David Marks

JUNE 22, 2017

Technology leadership forges a competitive advantage. When Amazon Web Services (AWS) was introduced back in 2002, Amazon was a fledgling web retailer mainly known for selling books cheaply. An open culture encourages employees to share and develop new ideas. Efficient processes streamline ideas into products.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

An automobile industry trade consultant , for instance, observes that “Today, a typical automotive design cycle is approximately 24 to 36 months, which is much faster than the 60-month life cycle from five years ago.” Many people suggest that rates of new product introduction and adoption are speeding up, but is it really, across the board?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2011

He adapted the moving assembly line process for the manufacture of automobiles, which allowed him to manufacture, market and sell the Model T at a significantly lower price than his competition, enabling the creation of a new and rapidly growing market. But in doing so, Henry Ford froze the design of the Model T.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

This changed the basis of competition for PC manufacturers. Some resorted to industrial design. Over the long haul, competition eventually took margins to unsustainably low levels for everyone except Intel and Microsoft. But where were the opportunities for innovation if you were a branded PC manufacturer?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

Details of the competition and of customer segments determine whether the positives outweigh the negatives, and years can pass before customer-centricity bears fruit. Each division focuses on one customer group — premium customers or young adults, for example — and, through research, designs products for that segment.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

The amount of time it took to deliver the results to the global audience was, in fact, 30 times faster than the race itself—and at the same time, 15 other Olympic competitions were simultaneously having their results relayed. When the Olympics 100m final was run on Sunday in an astonishing 9.63

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2015

Writing in 2002, the depths of the dot.com bust, she says that business models are “at heart, stories — stories that explain how enterprises work. Before that, successful business models “were created more by accident than by design or foresight, and became clear only after the fact.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The language of ecosystems redefined our understanding of competition by viewing markets has habitats. Might a company have the same DNA for its lifetime, but be able to innovate by expressing that DNA into new business models, organizational designs, and offerings? Does biology inform business? It’s happened before.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The corporate community is also concerned that our current system inhibits competitiveness, holding American companies back. However, these complaints are not all created equal; there is little evidence of a competitiveness problem for U.S. multinational corporations are not competitive. multinational firms. Further, U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Successful platforms engage in platform evangelism, providing developers with resources to innovate, feedback on design and performance, and rewards for participation. Think of it this way: To host a successful event you must plan carefully, invite the right people, have the right food, and manage competition with the party next door.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Across industries and across countries, a small number of “superstar” firms are pulling away from the competition. Are they out-competing their rivals, or are they using their size and influence to avoid competition altogether? But why is IT leading to winner-take-all competition?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

The number of internet users in China stood at roughly 5 million in 1999 but grew to 40 million in 2002, by which time it was clear that Yahoo was not getting the traction that local Chinese internet companies were seeing. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. Both were offered free to consumers and merchants.

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Software Review Technical Review Marketing Leadership 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

When PARC became a for-profit subsidiary of Xerox to practice open innovation in 2002, Henry Chesbrough had not yet published his book Open Innovation and the concept was not well understood. The concept of open innovation has moved from business phrase to business reality over the last ten years.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Without Ghosn, the Nissan-Renault alliance is likely to falter — leaving two small auto manufacturers without competitive economies of scale. Didn’t Nissan have internal controls designed to assure the accuracy and completeness of its public disclosures?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

The restaurant industry is notorious for being competitive, risky, and low-margin. Three years later, El Bulli rose to three Michelin Stars, and when the first edition of the 50 Best guide was released in 2002, they earned the top spot, positioning Spain as one of the main gastronomic destinations in the world. pchyburrs/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Those who work for the competition aren’t. Antitrust and competition policy are seeing renewed interest , including recent hearings on the subject by the Federal Trade Commission. This model, where proprietary software pairs with other strengths to form competitive advantage, is only becoming more common.

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Boxes and Arrows

OCTOBER 17, 2017

You can apply game design elements to anything, which is called gamification. Mobile app onboarding is a useful place for a touch of competition or goal-setting. The results support gamification as a resource UX designers can and should turn to. Designers should play to that desire and make onboarding itself fun.

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How To Design Survey Examples 73

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

In 2002 I worked with a client at a large global electronics company. People will compare your product against the best things they’ve experienced, not just competitive products in its category. Situation Five: It’s Designed for Now, Not for the Future. Situation One: It’s a Technology in Search of a Need.

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