Michael Roberto

JUNE 20, 2024

Dawn Gilbertson writes that some very loyal customers do not want the airline to make some of the dramatic changes being considered by management in the face of a push from an activist investor, Elliott Investment Management. They may not have the cost edge that enables lower pricing than rivals and creates a competitive advantage.

Change 52

Change Strategy Strategy Trends 52

Planview

AUGUST 16, 2024

Workers often struggle with manual tasks, and project managers struggle with incomplete data. Founded in 2004, Benify expanded quickly, building a professional services team of 120 people in 75 countries. This connectivity enables better collaboration, resource management, and strategic alignment.

Software Review 64

Software Review Data Project Report 64

Integrative Innovation

MARCH 9, 2018

Companies exploring new business models may not fully recognize that these tensions will almost inevitably emerge and thus may be ill-prepared to manage them. Understanding these tensions should help in managing the challenges of concurrent business models. Power struggle for resources (with existing business model).

Innovation 89

Innovation Strategy Strategy Disruption 89

Adam Hartung

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

The brand is now so tarnished that Sears Holdings is writing down the value of the Sears name by another $200million – reducing intangible value from the $4B at origination in 2004 to under $2B. Mr. Lampert has been merciless in his tenacity to manage every detail at Sears. 2 – Manage-by-the-numbers rather than trends.

Trends 36

Trends Competition Analysis Leadership 36

Planview

APRIL 11, 2019

Planview Spigit lets us give employees an opportunity to create the next big thing.” – Joe Laurin, Visioneering Manager, Polaris Industries . They needed a way to access greater idea diversity, streamline the innovation management process, drive implementation, and knock down bureaucracies. How do they accomplish this?

Case Study 56

Case Study Crowdsourcing Study Industry 56

The BMI Lab Blog

JANUARY 26, 2018

At the same time, in 2003-2004, Alibaba invested USD 52 million to enter the C2C market in China through its service, Taobao.com. A year later, in 2004, it occupied over 50% of the market, displacing eBay to the second position. In 2010 Taobao had close to 80% of the C2C market in China, entirely displacing eBay.

Technical Review 73

Technical Review Innovation LEAN Software Review 73

hackerearth

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Simply put, design thinking is an action-oriented and solution-focused methodology used to solve complex problems, such as those faced by organizations in a highly competitive and rapidly changing environment. Leaders and managers can design the way they lead, manage, innovate, and create.

Design Thinking 65

Design Thinking Design Innovation Artificial Inteligence 65

David Marks

MAY 19, 2017

The Natural monopoly axis measures the degree of which a company is shielded from competition. New technologies, competitors, regulations and social trends have a nasty habit of diminishing competitive advantages so laboriously accumulated. While option 2 is clearly riskier, it offers a potential of remaining competitive.

Company 40

Company Analysis Technical Review Roadmap 40

Innovation Walk

JUNE 14, 2019

Traditional companies have also started to deal with a new competition since the entry of fast-emerging businesses referred to as “startups“. In fact, the velocity of obsolescence , referred to the rate of speed at which a product or service and/or the competitive advantage of it will lose its value, has dramatically increased.

Open Innovation 40

Open Innovation Innovation Agile Trends 40

David Marks

MAY 19, 2017

The Natural monopoly axis measures the degree of which a company is shielded from competition. New technologies, competitors, regulations and social trends have a nasty habit of diminishing competitive advantages so laboriously accumulated. While option 2 is clearly riskier, it offers a potential of remaining competitive.

Company 40

Company Analysis Technical Review Roadmap 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 8, 2021

In 2017 it was blocked for a few hours by the OOCL Japan, in 2006 it was blocked by the Okal King Dor for 8 hours, and before that in 2004 the Tropic Brilliance became lodged for 3 whole days. Ultimately, because the SCA has no competition there is very little pressure for them to innovate.

Crowdsourcing 52

Crowdsourcing Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review 52

Qmarkets

APRIL 8, 2021

In 2017 it was blocked for a few hours by the OOCL Japan, in 2006 it was blocked by the Okal King Dor for 8 hours, and before that in 2004 the Tropic Brilliance became lodged for 3 whole days. Ultimately, because the SCA has no competition there is very little pressure for them to innovate.

Crowdsourcing 52

Crowdsourcing Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2011

Every year since 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a report on the state of competition in the wireless market. Tension hangs in the air in particular this year because of the new ground broken by last year's 14th Competition Report. If firms are not exercising market power, competition reigns.

Competition 15

Competition Report Analysis Policies 15

Adam Hartung

MAY 15, 2016

By November, 2004 the stock has risen to $90. He became a very, very active “hands on” manager. He micro-managed costs, with no sense of important trends in retail. He should have sold outdated brands under intense competitive pressure, such as Kenmore, to a segment supplier like Best Buy. But it did.

Trends 36

Trends Technical Review Innovation Leadership 36

Michael Roberto

JULY 26, 2017

First, companies find themselves extending into areas in which they do not have distinctive capabilities that can lead to competitive advantage. Second, the attention focused on the new businesses can accelerate deterioration of the core, as management becomes distracted and resources stretched thin.

Competition 20

Competition Report Resources Company 20

Innovation Excellence

APRIL 14, 2020

Conversely, a city with broad, straight avenues (which are efficient in terms of space management and easy to navigate) where one can see all the way to the horizon provides less security. The Pope was quite enraged by this suggestion and announced a competition to find someone who could develop and execute a plan to move Cleopatra’s Needle.

Innovation 98

Innovation Technical Review Software Review Creativity 98

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2015

But what about the kinds of jobs where measuring someone’s “output” isn’t about counting the number of widgets they produced, but rather it’s about how they managed a team or influenced others or helped people collaborate better? Second, managers focus on opportunities, not score-keeping.

Management 15

Management Software Review Software System 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2011

The key is to manage your multiple partners and not let your relationships run wild. Their exclusive agreement had been launched in the go-go year of 2000, but by 2004 it had landed in court. Global airlines manage their multi-partner alliances carefully to avoid duplicating routes. Then we learn a lot from the proceedings.

Management 14

Management How To Strategy Strategy 14

Adam Hartung

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Those numbers are subject to considerable manipulation by management. In 2004 Sears bought K-Mart, and the stock was $40. But I kept reiterating the point that long-term investors must look beyond short-term reported sales and earnings. In 2003 Sears Holdings was $25/share.

Marketing 36

Marketing Software Company Report 36

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2011

Looking for an edge over your competition ? In 2004, the BBC Symphony Orchestra gave a performance of the modern classic 4' 33" by John Cage , a composition famous for its counterintuitive focus on the sounds of music not being played. I sometimes ask the executives and managers I coach to do something similarly counterintuitive.

Strategic Thinking 19

Strategic Thinking Exercises Competition System 19

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

Greece has only managed to wrest the four-month extension of a stability program. Cyprus’ growth was higher between 1980 and 2004, before it joined the Eurozone, than between 2004 and 2014, and it has been particularly low since 2008, when it adopted the Euro. A managed exit from the common currency could alter that.

Competition 14

Competition Project Management Strategy 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2012

This was the headline finding of a recent study (PDF) by the American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. In short, it is their primary management system. When Charles "Chuck" Schwab returned to the helm to turn around his troubled financial firm in 2004, for example, he installed such a system.

Data 16

Data Survey Report Study 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

That’s the highest proportion since the firm began conducting the survey in 2004, and a big increase since 2012. While they might be good at cutting costs, they rarely knew enough to manage growth and innovation. While shareholders might benefit, the company was lost as a competitive force in its field.

Survey 14

Survey Industry Learning Training 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

Here's a case in point: In 2004, my HBS colleague Gary Pisano and I conducted a project at a leading manufacturer of highly sophisticated production equipment for the electronics industry, which I'll call "Exotech." The project ran successfully for hardware development, and the project management tools worked exactly as expected.

Software Review 16

Software Review Software Development Software Developers Development Team Review 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2012

Take what seem to be the three central tenants of capitalism as we know it: competition , the pursuit of financial gain , and the basic geography of power. It's obvious why every CEO and strategist would want it, but it does not produce the benefits that competition is meant to produce.". And that focus filters down to companies.

Competition 15

Competition Industry Marketing Collaboration 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

After all, he has asserted since 2004 that global oil production was nothing to worry about, and that there would be few effects on the economy. Conventional crude ended its 150-year-long growth trajectory in 2004 and flattened out around 74 million barrels per day. And we must correct some of Mr. Yergin's assertions.

Resources 12

Resources Disruption Marketing Competition 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

In a recent MIT CISR poll, 42% of our respondents said they expected to gain competitive advantage from social, mobile, analytics, cloud, and internet of things (SMACIT) technologies. Because they are so accessible, it is very difficult to generate competitive advantage from any of them. But guess what? Insight Center.

Strategy 15

Strategy Strategy Internet of things Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2013

We've been able to bring in and keep the right people by focusing on our mission, paying competitively, getting occasional help from professional recruiters, and ruthlessly focusing on talent development. To do so, enterprises need to have a strong culture, excellent managers, and continued plans for growth. Leverage your mission.

Competition 14

Competition Entrepreneurship Leadership Culture 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

The solution, we decided, was to acquire a local company that had already gained traction in the market and that could provide us with proven local management as well as help us with web search, which had become a priority after we bought U.S. We were optimistic about Yahoo’s future in China as the deal closed in January 2004.

Software Review 14

Software Review Technical Review Marketing Leadership 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2011

But more than two-thirds of 1990 industry leaders no longer existed by 2004. In today's business environment of ever-escalating competition, such an organization is the only kind that is built to survive. This is how a leader creates an organization that harnesses the utmost effort and resiliency from all employees.

Leadership 19

Leadership Industry Competition Learning 19

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

It is promising that Bank of America has just announced a partnership with leading political risk advisory firm Eurasia Group to provide geopolitical insights both for wealth management clients and to adjust portfolio allocations. In doing so, they often fail to ask the right questions beyond which acronym rolls of the tongue most easily.

Conference 16

Conference Project Marketing Policies 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

If you’re one of the many managers out there who must negotiate with companies in China — the world’s largest emerging economy — you probably need to change your approach. What worked a year or two ago is no longer effective, because the competitive and regulatory environment has transformed so quickly.

Company 13

Company Resources Competition Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2012

"A general who fears to unsheathe his sword is not a good general," says Mr. Li Jiaxiang , Chairman of Air China from 2004 to 2008 and the #1 performing corporate leader in China according to our new ranking (just published in the Harvard Business Review China and the centerpiece for the magazine's launch events in Beijing and Shanghai).

Marketing 15

Marketing Leadership Competition Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. Thiry immediately replaced most of the management team.

Company 13

Company How To Disruption System 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

And yet, in announcing those numbers, management confessed: "We know we can do better. In 2004, the European beer company Interbrew, itself a product of several mergers, acquired a majority stake in AmBev, creating InBev. Management and front-line employees dream the same dreams. At best, indifferent.

Culture 13

Culture Competition Company Management 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. Driving competitive advantage through stakeholder engagement. ” Improving risk management. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Fostering innovation.

Technical Review 15

Technical Review Study Disruption Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2015

And building a strong employer brand first became a major focus of activity between 2004 and 2008, when in response to the growing competition for talent, leading companies like Unilever , Shell and P&G began to apply the same focus and consistency to their employer branding as they applied to their corporate and consumer branding.

Survey 15

Survey Guidelines Report Engagement 15