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A Case Study of Crowdsourcing Gone Wrong

Harvard Business

Within a few years, the company built a community of over a million members, commercialized over 100 products, and raised over $180 million in venture capital funding. Yet, in September 2015, Quirky went bankrupt. Quirky produced a lot of good new products, but few home runs.

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To Better Train Workers, Figure Out Where They Struggle

Harvard Business

This is a particularly acute issue at the entry level, where employers have come to accept that high levels of attrition and low levels of productivity and quality are normal. Launched in 2015, Generation works in five countries (India, Kenya, Mexico, Spain, and the United States). But it is possible to do better.

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The Right Way to Spend Your Innovation Budget

Harvard Business

Most innovation investments, such as product improvement, technological innovation, and research and development (R&D) traditionally aim at strengthening the innovation capacity of the organization. ” The Ovi Store was discontinued in 2015. Together, these companies have spent billions on innovation.

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Digital Growth Depends More on Business Models than Technology

Harvard Business

Key Resources are the assets that are required to deliver the CVP to the customer at a profit, meaning the people, technology, products, facilities, equipment, channels, and brand. Forbes hailed it as a veritable case study “on how digital transformation leads to business value.”

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What Multinationals Need to Do to Succeed in Africa

Harvard Business

One compelling case study is that of SABMiller. SABMiller wanted the new beer to come across as local, not the product of a multinational. Many of those successful firms have created new products and services — and sometimes whole categorie— that are targeted at African needs, tastes, and spending power.

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Early Lessons from India’s Demonetization Experiment

Harvard Business

As I said at the time, it was a case study in poor policy and even poorer execution. In an analysis of income-tax probes , the highest level of illegal money detection in India was found to be in 2015–2016, and the cash component was only about 6%. Overnight, 86% of cash in circulation was voided. Four months passed.

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Million Dollar Web Presence Action Plan

Chad Barr

Create attractive products and services that range from the economical to the high-end lucrative. Solicit testimonials and referrals and develop case studies. When your clients agree to include their testimonials with the case studies, now that’s success! Productize and monetize. © Chad Barr 2015.