Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

Yet huge opportunities exist in using digital technology to evolve your business model by rethinking your existing products, economic models, and digital assets. The company’s existing sales methods couldn’t handle these special requests. Monetizing Digital Assets. Thus, in 2012, Luminar was born.

Insurance 14

Insurance Assets Media Engineering 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

With of our increasingly audio-enabled media environment , the strategic use of sound can play an important role in positively differentiating a product or service, enhancing recall, creating preference, building trust, and even increasing sales. SNCF’s Audio Logo, 2012. SNCF’s Audio Logo, 2008.

Advertising 14

Advertising B2C B2B Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

As I learned during the 2012 Hispanic Voice Town Hall Tour my organization held earlier this year, Hispanics are a high-touch community and this level of interaction goes a long way toward earning trust and loyalty. Hispanics as votes they can buy through inauthentic sales tactics. Hispanics have been facing for years.

Education 16

Education Revenue Government Diversity 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Or do we just contact them when we need something — like a sales reference, blog post, testimonial, or media interview? How long does it take our sales people to find customer references when they're needed to close deals? Put references at the center of your growth strategy. He also institutionalized their use.

Media 16

Media Sales Sales Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Or do we just contact them when we need something — like a sales reference, blog post, testimonial, or media interview? How long does it take our sales people to find customer references when they're needed to close deals? Put references at the center of your growth strategy. He also institutionalized their use.

Media 15

Media Sales Sales Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

billion, which has experienced incredible growth, with the total number of users having practically doubled each year since 2012. HelloFresh has also had impressive growth rates, with revenues reaching about $300 million in 2015, a huge increase from its $3 million in 2012. A third example is Airbnb, now valued at $25.5

Software 14

Software B2B Marketing Assets 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

The Challenge of Investing in Digital Assets. Unlike their industrial peers, managers of asset-light businesses focus little on the balance sheet. While we have tools and financial statements that help us manage investments in physical assets , we don’t have the same for digital assets and information.

Balance Sheet 14

Balance Sheet Manager Assets Software 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Disruptions in the supply chain may affect production processes that depend on unpriced natural capital assets such as biodiversity, groundwater, clean air, and climate. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints. billion in mining projects since 2010.

Assets 15

Assets Operations Revenue Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2017

Located in the heart of Colombia’s coffee region, in 2012 Manizales was a good place to grow up and get an education, and an even better place to retire, safe and surrounded by beautiful scenery. We believe that it is not the age of the asset that is important, but rather, the value infused into that asset that drives scale.

Scaling 12

Scaling Banking Balance Sheet Sales 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Second, as a 20-year review from 1993 to 2012 showed, CEOs’ judgment affects key strategic and managerial processes , such as staffing, financing, and marketing decisions. return on sales, return on assets, and market-to-book ratio) have been increasing with time , at least in the U.S.

Staffing 14

Staffing Compensation Assets Employee Engagement 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

Penney's disastrous 4th quarter 2012 loss of $2.51 per share, which capped off a year with a greater than 30% same-store sales decline, should have come as no surprise. Higher sales/square foot will produce 11?/share, Penney', overall store sales are plummeting dramatically. Penney' sales, there may be some hope.

Sales 9

Sales Sales Assets Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

Maybe you remember how savagely the industry was portrayed during the 2012 U.S. Startups, on the other hand, aren’t debt financed, because they’re too risky and unproven, and have no assets—not so appealing to lenders. Suffice it to say that a 2016 Mitt Romney campaign isn’t being championed on Wall Street.

Revenue 14

Revenue ROI Sales Sales 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Investors' aversion to physical-product start-ups is understandable — the two recent asset-bubble-induced recessions proved that these companies' need for materials, supply chains, distribution networks, and labor hampers them from responding quickly to sudden declines in sales.

Operations 12

Operations Assets Engineering Sales 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

billion in retail sales of licensed merchandise worldwide in 2012, fueled by the popularity of its Marvel Comics properties. brand know that a Tiffany product for sale anywhere other than in a Tiffany-branded outlet is not real, thanks to the brand’s tightly controlled distribution. Disney alone reported $39.3

Marketing 11

Marketing Sales Sales Benefits 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

In 2012 the world's problems grew more complex, but America's top 400 charities saw very little growth in their resources to address them. At Opportunity we see experienced, resourced entrepreneurial donors as a major asset for our organization. Today, Roger is president of the school, elected by his peers.

Nonprofit 8

Nonprofit Assets Engineering ROI 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

No wonder, then, that executives have placed predictive analytics at the top of the executive agenda since 2012, according to a recent Accenture survey. Financially, organizations require new models to account for information assets beyond treating them as intangibles. The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed.”

Balance Sheet 10

Balance Sheet Assets Diversity Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

As I learned during the 2012 Hispanic Voice Town Hall Tour my organization held earlier this year, Hispanics are a high-touch community and this level of interaction goes a long way toward earning trust and loyalty. Hispanics as votes they can buy through inauthentic sales tactics. Hispanics have been facing for years.

Education 9

Education Revenue Government Diversity 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

Pension giant CalPERS noted in a 2009 report that "companies with more diverse boards.have higher performance on key financial metrics, such as return on equity, return on sales, and return on invested capital.". Urban Outfitters'' recent move to nominate a woman to serve on its board ought to serve as a case in point.

Diversity 8

Diversity Government Compensation Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

The previous year the company had generated more than $4 billion in gross merchandise sales through its platform, yielding about $50 million in revenue. The deal was valued at just over $4 billion, with Yahoo putting in $1 billion in cash and our Yahoo China assets, which were then valued at $700 million.

Accounts 13

Accounts Revenue Operations Marketing 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

Although Jobs tried to spin NeXT computer as an ultimate success when the assets were sold to Apple in 1986 for $429 million, few in Silicon Valley agreed. He eventually engineered the sale of Pixar to Disney for $7.4 billion in 2012. Not knowing the right market for NeXT computer. No potential buyer bit.

Assets 9

Assets Marketing Engineering Recruitment 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

Initially these savings are mainly physical, as you stretch the use of tangible assets such as plants, networks and systems. Through a raft of acquisitions and divestments since the early 1990s, it has transformed into a focused world-leading coatings manufacturer with $15 billion sales. for the S&P 500 Industrials.

Scaling 9

Scaling Revenue Accounts Government 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

No wonder, then, that executives have placed predictive analytics at the top of the executive agenda since 2012, according to a recent Accenture survey. Financially, organizations require new models to account for information assets beyond treating them as intangibles.

Balance Sheet 8

Balance Sheet Assets Diversity Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Prohibition eventually lost so much legitimacy that it was repealed outright, although states continued to restrict alcohol sales to minors and more recently began to harshly punish drunk driving. tax code (HBS professor Mihir Desai described one reasonable approach in a 2012 HBR article ), coupled with a more sensible rule on inversions.

Revenue 8

Revenue Sales Sales Government 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

” Other luxury brands encourage you to think about your status as an asset and speak to your desire to maintain your status as it is. states between October 2011 and September 2012. For luxury car sellers, that meant a median difference of a 14.45% increase in sales to conservative customers.

Marketing 8

Marketing Advertising Assets Education 8

Vantage Circle

JANUARY 9, 2024

You can do this by contacting their sales team or requesting a demo. It goes beyond traditional HR software, aiming to transform your workforce into a strategic asset and drive business success. In 2012, Ceridian acquired Dayforce, solidifying its position as a leading provider of HCM solutions.

Software 64

Software Compliance Onboarding Administration 64

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Individual companies are feeling the bite: analysts at Morningstar estimate that input costs at Tyson Foods will rise by $700 million — more than its 2012 net income. One auto analyst declared 2012 the " Year of the Green Car ," with more high-MPG models, 500,000 hybrid sales in the U.S., and plug-in sales up 228%.

Energy 14

Energy Sales Sales Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

To call attention to the role that cooperatives play in mutual help, the UN declared 2012 the International Year of the Cooperative. Find new uses for old assets, or someone who can revive them. That might mean starting a sideline business, finding buyers for underutilized assets, or merging.

Assets 20

Assets Small Business Diversity Sales 20

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

The scrappy startup, launched in 2012, offered a blades-by-subscription service for as little as $3 a month and quickly grew to a team of 45 engineers and 3.2 But online sales are estimated to have expanded by over 40% year on year in every quarter since last year. million subscribers.

Revenue 13

Revenue Marketing Engineering Sales 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

Over a 20-year period, 3M''s gross margin averaged 51% and the company''s return on assets averaged 29%. 3M spends approximately 6% of sales on research and development (PDF), far more than a typical manufacturing company. The innovation mindset is a game-changing asset for companies as well as individuals. How do they do it?

Engineering 11

Engineering Assets Recruitment Compensation 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

in 2012, are now likely to occur four times as frequently due to ­human-induced climate change.”. The world’s most populous country is taking increasingly drastic action, such as slashing Beijing’s new sales quota for cars by 40%. In parallel, China’s air became, at times, dangerous and unbreathable.

Energy 14

Energy Government Sales Sales 14

Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 12, 2017

The last of the pioneering sites built around the job listing were sold off or put on the block: Monster was acquired by Ranstad and both DHI (Dice’s parent) and Careerbuilder are said to be for sale. Additionally, the assets for Simply Hired were acquired by Japan’s Recruit, which also owns Indeed. million cost of the ad.

Recruitment 40

Recruitment Revenue Sales Sales 40

Chris LoCutro

MARCH 11, 2025

” But if different leaders push different prioritiesone focused on aggressive sales targets, another on operational efficiency, and another on employee engagementyouve got a shotgun approach rather than a unified direction. They went from the industry leader to filing for bankruptcy in 2012. All good things, right?

Accounts 52

Accounts Metrics Operations Implementation 52