Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

But all assets are not created equal, especially as the technological landscape changes. Even when these firms rely on physical assets, like cars for Uber, they own the technology, not the physical asset. Digital native upstarts are gutting traditional industries one at a time, leveraging scalable technology and participative networks.

Intangible Assets 12

Intangible Assets Business Model How To Intellectual Capital 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

We invest billions of dollars each year in medicines, new technologies, doctors, and hospitals—all with the goal of improving health, arguably our most prized commodity. So reducing investments in low-value care services means spending less on doctors, hospitals, and other health care technologies. rawpixel/Getty Images.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Pharmaceuticals Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

While the in-person DPPs were largely successful in reducing disease risk and incidence, Duffy and James recognized that there was substantial opportunity to better scale the DPP and make it more accessible and personalized by using technology. Design the service for the patient.

Health Care 13

Health Care Participative Wireless Pharmaceuticals 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

The Sun-Netscape Alliance was formed when AOL acquired Netscape in 1998 but then sought to spin out the software operations of Netscape. At the end of the three years, all operations reverted to Sun and the "collaboration" ended, leaving but a trace of itself in Sun's product line.

Software 16

Software Licensing Long-term Telecommunications 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A few outlier industries (notably pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and computers) prop up the sector’s aggregate performance; most others have experienced flat growth or outright declines in real GDP over the past two decades. It’s clear why pain in the domestic supplier base matters from a policy perspective.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

The goal is balance: A coherent company strikes a balance where the right product and service portfolio naturally thrives within a capabilities system consciously chosen and implemented to support a deliberate strategy or way to play. Companies today operate in a business environment that encourages incoherence.

Resources 51

Resources Industry System Strategy 51

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The most common source of joint value is economies of scale , which allow for a reduction in the costs of either production or back-office operations. This kind of joint value is more common in computers and industrial products than in pharmaceuticals. No, because it does not stem from added value to customers or to society.

Pharmaceuticals 8

Pharmaceuticals Cost Airlines Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2017

In a project for a pharmaceutical company, we were able to isolate the specific information sources that drove positive and negative sentiment toward the client’s brand. Organizations often seem obsessed by measuring fractional shifts in operational performance, capturing data on sales, inventory turns, and manufacturing efficiency.

Company 8

Company Management Metrics Tools 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Beacons are battery-powered wireless sensors installed in retail stores or event venues that detect nearby consumers who have opted in to alerts through Bluetooth or other technologies and that relay information to consumers’ mobile devices. Mobile technology allows firms to know where the consumer is located.

Short-term 8

Short-term Brand Long-term Media 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2011

Long term commitment in a world where the technology is advancing almost on a daily basis is difficult to maintain. The negotiators achieved their goal and closed a clever and profitable deal. PDF) But that would leave you out of the game for many new technologies and markets, where alliances are essential.

Management 11

Management Airlines How To Pharmaceuticals 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

The innovation alone is a herculean task, but imagine being that upstart pioneer trying to develop the technology, while at the same time going up against entrenched, powerful competitors with deep industry knowledge, assets, and channels who’ve been around for a hundred years or more. Sponsored by DXC Technology. Insight Center.

Innovation 14

Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 14