.)

Franchising 14

Franchising Reference Innovation Licensing 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

In the 1980s, I was part of the team that sold Sesame Street around the world — either licensed and broadcast in English or in locally adapted indigenous-language co-productions. I was curious to see how Sesame Workshop had continued to grow its operations over the years while remaining true to its mission to improve the lives of kids.

Globalization 8

Globalization Power Workshop Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Real Madrid is one of the most recognized soccer franchises in the world. With over 500 million dedicated fans, it also happens to be one of the most innovative franchises when it comes to fan engagement. “Advances in technology have helped us reimagine fan engagement and create new business models that we never thought possible.

Sports 8

Sports Brand Content Industry 8

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

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. An advertising-based model.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11