Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

In most companies, marketers are in charge of assessing the competition. Because of this, close to 60 percent of all competitive intelligence professionals report to marketing. Yet the majority of marketers fail to use their competition analysts strategically, instead using them to gather more “recon” data.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2012

But no less planned or executed than another viral blockbuster — the OMGPOP team's March 2012 breakout of Draw Something , a Pictionary-like game. The result : by late March 2012, Draw Something had 15 million daily players and was the Apple AppStore's #1 word game in 84 countries. The Invisible Children, Inc. Emergent, yes.

Design 15

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

New innovations will change the basis of competition in many markets and alter the sources of advantage for most companies. In years past, an important source of competitive advantage for insurers was the ability to price risk better than rivals. Harnessing this data requires new skills and capabilities.

Artificial Inteligence 16

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

More than half (52 percent) of respondents who graduated in 2012 and 2013 and managed to find jobs tell us they did not receive any formal training in those positions. By building a distinctive program for training new hires, and getting the word out about it, an organization today can gain an edge in the competition for top talent.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

For some time now we’ve been living into a smarter world filled with Big Data and analytics, and a more connected one that’s been described as “ the internet of things.” ” In this world, customers expect their suppliers to surround their products with data services and digitally enhanced experiences.

Software 14

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

Many such bulletins focus on radically changing the nature of competition in an industry, as Apple did for music and Uber did for taxis. In January 2012 , the company also launched One Day Auto Insurance – a new kind of auto insurance that can be purchased on mobile phones. Thus, in 2012, Luminar was born.

Technology 14

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2013

Despite predictions by some pundits that many sales jobs would disappear due to the Internet and "big data", companies continue to invest in sales forces in a big way. billion spent on all media advertising in 2012 and more than 20 times the estimated $39.5 billion spent on Internet advertising in 2012.

Underperforming Technical Team 9

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

Whereas incremental innovation — e.g. a razor company’s fifth razor blade — helps firms to stay competitive in the short-term, radical innovation focuses on long-term impact and may involve displacing current products, altering the relationship between customers and suppliers, and creating completely new product categories.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Studying hundreds of data breaches, our research has found that they create significant ripples that affect other companies in the industry. Our research shows that data breaches sometimes harm a firm’s close rivals (due to spillover effects), but sometimes help them (due to competitive effects).

Policies 14

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

of the GDP on healthcare in 2012. Given declining clinical revenues and the relative flattening of the NIH budget, the ability to garner research funding is increasingly competitive and difficult to sustain. The United States spent 17.9% Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth.

Disruption 10

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Big Data meets travel.in In the hyper-competitive world of technology and consumer Internet, it is hard to find a company that is pound for pound as profitable as TripAdvisor. The chart below shows their financial performance over the last few years, with forecasted 2012 revenue of $767M and EBITDA of $339M.

Software Review 11

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2017

We started tracking the role of digital in the boardroom in 2012. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide. Sponsored by DXC Technology. How the best companies get up to speed. Our formal research echoes the sentiment we hear from our clients in every engagement: The board of directors has a vital role to play in digital transformation.

Artificial Inteligence 8

Artificial Inteligence Disruption Internet of things Culture 8

Board of Innovation

JUNE 5, 2022

The manufacturing industry is becoming increasingly capable of creating small batches (or even single units) of personalized products at very competitive prices. This tracker is interesting because it combines big data management with a photographic memory. At our office, Manu is one of the early backers of the Narrative Clip.

Artificial Inteligence 52

Artificial Inteligence Data Trends Underperforming Technical Team 52

Board of Innovation

JUNE 5, 2022

The manufacturing industry is becoming increasingly capable of creating small batches (or even single units) of personalized products at very competitive prices. This tracker is interesting because it combines big data management with a photographic memory. At our office, Manu is one of the early backers of the Narrative Clip.

Artificial Inteligence 52

Artificial Inteligence Data Trends Underperforming Technical Team 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

“It has been the biggest launch in Taco Bell history,” said Greg Creed, chief executive officer of Taco Bell, which saw same-store sales rise 8 percent in 2012. A Brief History of Applause, the 'Big Data' of the Ancient World (The Atlantic). Last year, we added 15,000 people to handle the growth.” LET'S HAVE A ROUND.

Big Data 8

Big Data Data Competition Collaboration 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

But the startup could not keep pace with the development and scale of established battery makers, and production defects led to a $55 million recall in 2012 and contributed to the company’s bankruptcy later that year. The company developed lithium ion batteries that helped convince automakers of their value for hybrid vehicles.

Underperforming Technical Team 15

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

These are exactly — and I mean "precisely" — the same kinds of debates and disagreements I hear in organizations invested in " Big Data " and next generation analytics. They'll be reviewing and refining best practice and their judgement calls in light of the useful — and useless — insights their data provided.

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