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What the Media Industry Can Teach Us About Digital Business Models

Harvard Business Review

media innovators, with hundreds of billions of dollars created by companies that are helping democratize content production and distribution while developing new ways to connect advertisers and customers. Why has this been the best of times for some in media and the worst of time for others? It has been a great 20 years for U.S.

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Engaging Shoppers with Intelligent Stores

Harvard Business Review

Ushered in by the onslaught of mobility, social media, and online commerce, the rampant consumerization of IT is creating a power shift from associate to shopper. Replicate the personal social media experience. [For more, visit the Communication Insight Center.]. Big difference.

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Old Management Systems Stifle New Business Models

Harvard Business Review

The Challenge of Investing in Digital Assets. That fact becomes apparent when you juxtapose the balance sheet of a company like Microsoft with the balance sheet of a company like Siemens. Unlike their industrial peers, managers of asset-light businesses focus little on the balance sheet.

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Is GDP the Right Measure of Wealth and Well-Being?

Harvard Business Review

When, for example, a website exists that lists the environmental villains in your neighborhood, and their specific sins, it's a lot easier to organize the townfolk to pick up their pitchforks—especially in the social media age. despite hiring some noted academics to mortarboard-wash our conclusions with statistics and citations.

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Blockbuster Becomes a Casualty of Big Bang Disruption

Harvard Business Review

For a monthly fee, Netflix customers can watch all the movies and television programs they want, whenever they want, and without ever leaving the house and without the need for physical media of any kind. In doing so, they systematically undervalue their own intangible assets. In a statement, DISH President and CEO Joseph P.

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Midsize Cities Are Entrepreneurship’s Real Test

Harvard Business Review

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. In Manizales, we have held nearly 100 of educational events and training programs specifically targeted to bankers, media, potential angel investors, large companies, and universities.

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How CMOs Can Get CFOs on Their Side

Harvard Business Review

It’s the CMO’s job to make sure that metrics reflecting the health and value of the customer base –net present value, lifetime value, return on loyalty, cost per acquisition – get on the balance sheet. As a long-term asset of significant value, the brand should be part of those calculations. Why is this so challenging?