Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2015

Sensors, smartphones, tablets, wireless networks, and Big Data are starting to transform transportation and infrastructure. Innovation comes from courageous people with an entrepreneurial spirit. But to get change means encouraging innovators. But not fast enough. They want to move fast, unencumbered by tradition.

Transportation 8

Transportation Entrepreneur Wireless Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Great service and an innovative pricing strategy. Operators have to purchase a medallion license and abide by a series of rules (including a rigid pricing structure) in return for the right to pick-up passengers who hail service from the street. Uber’s dynamic pricing strategy effectively turns taxis into sitting ducks.

Price 8

Price Transportation Discount Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Historically, multinationals innovated in rich countries and sold those products in poor countries. Reverse innovation is doing exactly the opposite. It is about innovating in poor countries and selling those products in rich countries. Reverse innovation is also a significant learning opportunity for students in engineering.

Education 8

Education Innovation Engineering Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

shale oil and gas producers have been ramping up production to take advantage of rising crude oil prices — prices that had been rising in the wake of a deal between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Russia, and other non-OPEC producers to reduce oil output. The soaring U.S.

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2016

Noisy and ungainly, India’s three-wheeled auto rickshaws are an iconic form of urban transport that can be hard to love. Until recently, the trade-off for lower price was uncertainty. Innovation in Cities. Hailing a rickshaw was a matter of chance for would-be customers, while drivers might wait hours for a decent fare.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Price Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

degrees will require “rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure (including transport and buildings), and industrial systems” and this transition will need to be “unprecedented in terms of scale…and imply deep emissions reductions in all sectors.” Keeping the world at 1.5

Efficiency 10

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

The fact that incumbent taxi medallion owners and black car booking agents had even more usurious rates helped Uber get away with this pricing model. Uber’s next competitors will be other apps (perhaps one that might be baked into a mobile operating system or a mapping product) and these will be far more serious competitors than the old ones.

Transportation 8

Transportation Business Model Efficiency Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Operating margins for firms publicly listed in the US show a substantial and sustained rise. Firms engage in political “rent seeking”—lobbying for regulations that provide them sheltered markets—rather than competing on innovation. Even when regulators try to reduce prices, firms can benefit.

Pharmaceuticals 9

Pharmaceuticals Politics Price Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

And Coca-Cola’s 5by20 initiative which empowers female entrepreneurs in developing countries to operate neighborhood stores that sell its products and create an upward spiral of economic development. For great brands, CSV doesn’t simply draw upon the company’s innovation capabilities. And its self-serve stores save labor costs.

Brand 10

Brand Supply Chain Price Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

But for entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate innovators clamoring to build these businesses, it’s important to recognize that not all opportunities in this market are created equal. When Uber and Airbnb burst on the scene, they were tackling major inefficiencies in the markets for transportation and housing.

Transportation 8

Transportation Cost Business Model Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2016

Instead of getting into a price war or squabbling over a shrinking market, both disruptors and incumbents find new ways to create value. Today the airlines that participate in GALs transport more than two-thirds of all international traffic. Today, air taxi companies operate in a similar fashion to the Southwest of yore.

Airlines 9

Airlines Travel Industry Disruptive Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

The costly and complex operations of transporting energy have made utilities natural monopolies, while regulatory barriers and the high fixed costs of building and maintaining regional electrical grid infrastructure have also kept much competition at bay. Consider how Uber opened up the transportation market.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Software Price 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

I spent the last 18 months researching and writing a book on how organizations and leaders can do extraordinary things, even if they operate in pretty ordinary fields. You don’t have to be a programmer in Silicon Valley or a gene splicer in biotech to unleash exciting innovations and create huge value.

CEO 8

CEO Open-book Price Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

I also love Uber as a student (and teacher) of disruptive innovation theory, because the challenges the transportation company is encountering as it seeks to expand into new cities helpfully illustrate how to assess an idea’s disruptive potential. Competition Disruptive innovation' It’s simple, and it works beautifully.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Disintermediation Business Model Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

That year, as management tried to coordinate all the operating details across all the divisions, the company almost went bankrupt when poor planning led to excess inventory, with unsold cars piling up at dealers and the company running out of cash. Within each brand there were several models at different price points.

Transportation 8

Transportation Automotive Brand Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

One response to today’s climate crisis has been a belief that markets and corporate innovation will provide the solution. ” So while businesses are major contributors to escalating greenhouse gas emissions, they are also presented as offering innovative ways to decarbonize our economies.

Goal 8

Goal Short-term Insurance Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2017

As more and more companies face disruption from globalization, new technology, and startups that have more capital than the incumbents, the continuing cry from Wall Street investors is, “Why can’t companies be as innovative as startups?” Yet those very weaknesses give startups an overwhelming advantage in innovation.

Company 8

Company Hotels Business Model Drucker 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2021

Many businesses had their operations disrupted through a lack of supplies. It was, however, also due to issues with transport, especially long-distance transport. Secondly, you can actively prioritize suppliers who either operate or warehouse close to where you are based. These may entail changes to how you price it.

Strategy 110

Strategy Long-term Supply Chain Transportation 110

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Uber’s lower costs brought lower prices to consumers, with resulting popularity and growth. Uber publicists presented the company as the epitome of innovation, styling critics as incumbent puppets stuck in the past. It was Lyft that first invited drivers to provide transportation through their personal vehicles.

Licensing 8

Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Thanks to disruptive innovations , much of our world today looks radically different than it did just a decade or two ago. But, there's one major economic sector where disruptive innovation remains as rare as a sunny day in Seattle: the public sector. Remember flying in the old days? What exactly do we mean by this?

Disruptive Innovation 13

Disruptive Innovation Health Care Innovation Business Model 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. Aldi offers not just low prices, but convenience. Everyone shops at Aldi.

Retail 9

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Add work time lost due to travel; cultural norms requiring that people travel together; the expense of transportation; and a general lack of awareness about the value of correcting eyesight problems, and the French eyeglass company Essilor was faced with a perfect storm of what we call external constraints.

Constraint 15

Constraint Marketing Travel Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2012

It was their expression for what they'd observed studying Toyota's manufacturing operations: an absence of waste. Today, lean concepts have moved beyond the factory floor to become an organizing set of principles and practices applicable to all business operations and activities, including entrepreneurial start-ups. Conveyance.

Operations 8

Operations eBook Transportation Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

But the key for innovators across industries is that the size of the data isn’t the most critical factor — having the right data is. Using the applications it has running in both its drivers’ cars and its users’ pockets, it has mapped the real-time logistics flows of human transportation.

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain Price Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The pay ratio is also a misleading statistic because CEOs and workers operate in very different markets, so there is no reason for their pay to be linked — just as a solo singer’s pay bears no relation to a bassist’s pay. The best way to do this is to link pay to the long-run stock price. headquarters is expensive.

CEO 8

CEO Price Long-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

GE now operates in 175 countries across the globe.) So a constant reengineering of our business portfolio, operating model, and culture has been a key to our evolution. The context demanded operational excellence. In the first part of this century, innovation became the priority. Let’s take the 1990s.

Welch 8

Welch Six Sigma Agility Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

It may do to physical goods what cloud computing is now doing to digital services; what the PC, internet, and smart mobility have done to personal computing; and what outsourcing did to software development and business processing — take mass distribution and innovation to the next level while realigning the very geography of work and trade.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

No family should pay an unjust price for progress, he announced, yet automation should not be viewed as an enemy. New jobs that could not have been imagined at the time, such as app developer or MRI technician, have replaced obsolete ones, such as switchboard operators. trillion of wages in the U.S.

CEO 8

CEO Technology Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

The problem with the effort, of course, was that building both the necessary African infrastructure and the logistics network needed to transport the non-indigenous crops was going to be a very expensive proposition indeed. It''s not about price, or code, or agile development. or you might not.

Company 8

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

After repurposing many of the original structures and facades, the district is now evolving into a retail, restaurant, arts, and culture destination, a forum for local events, a flexible work space for businesses, and a residential area, all while evolving its manufacturing with 21 st century operations. Accessibility is another key.

Real Estate 12

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2015

While patients are paying more and more out of pocket for care, key challenges stand in the way of them operating as effective consumers. Fortunately, a number of innovative start-up companies are arising to address this problem. Innovative start-ups are leading the way. Three obstacles. Reconceive the market.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Long-term Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

Unfortunately, Zuckerberg’s “platform” reference has elicited many comparisons of Oculus to Google’s purchase of Android , the company that would provide Google with its own smartphone operating system. Disruptive innovation Technology' VR is insular. It doesn’t push the reach of the microprocessor.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Automotive Software Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

The Future of Operations. Now within services we are seeing a shift from physical services (like transportation) to information-intensive services (like financial services and digital-content delivery). Relative productivity growth initially causes growth in emerging sectors as prices drop and nascent demand grows.

Technology 8

Technology Offshoring Marketing Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

Second, we see a raft of innovations that will alter how products are designed, manufactured and sold — everything from nanotechnologies to 3D printing. Then, manufacturing's most important role is as a driver of innovation, trade, and productivity. Innovations Are Changing The Way We Design Products. but also the risks.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Meanwhile, employee disengagement results in higher absenteeism, more accidents, lower business profitability, worse customer service, and a lower share price. The good news is that multiple employers are already innovating in these areas. is an innovator in this area. Train frontline managers to support people and process.

Survey 8

Survey Retail How To Reis 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2016

On Monday Uber said that it is selling its operation in China to a rival Chinese ride-sharing company whose CEO was in that foreshadowing photo. Kalanick gets the same on Didi Chuxing’s board, and Uber gets around a 20% share of the Chinese company, which will run Uber’s Chinese operation as a separate brand.

Marketing 8

Marketing CEO Mass Marketing Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

The basic model will be available as a 20 square meter pre-fabricated kit designed for onsite installation at the price of 500 Euros ($700 U.S. billion people has always called out to me as a problem needing new and innovative solutions. Think Reverse Innovation: This isn't just for developing economies.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Transportation Cooper Globalization 11