Andrew Chen

JUNE 25, 2019

As the number of homes on Airbnb scaled from around 100,000 in 2012 to over 6 million today, I led teams tackling everything from supply growth, to guest booking conversion, to marketplace quality. Help the user understand how they would benefit from hosting with you, and address all of their concerns. Deliver on the promise.

Retention 111

Retention User Experience Travel Marketing 111

AIHR

MARCH 24, 2023

However, if taken full advantage of, this process provides countless benefits to ensure you keep your employees productive and engaged. What’s more, an analysis of performance appraisals tells you which employees and departments would benefit from which available resources.

Performance Management 100

Performance Management Scaling Performance Review Implementation 100

Peter Winick

JUNE 20, 2024

Hybrid publishing allows authors to manage costs and directly benefit from their work. So if you want to work with me the entire time, then yeah, I know a very talented couple of designers and editors and indexers and e-book conversion folks, so we can scale up and scale down as needed. The age of the platform back in 2012.

Marketing 33

Marketing Software Scaling Engineering 33

Wendy Hirsch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Ford & Ford, 2012). What this research suggests is that leadership is multi-dimensional and involves activities related to: Communication : Making the case for change (rationale, need) and sharing the vision for the change (benefits, future state). Structure: Change leader or change leaders? The heroic leader, if you will.

Organizational Change 52

Organizational Change Implementation Change Management Scaling 52

Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 1, 2021

And launching and scaling these products requires a mastery of “network effects,” one of the most-used but misunderstood jargon terms in the industry. It wasn’t until 2012, at the beginning of the explosion in mobile apps, that yet another generation of dating apps would emerge.

Marketing 95

Marketing Assets Recruitment Operations 95

AIHR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It identifies the skills that employees need but don’t yet have to carry out their job or perform certain tasks effectively ( Antonucci, Ovidio, 2012 ). In addition, employees who take advantage of the benefit are 7.5 Organizations can experience gaps in both hard and soft skills. Chipotle’s employment retention rate is 3.5

Benchmarking 98

Benchmarking Recruitment Accounts Operations 98

Andrew Chen

JUNE 25, 2019

As the number of homes on Airbnb scaled from around 100,000 in 2012 to over 6 million today, I led teams tackling everything from supply growth, to guest booking conversion, to marketplace quality. Help the user understand how they would benefit from hosting with you, and address all of their concerns. Deliver on the promise.

Retention 48

Retention User Experience Travel Marketing 48

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2015

But there’s a critical problem with Tesla’s product strategy: it’s not actually disruptive , which will likely cause it to struggle to scale. To scale, Tesla will eventually have to grow down market but there are real impediments to doing so. First, the Model X, an SUV expected to debut towards the end of this year.

Scaling 13

Scaling Sales Sales Marketing 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Scaling is hard. So I'm highlighting a few companies outside of the Google/Amazon/Facebook pantheon that have built large, sustainable, profitable business models at scale. So I'm highlighting a few companies outside of the Google/Amazon/Facebook pantheon that have built large, sustainable, profitable business models at scale.

Scaling 11

Scaling Travel Engineering Revenue 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

Risk management is now at the heart of the governance model for the Olympic Games and the Olympic movement, and not only because of their growing scale and complexity. Consider, too, that when threats materialize at large-scale events, the damage often spills over to other parties.

Risk Management 16

Risk Management Manager Insurance Government 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Among the findings: 63% of firms now report having Big Data in production in 2015, up from just 5% in 2012. 63% of firms reported that they expect to invest greater than $10 million in Big Data by 2017, up from 24% in 2012. 54% of firms say they have appointed a Chief Data Officer, up from 12% in 2012.

Metrics 15

Metrics Implementation Operations Culture Change 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2013

The nonprofit sector is facing a massive talent shortage , which makes scaling a social enterprise extraordinarily difficult. Indeed, three of Year Up's five senior leaders came to us from the private sector, and their skillsets have been vital to scaling our impact. Scaling Social Impact Insights from HBR and The Bridgespan Group.

Nonprofit 14

Nonprofit Recruitment Scaling Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

To take the Obama campaign as an example, look at their move from having two databases in 2008 to one in 2012. And then you can do that at scale. So you're saying it lets you be small, but at scale? Over and over we're seeing this ability to be precise and differentiated, at scale and repeatedly, with a lot more efficacy.

Scaling 18

Scaling Assets Hospitality Implementation 18

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Instagram had only 13 employees when it sold for $1 billion to Facebook in 2012, and Snapchat has approximately 350 employees. But what’s even more notable is that these digital companies are staying small and keeping headcount low, even as the business scales. Smart headcount growth that optimizes technology is essential.

Scaling 14

Scaling Engineering Assets Operations 14

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. Generating fast, demonstrable growth of local firms is fundamental for scaling up any regional economy. strategic hires).

Scaling 12

Scaling Banking Balance Sheet Sales 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Several well-known and respected organizations have long recognized the benefits that mindfulness brings. Intel began offering its Awake@Intel mindfulness program in 2012. Google’s most popular mindfulness course, “Search Inside Yourself,” offered since 2007, has thousands of alumni.

Scaling 15

Scaling Benefits Implementation Manager 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

My article in the January-February 2012 issue of Harvard Business Review , Why "Good Jobs" Are Good for Retailers, analyzes how they manage to do this.). But business on the scale of these retail chains is never just business. These retailers deliver great value to their customers, employees, and investors all at the same time. (My

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Operations Sales Sales Metrics 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Here’s a brief account of how GE quickly scaled up a sizable software start-up within a big, successful conglomerate. GE started on one floor of a large office building in 2012 and has grown to take over all five floors. By June of 2012 we were close to 100. Getting Started. By the end of the year we were 500 people.

Software 14

Software User Experience Recruitment Scaling 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

Starting in 2012, my colleagues and I began taking a closer look at the hands-on experience of data scientists. Indeed, in our 2012 study of data analysts, we characterized the process of data science as five high-level tasks: discovery, wrangling, profiling, modeling, and reporting. IT management Technology'

Diversity 14

Diversity Workflows Scaling Implementation 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

A 2012 study by Kantar Retail shows manufacturer spending on trade promotion, measured as a percentage of gross sales, at the lowest level since 1999. Meanwhile, they have a challenging record of promotion compliance, and in many cases lack the requisite scale for deep collaboration with brands.

Revenue 16

Revenue Marketing Diversity Scaling 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

We need to think about how we're shaping the Internet on a global scale. Vint Cerf, considered one of the co-creators of the Internet's architecture, wrote in a 2012 New York Times Op-Ed that "The Internet stands at a crossroads. Like almost every major infrastructure, the Internet can be abused and its users harmed.

Engineering 15

Engineering Diversity Scaling Media 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

a year between 1964 and 2012 to only 2.1% In retail, for instance, productivity could increase by another one-third in developed economies and double in emerging economies between 2012 and 2025. The task ahead is to emulate the smartest, most efficient, most technology-savvy ways of doing things — on a grand scale.

Government 15

Government Compensation Engineering Hospitality 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

You can ask customers to rate anything – product appeal, uniqueness, purchase intent — on a five-point scale, but if you’ve ever run such a test you’ve probably seen lots of results in which every option scores a 3.5. If you do that, your business will benefit from customer-inspired growth.

Marketing 14

Marketing Sales Sales Banking 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

In this era of continuous digital transformation, every manager can benefit from learning a few best practices from the boutique industry of venture capital. That growth can even happen as companies scale. In 2012, Tesla had just over $400 million in revenue. Returns are defined by home runs, reputations are defined by singles.

Software 14

Software Digital Transformation Revenue Scaling 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

In his winning hack, Heerad Sabeti makes a powerful case for the concerted cultivation of a "fourth sector" of the economy (alongside the public, private and social sector) to give "for benefit" firms equal billing as vehicles of value creation alongside for-profit firms. The Mondragon Cooperative Experience: Humanity at Work.

Diversity 16

Diversity Human Resources Benefits Advertising 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Empowering the Third Billion: Women and the World of Work in 2012," suggests concrete steps that governments and employers can take to tilt the scales toward success. Even small breaks in these barriers can lead to dramatic economic benefits. A new study from Booz & Co., In Japan, such initiatives could increase GDP by 9%.

Education 15

Education Benchmarking Inclusion Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

Ending ethanol subsidies is a step in the right direction, as is president Obama's call to end the $4 billion annual tax breaks and subsidies unfairly benefiting the oil and gas industry. The goal would be to support new entrants just long enough to see if they can achieve commercial scale and compete in the marketplace.

Energy 12

Energy Government Banking Scaling 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2018

As organic wine pioneer Jonathan Frey remarked in an interview, “These large companies would finance scientific studies to prove that organic was a joke and didn’t have any health benefits.” Even as organic supermarkets grew in scale and popularity, they were reluctant to stock organic wine. The Turnaround.

Marketing 14

Marketing Scaling Sales Sales 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2017

million European firms (for over 6 million firm-years of data, from 2002 to 2012). The team behind the first paper believes that eponymy creates a stronger association between the entrepreneur and their firm — and that it increases the benefit or risk to the founder’s reputation, so they are more driven to succeed.

Assets 14

Assets Banking Marketing Accounts 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

The only question on my mind, since it is a focus of my academic research, is: how much will Rio benefit from this? If the London organizers have thought through all the details of running the 2012 Games, and have seen what works and what doesn't, how much of that hard-won knowledge will make things easier for future host cities?

Benefits 14

Benefits Compliance Accounts Administration 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2017

In fact, as recently as 2012, a Gallup poll revealed that 40% of U.S. Make up for it: The first tactic was to compensate employees for the long work by rewarding them handsomely with financial and other benefits. Becoming more productive ultimately requires an investment now for the promise of future benefits.

Metrics 15

Metrics Strategic Planning Benefits Compensation 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. Driven by economies of scale, container ship size has been increasing for decades, with the largest ships now costing roughly $200 million. Building a large-scale biopharmaceutical facility requires up to $500 million.

Assets 12

Assets Operations Insurance Telecommunications 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

Our study (published in the journal Energy Economics ) quantified the costs and benefits of retraining coal workers for employment in the rapidly expanding solar photovoltaic industry—and it explores different ways to pay for this retraining. First, some background on the coal industry: Profitability for U.S.

Energy 15

Energy Engineering Government Administration 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

are just beginning to debate the potential of pricing carbon on a national scale, California is once again ahead of the curve. Businesses and other entities in California who took action early on emissions reduction are already seeing the economic benefits of complying with AB 32. While leaders in Washington D.C s carbon market.

Energy 17

Energy Transportation Marketing Revenue 17

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In 2012, HBR dubbed data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st century ” It is also, arguably, the vaguest. Data analytics engineering: enabling data scientists focused on analytics to scale via analytics applications for internal use, e.g. analytics software libraries, productizing workflows, and analytic microservices.

Engineering 15

Engineering Workflows User Experience Software 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Although such sentiments may not apply to most CEOs, even the anonymous CEO still benefits from the impulse: Most CEOs worldwide earn between 50 and 100 times more than the average worker. Recent large-scale studies highlight the effects of CEOs on their organizations. The CEO-to-worker pay ratio in America is even bigger, at 350:1.

Staffing 14

Staffing Compensation Assets Employee Engagement 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

nearly 6 million entry-level jobs will be created from 2012 to 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. relies on TWA to teach job readiness and life skills to teens and young adults from low-income communities while also generating proven talent pipeline and business benefits. Across the U.S.,

Education 15

Education Engineering Software Nonprofit 15