CorporateIntel

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Frequent readers of this blog know that I am obsessed with the concept of creative destruction , the intangible but daunting market force where an invention that is vital takes out that which has become defunct, and the nascent replaces the established. Was anything really lost if this was just a merger? What went wrong?

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 31, 2017

They could be a new way to call a cab, drive a car with little need for gas, or a completely new way to look at medical science, technology, or entertainment. With aggressive marketing to dentists and common Americans, Listerine became a runaway success in the 1920’s as a treatment for chronic bad breath.

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The Inovo Group

MAY 30, 2019

Creative Construction , by Gary Pisano at Harvard Business School, is such a book, in part due to the preeminence and influence of Harvard in the conversations about innovation that have been taking place since Christenson’s ‘The Innovator’s Dilemma’ was published in 1997. Now the real work begins. [1]

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Constant improvement often makes up the business as it continually improves on its offering and we are all caught up in this, as technology is continually changing, allowing us to apply what we are learning and as we plug into the feedback we are getting from the market. We get unwanted results due to a specific set of behaviors.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Human-centered design is also very people-focused, and typically consists of the three phases: inspiration (learning from the end user), ideation (brainstorming), and implementation (bring solution to life and eventually to market). Back in 2012, Mayo Clinic set out to develop a mobile app for patients and visitors of their clinic.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 16, 2018

As increased consumer awareness transforms markets and government policy, and as technology creates so many unexpected shortcuts, I believe that this trend will only continue in the future. had a chance to gauge the American consumer’s interest in high-end gems before they entered the market. Because Tiffany & Co.

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Boxes and Arrows

MAY 14, 2013

I should have remembered where I was supposed to get off, but, like everyone else, I rely on technology to offload cognitive processes when I should be using my brain. The iPad hit the market about three years ago, quickly becoming disruptive by creating a user need where there previously was none. 22% of U.S. adults now own a tablet.

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IdeaSpies

AUGUST 31, 2018

did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). Now, how about these?

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IdeaSpies

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). Now, how about these?

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IdeaSpies

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). Now, how about these?

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Idea Drop

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Although Kodak had early access to the first digital camera technology, they chose not to develop it as they felt it would kill their own film business. They filed for bankruptcy in 2012. Their product was the hobby of the masses, but more importantly, the receptacle of memories for millions of people over the years.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

But that doesn't mean savvy marketers aren't supremely well-positioned to embrace slacktivism as an innovative outreach to customers and communities alike. Health care, nutrition and energy consumption are only the most obvious marketing opportunities for Innovative Self Quantification Marketing Opportunities.

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Adam Hartung

MAY 20, 2016

Same store sales were also up 1%, but analysts pointed out that was largely due to lower prices to hold competitors at bay. While investors cheered the news, at the higher valuation WalMart is still only worth what it was in June, 2012 (just under $70/share.) And that market is barely growing. It was only $1.1B Maybe 1-2%/year.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The skinny: Uber launched in London in mid-2012. Who it’s from: Harvard Business Review. Carlton D’Silva, CEO & CCO at Hungama Digital Services, predicts that we’ll see more focus on digitalization this year and what the impact will be on the market. Here are 10 new discoveries from this past week. Read more →.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2011

So what can we expect in 2012 in a world that seems to grow ever connected by the hour? Also, as part of a marketing campaign, Domino's Pizza posted feedback — unfiltered feedback — on a large billboard in Times Square, bringing together real opinions from real people pulled from a digital source and displayed in the real world.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2012

And everywhere you go in this gathering of the smartest people in the most exciting business category on the planet, there are marketing mistakes being made. The engineering of electronics has never been healthier, but the quality of the marketing lags far behind. For example, you don't make a video-distribution technology.

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The Inovo Group

MARCH 20, 2020

– Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, 2012. The COVID-19 pandemic, a fifty-percent drop in the price of crude oil, and the knock-on effects to businesses and markets have upset the global order. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012). Indeed, what is the point of the exercise?

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MSSBTI

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

All you had to pay attention to was perhaps a few competitors and partnerships, and your market was fairly stable. Now you have many products across multiple markets and numerous partners and when you make a decision your competitors are countering. Perhaps they are using a new technology or are in another part of the world.

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Adam Hartung

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

In a market of 95million barrels per day production, electric cars made a difference of 25,000 to 70,000 barrels of lost consumption; ~.05%. Markets that did not exist for mobile products 10 years ago are now huge. When markets shift, they often shift a lot faster than anyone predicts. So could the market for EVs wildly grow?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2011

My crystal ball devoted to the intersection of business and digital technology brought forth six predictions for 2012. When Amazon's Kindle Fire came out I wrote that the tablet wars were starting in earnest, and when I hear Eric Schmidt promise a "highest quality" Android tablet in 2012 I get excited to see what's coming.

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New Markets Advisors

MARCH 26, 2019

I advocate for developing a rich understanding of consumers that allows companies to build successful products and market them in the right way. Yet entrepreneurs, marketers, product managers, and other innovators often get lost in the complexity of their businesses and their new ideas. The global wellness market is large and growing.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 30, 2017

The folks at Armada Corporate Intelligence profiled a Bloomberg Businessweek story on Fanatics , the sports apparel manufacturer and marketer, in its Inside the Executive Suite. It also uses its agile strategy to market apparel for niche opportunities where it might sell as few as ten t-shirts.

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Wazoku

JANUARY 9, 2020

Advances in mechanisation, mass production and, more recently, technology have shaped where and how we work, as well as what we produce. A new era of work and technological change. New technology in the home made it easier for women to do paid work, relieving them of time-consuming housework.

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The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2018

When Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, Research in Motion (RIM) was a major player in a worldwide market that sold about one billion cell phones annually (the term “smartphone” was new). Articulate artifacts, experiences and influences – expand beyond technology. Conduct market research? Technology roadmapping?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

And I predict that leaders who get the whole story, and act on it, will reap unexpectedly better workplace morale in 2012, despite all the uncertainty and volatility of the global economic realities. His firm grew explosively during the 90s and right up through 2008, constructing offices and high-end homes for the technological elite.

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hackerearth

JUNE 29, 2017

Unfortunately, about 80% of these schemes are ineffective due to irrelevant ideas, duplicate suggestions, a deluge of submissions making evaluation difficult, and no means to track the status of a submitted idea. There are two models of idea management: open suggestion schemes and targeted campaigns. Innovation is about change.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 30, 2020

Even before the pandemic, entrepreneurs already had a difficult time remaining relevant in an increasingly competitive market. This guarantees your foothold in the market for much longer. Due to the fact that they could not function during quarantine, physical stores had to adapt quickly to survive.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Human ingenuity — increasingly augmented by technical amplifiers — remains the most remarkable renewable resource. So here are four innovation ideas — themes, really — sure to gain significantly greater mind- and market-share over the coming year. What do they all have in common? Individual empowerment.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

” Who knew that it was the dawn of a new era not just for advertising, but for all of marketing? In the ensuing years, the technology ecosystem enabling the new ad medium would steadily unfold, while digital devices proliferated and network connectivity became ubiquitous. How did we get here? Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

Some were due to layoffs caused by the global recession and slowing of manufacturing exports, which constitute around two-thirds of U.S. Many were due to increased imports and offshoring to low-cost locations. Technology to the rescue? The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. manufacturing output.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

It started in 2012 and grew quickly, taking advantage of Amazon’s spotty service, long shipping times, and poor user experience. All told, such African technology start-ups attracted $186 million in early stage funding last year. Two years ago I wrote a book on what succeeds in frontier markets like Africa.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Today, the term increasingly serves as a corporate bogeyman that warns executives of the need to stand up and respond when disruptive developments encroach on their market. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

When confronted with disruptive technologies, many companies fail to align digital strategies with their core strategies. In 2012, GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt launched GE’s digital strategy to connect minds and machines, combining a legacy of innovative industrial manufacturing with cutting-edge data and analytics expertise.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

If you want to win their hearts and minds, you have to master the latest technology, assimilate vast quantities of data, engage and delight your customers, and deliver products and services that surpass expectations. And yet today’s top marketers are combining technology and teamwork to generate extraordinary results.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2013

These present drivers of its economy, however, are under threat from technology. I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology to help universities in the region develop capabilities in emerging areas like microelectronics, biotech, and nanotechnology. Education drives technology. publicly traded companies.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Investing in technology can help lift people out of poverty, and investments that use technology for development are good for business, creating millions of new customers. Using information and communications technology (ICT) for development is fairly common, but surprisingly, most digital divide projects don’t generate revenue.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2016

Intel’s restructuring announcement last week describes its plans to reduce headcount by 12,000, or 11% of its workforce, and to seek growth in markets such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Data Center Processing. Three lessons stand out – lessons that every technology company should heed.

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