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A Case Study of Crowdsourcing Gone Wrong

Harvard Business

Yet, in September 2015, Quirky went bankrupt. We have interviewed Quirky executives and studied each of the company’s product offerings, publicly available product reviews, and their development process. Target, Walmart). In addition, the broad range of categories made it hard for marketing to establish what Quirky was.

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The Right Way to Spend Your Innovation Budget

Harvard Business

We’ve come to these conclusions after completing case study analyses of a range of companies, including Nokia, Kodak, Borders, Amazon, Apple, and Xerox. Yet Nokia hung on to the Symbian operating system despite knowing its weaknesses in the eyes of the consumer. ” The Ovi Store was discontinued in 2015.

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Digital Growth Depends More on Business Models than Technology

Harvard Business

Key Processes are the operational and managerial capabilities that allow a company to deliver value in a way that can be repeated and scaled. Forbes hailed it as a veritable case study “on how digital transformation leads to business value.”

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OC&C Strategy Consultants Interview and Culture

Management Consulted

This firm was birthed out of the frustration they both felt with their employer, who they believed devoted too much time to operational issues while neglecting strategic analysis. Operational Strategy. However, operations projects are focused on the client’s site. 33 Vault Consulting 50 (2015). #7 Industries .

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What Multinationals Need to Do to Succeed in Africa

Harvard Business

One compelling case study is that of SABMiller. By 2016, SABMiller had brewing operations in around forty of Africa’s fifty-four countries. In 2015 Kellogg ponied up $450 million to acquire a 50 percent stake in the West African sales and distribution arm of Dufil’s parent company, Tolaram Africa. Add to Cart.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

They operate in a bubble and do not attend the party. Consider GM as a case study. to 17.9%, from 1980 to 2015. They cannot dance with employees because they think they are too busy to engage employees. Dancing here refers to engaging, supporting, and communicating with employees in multiple ways. We know everything.

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How to Actually Put Your Data Analysis to Good Use

Harvard Business

In 2015, there was a surplus of people with data science skills. What they do need are analyses that solve key commercial and operational problems. What’s missing, more often than not, is a clear strategy and operational model for using these capabilities in ways that are specific to the company’s business requirements.