Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 8, 2013

A framework to help executives, senior managers and marketers devise strategies for future growth. The Ansoff Matrix is particularly useful for strategic planning because it provides a framework to help executives, senior managers and marketers devise strategies for future growth. What is a Product-Market Growth Strategy?

Productivity 113

Productivity Transportation Development Marketing 113

Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market.

Cash Flow 129

Cash Flow Transportation Energy Balance Sheet 129

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

We serve two markets that are very different but united by the common need for reliable, safe access to energy: outdoor recreationalists and low-income households in emerging markets. We found an ideal storefront near a busy market in central Bhubaneswar. In addition, stoves are difficult to transport from demo to demo.

Sales 70

Sales Marketing Development Retail 70

Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2016

This improved working capital can be used to fund growth in new markets. This is similar to the way third-party logistics companies (3PLs) arrange transportation. It used to be that a firm would have all of its transportation contracted with one trucking company. FinTechs typically act like brokers.

Transportation 130

Transportation Finance Financial Banking 130

Tom Spencer

JULY 14, 2023

Others have developed theories to explain why businesses fail and what criteria distinguishes successful founders from unsuccessful ones. While this idea is appealing and no doubt has some truth to it, it has led many entrepreneurs to develop, fund, and launch products that ultimately fail. What problems do customers actually have?

Productivity 78

Productivity Marketing Airlines Hotels 78

Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

However, due to its rich history in the region, the firm knows the market deeper, better, and has the best government and private sector relationships. Dubai is one of the firm’s newest offices, and for good reason – the city is a hot spot for tourism, real estate investment, trade, transportation, and financial services.

Oliver Wyman 160

Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Real Estate 160

Tom Spencer

JUNE 21, 2024

While my consulting experiences afforded me exposure to diverse industries, the crux of my passion lay within the realm of transportation. Product management at this startup involved spearheading the development of a stand-alone final-mile logistics service, unbundling its end-to-end inventory management.

Transportation 88

Transportation Resources Engineering Productivity 88

Harvard Business

JULY 7, 2016

Almost 50% of market pioneers fail, and later entrants or organizations that don’t enter a market first often end up being more successful. Being optimally distinct—and marketing yourself as such. Horses had been the primary transportation method for thousands of years. Cloaking change in a coat of similarity.

Productivity 123

Productivity Transportation Case Study Case Studies 123

Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

Sometimes the marketing message has fallen off. So, sometimes it’s a disconnect just on that marketing plan. You have a small, local marketing plan that really resonates with a particular geographical community, or some other psychographic community. Well, sneakers is a bigger market. Why isn’t it getting out?

Interviews 156

Interviews Company Marketing Operations 156

Consulting Matters

JULY 7, 2022

I have worked on and off with Jim since 1999, first as his Organization Development Consultant at Disney and, more recently, as a sounding board when he retired from his 43-year career. Next steps: Buy Jim's new book if you need to develop your Circle of Influence, get in balance, and lean into time-tested leadership guidance.

Operations 156

Operations Leadership Consulting Transportation 156

Harvard Business

JULY 4, 2017

Apple is so great at connectivity, aesthetics, and entertainment that any vehicle they develop will incorporate these as table stakes. With that in mind, I can see three potential scenarios for how Apple might play in the autonomous car market. The first scenario is to enter cars as a Trojan horse to sell more iPhones.

Sports 122

Sports Transportation Pharmaceuticals Sales 122

Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2017

Given how central automotive transportation is to our cities, commerce, and daily lives, saying that AI will change life as we know it is no understatement. This distinction is important because the driver is typically the most expensive part of a transport business, be it taxi services, last-mile logistics, or long-haul trucking.

Automotive 101

Automotive Transportation Energy Retail 101

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Oliver Wyman’s CEO, John Drzik, states that the long-term aspiration is to be recognized widely in the market as the gold standard in consulting. In the meantime, Marsh & McLennan was creating Mercer; in 1975, Mercer was developed as the human resources consulting arm of Marsh & McLennan. Surface Transportation.

Oliver Wyman 201

Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

This means self-driving cars have shifted from a period of wild experimentation directly to market adoption — what Paul Nunes and I describe in our 2013 HBR article as “big bang” disruption. legal system is already having trouble keeping up with the pace of developments in transportation.

Transportation 70

Transportation Software System Efficiency 70

Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

On February 8th, 2001, KPMG Consulting, LLC, went public on the NASDAQ starting at $18 per share under the ticker “KCIN” Their IPO was 6 months delayed due to the quickly declining high-tech consulting services market. Digital Marketing, Sales & Customer Services. International Development. Air Transport.

BearingPoint 139

BearingPoint Interviews Oliver Wyman Capgemini 139

MishTalk

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Yesterday, Spain Requested €60 Billion of Juncker''s Alleged €315 Billion Development Fund. Guindos stressed the priorities for the Government are energy interconnections, transport and R & D. Guindos stressed the priorities for the Government are energy interconnections, transport and R & D. How much will France want?

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Development Transportation Energy Banking 61

Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2016

We expect the drone market to surge to nearly $7 billion by 2020 globally, driven by regulatory clarification, continuously decreasing component costs, and – most important– ongoing innovation that connects drone capabilities to big-data analytics. million in investment capital in just the past year.

Company 125

Company Data Analysis Industry 125

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2016

While India is the fastest growing major economy in the world today, some foreign companies are still struggling to enter the market there. However, recent developments have opened new doors for consumer product companies to expand their presence and sales in India, at much lower risks. Drop product prices and boost volume growth.

Marketing 70

Marketing Intellectual Property Sales Retail 70

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

Some products are truly innovative but stay walled up too long in R&D and then are released to market when they are no longer unique. Other failed products either answer a question no one cares about or are the wrong answer to the right question – Google Glass or the Segway personal transporter, for example. Most definitely.

Productivity 100

Productivity Sales Development B2B 100

Harvard Business

MAY 26, 2016

Firms engage in political “rent seeking”—lobbying for regulations that provide them sheltered markets—rather than competing on innovation. I account for the roles of R&D, spending on advertising and marketing, and on administrative costs, including IT. Regulators expected cable prices to fall by 10%.

Pharmaceuticals 129

Pharmaceuticals Chemicals Industry Study 129

Tom Spencer

APRIL 7, 2023

This article will explore some of the most notable examples of AI in consulting, including its use in market research, strategy development, and operational optimisation. Market Research One of the most significant applications of AI in consulting is in the area of market research.

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Examples Consulting Management Tools 88

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2018

degrees will require “rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure (including transport and buildings), and industrial systems” and this transition will need to be “unprecedented in terms of scale…and imply deep emissions reductions in all sectors.” Keeping the world at 1.5

Energy 132

Energy Government Efficiency Transportation 132

Tom Spencer

MAY 24, 2024

Although it is fairly common for a successful business to generate 80% of its profits from 20% of its products, relying heavily on a small number of products, services, or markets exposes a business to significant risk. As a result, companies should actively explore emerging technologies that could provide a competitive edge in the market.

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Strategy& Strategy Strategy Cash Flow 88

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

Regional agreements grant preferential market access to firms in member countries. If a country fails to join, its producers will face higher costs of serving those markets than their competitors. Today, bilateral and regional agreements give developed countries a tool to support political and economic reforms in emerging markets.

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Policies Government System Transportation 118

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

IBM was founded in 1911 and has a rich history of ingenuity, deep convictions, premier research and development, and trend setting. IBM’s target market for consulting services became the clients who were willing to pay for higher-value corporate services packages of research, software and services. Marketing Sales & Service.

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IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

Harvard Business

MARCH 26, 2018

Artificial Intelligence, which has already had a major impact on industries such as transportation, retail, energy, and banking, is only just beginning to be applied in medicine. The method we developed utilizes smartphone technology in combination with algorithmic analysis of ECG recordings. clem onojeghuo/unsplash.

Intellectual Property 119

Intellectual Property Development Data Engineering 119

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 21, 2017

.” Founder and CEO of Trov Scott Walchek said that “ this partnership highlights the convergence of the future of transportation with the future of insurance. We are genuinely excited to be partnering with Waymo in developing innovations for insuring people and property in the evolution of personal mobility.”

Insurance 70

Insurance Insurance Transportation Operations 70

Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

After he graduated from Northwestern University (Chicago, IL), he developed the idea that companies would become more successful if they called on someone outside of their organization to offer expert, unbiased advice. This idea became a theory, and he developed a practice. How did he think up such a career? Organization and Change.

Interviews 181

Interviews Culture Company Case Interview 181

The Fearless Marketer

MAY 4, 2020

In last week’s Webinar on Going Radically Virtual, I did a poll to measure what the participants were doing in their marketing during the pandemic. Are you developing new materials, reports, programs, models, or services? Shopping, entertainment, news, restaurants, and transportation have all been turned upside down.

Transportation 87

Transportation Video Retail Survey 87

Management Consulted

JULY 12, 2015

In 2007, Abt bought the NYC-based research firm SRBI, combining two market leaders and greatly impacting both companies. In 2009, the UK Department for International Development awarded Abt $200M+ to strengthen Nigeria’s health system, the largest contract in the Company’s history. Social Marketing and Behavior Change.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Case Interview Resumes 100

Tom Spencer

JUNE 16, 2018

The company subsequently evolved to address a broader range of problems, including the high cost of owning a family car, by offering a cheap transportation alternative and introducing new solutions such as the meal delivery service “ UberEats ”. This means that market share is crucially important. The race is on! Conclusion.

Banking 84

Banking Financial Transportation Data 84

Tom Spencer

JULY 21, 2023

Opportunities in the Clean Tech Landscape As businesses embrace clean tech, developing capabilities in this domain represents an attractive opportunity for consulting firms to generate strong revenue growth over the coming decade. Consulting firms can support organizations in developing effective green marketing and branding strategies.

Consulting 78

Consulting Energy Transportation Analysis 78

Tom Spencer

APRIL 1, 2022

Aerospace is one of the fastest growing markets. While both the size of the market and its growth rate are both large, so is its carbon footprint. The Aviation Market. Ever since the Wright Brother’s famous first flight in 1903, the aviation market has gone nowhere but up. per year over the same period. Policy Incentives.

Trends 88

Trends Engineering Travel Airlines 88

Harvard Business

MARCH 20, 2017

The available categories cover many kinds of jobs, including being a business owner, office worker, or manager, and working in farming, construction, mining, or transport. This is the case across a variety of labor-intensive industries like construction, mining, manufacturing, transport, farming, fishing, and forestry. Related Video.

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Report Transportation Construction Video 134

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2017

About this forecast To create this forecast, the Stevens team conducted a dynamic forecasting computer-based simulation, which considered consumer purchasing behavior, insurance revenue calculation, automobile market sales, and new insurance sub-categories. This is significant for a roughly $200 billion market.

Insurance 129

Insurance Insurance Software Policies 129

Harvard Business

MAY 29, 2018

All this makes the early lessons from the Chariot venture worth heeding as it gains traction in the market. Here are five to learn from Ford thus far, about mobility services in particular, and more broadly, about how to deal with the uncertainty of new business models in new markets by testing and learning one’s way forward.

Transportation 71

Transportation ROI Metrics Productivity 71

MishTalk

JUNE 23, 2014

The technology, developed by Peloton Tech, uses radar and a wireless link so that the following trucks travel at the same speed, braking simultaneously for safety, and doing so on an automated system that doesn''t have the delays of human reaction time. Self-driving trucks before the end of this decade used to seem like a remote possibility.

Transportation 78

Transportation Guidelines Engineering Wireless 78