Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2014

Much of identity management, including passports, still operates on a paper-based system. Interpol’s database currently lists 39 million stolen travel documents. When a person travels through a checkpoint at a border crossing, instead of showing and scanning a paper passport, she could present her private Bitcoin key.

Document 9

Document Real Estate Travel System 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

On March 25 mighty Uber bowed out of Southeast Asia by selling its operation in several countries to local rival Grab. In 2016 the company sold its China operation to Didi Chuxing because of the fierce competitiveness of the local player. A year later, Uber admitted defeat in another region, selling its operation in Russia to Yandex.

Transportation 10

Transportation Health Care Venture Capitalist Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2016

were alarmed to find that most of its sales agents are not properly licensed and trained to sell group health insurance. So how might a hotel operator respond to the rise of Airbnb? So an Airbnb property may offer one-of-a-kind charm at an affordable price, but could turn into a death trap in the event of a fire.

Hotels 8

Hotels Price Tactics Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2012

Responsiveness to communities — In many of the developing countries where these companies are active, it is not self-evident that you get a license to operate. To be accepted, you need to build trust. In addition to these overarching guiding principles, we found that these leaders also share a set of practices.

Globalization 15

Globalization Long-term Diversity Licensing 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

The site''s early ambitions were modest — provide a website for cash-strapped out-of-towners to find cheap places to crash, a form of budget travel known as couch-surfing. The company now operates in 190 countries and 28,000 cities, and its founders expect the service to grow to 100 million annual bookings and revenue of $1 billion.

Hotels 8

Hotels Disruptive Innovation Licensing Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Digital natives have already disrupted industries such as media, publishing, travel, music, and photography. It would be very hard for Amazon or Google to guarantee customer outcomes and take risks with businesses whose operations they know little about. Ford or Tesla? The Challenges for Industrial Giants. Not, really.

Industry 8

Industry Software Six Sigma Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

Your Uber account contains credit card information; once you leave the car the company calculates your fare, usually based on distance traveled, charges your card, divides money between Uber and the car, and emails you a receipt. When you get there, you get out and walk away, no cash or credit card required.

Transportation 10

Transportation Licensing Letter Advertising 10

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. Travel Costs​ Depending on the nature of your business you could be traveling frequently. Rental cars: Did you rent a car for business travel? Keep that receipt, too! Keep that receipt, too!

Tips 95

Tips Franchising Cost Travel 95

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

When it comes to specialist operations, experience is key, so he was going to visit each of them and then make a decision. However, when I spoke to him again, he had just decided where he was going to have the operation: in the hospital in his hometown in Spain. I was surprised; there was no specialist in that hospital.

Gordon 8

Gordon Strategy Decisionmaking Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

The app provides users with targeted recommendations for certain lifestyle insurance products such as skiing, golf, and travel-related insurance. GE is moving to an outcome-based economic model, bringing the company closer to its customers’ operations. These products were available through a specialized mobile app.

Business Model 8

Business Model Insurance Technology Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

Meanwhile their short ranges, low speeds and limited payloads don’t detract from their value because the people using these vehicles weren’t traveling very far or very fast or hauling very much to begin with.

Marketing 8

Marketing Transportation Licensing Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2016

Slow demographic growth in developed economies creates a zero-sum situation (which is part of why the licensed cabs vs Uber/Lyft contest is so heated). OpenTable (a restaurant reservations service), Motivate (the operator of CitiBike, Bay Area Bikeshare, and others), and Luxe (a web-based valet parking service) are examples.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Entrepreneur Finance Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Uber argues that its business model is premised on licensing software that acts as an intermediary between passengers and drivers.). These cases clearly point to the importance of understanding how platform-employers operate, and how work is structured within semi-automated, algorithmic management systems.

Management 8

Management Price Disaggregation System 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Just imagine the operational demand if primary care providers also had to actively monitor their patients’ health data between office visits. Our view is that early conceptions of connected health and the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) traveled a flawed path. A Way Forward. Engaging patients in their own care.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Insurance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

Crushing the “Propaganda Stations” In considering radio license renewals in 1929, a certain station caught the attention of Hoover (now U.S. FCC licensing rules diminished freedom in the emerging electronic press. And it traveled in your pocket. Second, wireless licenses were made flexible. Since 1994 the U.S.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

KLM conducted social media research to find out more about why the customers were waiting at the gate, whether their flights were delayed, why they were traveling, and then surprised them at their gates with personalized gifts. Integrating such social reports with geolocation delivers two added advantages.

Short-term 8

Short-term Brand Long-term Media 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization. To collect the check she would have needed to travel to a government office. Then, of course, she would have needed to travel again to a bank to cash the check. The result?

Banking 15

Banking Long-term Short-term System 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Although it is too early to tell if Tunisia and Egypt will prove the exceptions rather than the rule when it comes to dramatic political transitions in the Middle East, multinationals operating in the region have already faced significant losses. Next, firms would assess the likely impact of alternative scenarios on their operations.

Strategy 13

Strategy Politics Short-term Long-term 13

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

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

and Cuba could implement over the next two years will be critical for helping business executives determine the level of urgency around developing their Cuba operation. Understanding the policies that leaders in the U.S. A limited business opportunity. How to know where the economy is heading.

Policies 8

Policies Short-term Long-term GDP 8