Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

But what are early adopter companies really doing with Apple’s new hardware, and what do they hope to get out of these investments? Cosmetics, Hanifa, and the PGA Tour to understand these companies’ strategies. The piece examines efforts from Lowe’s, e.l.f.

Company 132

Company Competition Strategy Strategy 132

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Generative AI has the potential to close content, insight, and technology gaps that large corporations typically have over their smaller counterparts. This shift presents a unique opportunity for SMEs, whose inherent agility gives them an edge in adopting and innovating with AI.

Generative AI 113

Generative AI Company Agile Video 113

Phil McKinney

JULY 11, 2023

Have you ever stopped to wonder how ready you are for the inevitable future of technological advancements? We live in unprecedented technological advances, and with these advances come disruptions that can significantly impact our lives and businesses. The Impact of Not Preparing for Disruptions.

Disruption 80

Disruption Technology Artificial Inteligence Trends 80

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The explosion of AI startups in dozens of sectors masks something many of them share: They are increasingly built on top of standardized technology from a few AI giants like OpenAI, Google, and Meta. This puts a premium on strategy over proprietary technology.

Technology 116

Technology Strategy Strategy Tools 116

Tullio Siragusa

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

How Traditional Ad and PR Agencies Can Compete with Tech Companies in the Digital Era WPP, Publicis, and Interpublic are three of the largest multinational advertising and public relations companies in the world. Apart from WPP, Publicis and Interpublic, other key players in the region include Dentsu, Omnicom, and Havas.

Artificial Inteligence 118

Artificial Inteligence Company Competition Trends 118

Business and Tech

AUGUST 26, 2021

” I’ve used this exercise both in my boutique hotel company, Joie de Vivre, as well as at Airbnb. Which technologies have you seen make the biggest impact on hospitality recovery efforts during the ongoing pandemic? How are these technologies helping to meet the evolving consumer demands and trends?

Technology 246

Technology Strategic Thinking Exercises Trends 246

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Despite the progress made by vendors, using AI-enhanced productivity tools alone will not give you a competitive edge — just as provisioning smartphones, email, or web access to your team is nothing more strategic than providing electricity or running water. There are three drivers of AI scale: community, commonality, and coordination.

Generative AI 136

Generative AI Company Competition Tools 136

Christensen Institute

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Disruption, a theory of competition Recently, one of my colleagues framed disruption in a way that truly helped me better understand the theory. She called it a theory of competition. Note, that this is only the case in a competition of disruptive circumstances not in sustaining ones. Back to leveraging disruption theory to win.

Competition 59

Competition Disruption Tips Marketing 59

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

What’s the secret to a winning business model and long-term competitive advantage? It’s not just about technology, products and services. Your customer experienc e may just be the ultimate competitive advantage. In this case, the company can short-cut the customer journey tremendously.

Competition 100

Competition Strategy Strategy Learning 100

IdeaSpies

APRIL 16, 2019

In 1985, a relatively unknown professor at Harvard Business School named Michael Porter published a book called Competitive Advantage , which explained that by optimizing every facet of the value chain , a firm could consistently outperform its competitors. We had a similar policy at my former company and had similar results.)

Competition 121

Competition Collaboration Technical Review Policies 121

Business and Tech

MARCH 25, 2022

As retail evolves its digital and automated methods for servicing customers, the approach and the technologies protecting retail are getting a whole lot smarter. Naturally, this made it all the more necessary to leverage technology to both accomplish our goals and learn from the available information. It keeps us competitive.

Technology 130

Technology Artificial Inteligence Data Trends 130

ITONICS

MARCH 5, 2024

Companies can increase their competitiveness by reaching beyond their own four walls and becoming more collaborative. Forging relationships with technology partners through open innovation techniques is an effective way to access external competencies and integrate new technologies.

Technology 36

Technology Open Innovation Competition Collaboration 36

ITONICS

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Technology reporting is pivotal in the daily work of R&D experts, technology scouts, and research analysts. It enables the continuous monitoring of emerging trends and innovations, ensuring the company remains at the forefront of industry advancements.

Report 36

Report Technology Strategy Strategy 36

Planview

APRIL 6, 2023

As a newcomer to Planview with fresh eyes, here is what jumped out at me: The top-performing segment (eight percent of companies) crosscuts company age, size, industry, geography, and regulatory requirements. This debunks the perspective that business agility and successful transformation are limited to companies of a certain profile.

Competition 52

Competition Technical Review Software Review Agile 52

Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 9, 2023

Some of the key companies leading the way in AI and ML include Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM. These companies have invested heavily in research and development in these areas and have released several products and services that utilize AI and ML, such as Google’s TensorFlow and Amazon’s SageMaker.

Artificial Inteligence 118

Artificial Inteligence Trends Technology Design Thinking 118

Linda Bernardi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Formerly an open-source company, but once Microsoft pumped $10B into OpenAI, it became a commercial company like all the other tech players. Always great to see competition among the known tech giants that we know. Always great to see competition among the known tech giants that we know. Nothing new there.

Artificial Inteligence 29

Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Technical Review Competition 29

Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Digital transformation - a "third wave" of information technology that creates an entirely new way to capture real time data and perhaps make sense of that data on the fly, could radically change how businesses operate, how they make money and how they interact with customers, consumers and suppliers.

Technology 171

Technology Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence 171

ITONICS

MARCH 1, 2024

This means your company must uncover emerging technologies and trends quickly to spot opportunities before the competition. A good business strategy should outline a path for future success. But how do you ensure you’re effectively scanning and monitoring changes in your trend and tech landscape over time?

Trends 36

Trends Technology How To Tips 36

Daniel Burrus

APRIL 20, 2022

New manufacturing plants will utilize the latest technologies in an effort to increase productivity and competitive advantage. Due to the fact that technology-driven exponential change affects everything, manufacturing businesses must always keep up. . How does this impact manufacturing companies and their processes?

Technical Review 90

Technical Review Trends Technology Software Review 90

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

By reacting and exploring, searching for change and competitive advantage, each company below has explored through technology and partnerships opportunities that build upon their Ecosystem’s unique strengths. The company encourages a culture of experimentation, where teams are free to explore ambitious, innovative ideas.

Examples 147

Examples Artificial Inteligence Design Collaboration 147

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2024

There are plenty of good reasons to attend industry conferences, trade fairs, and other events, but they also present opportunities for the accidental disclosure of sensitive company information or other actions that run afoul of fair-competition regulations.

Industry 110

Industry Conference Competition Strategy 110

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Technology Scouting and External Technology Integration: Description: Engage in technology scouting to identify cutting-edge innovations externally. Integrate external technologies seamlessly to enhance internal capabilities and stay ahead in the market.

Open Innovation 147

Open Innovation Collaboration Innovation Design 147

IdeaScale

APRIL 14, 2021

The paradigm is that companies cannot afford to rely strictly on their own internal methods of innovation, but can buy or license processes or inventions from other companies. This helps to further their goals while also providing the opportunity to license or use joint ventures to share their under-utilized technology or processes.

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Radical Innovation Open Innovation Innovation Social Innovation 264

Idea to Value

DECEMBER 6, 2022

However, in general, investing in innovation can be a good way to drive economic growth and help a company or economy recover from a recession. Many successful companies have been able to weather recessions and even thrive during difficult economic times by investing in innovation and new products or services.

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Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT System Creativity 272

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Technological advances and increasingly sophisticated ways of gathering and analyzing data are changing both the kinds of products and services companies can offer and are increasing competitive pressures. Specifically, the authors suggest that companies should consider a version of RenDanHeYi.

Competition 136

Competition Meeting Innovation Data 136

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Atos holds the number one position in European advisory companies in Cloud, Cybersecurity and high-performance computing that provides end-to-end solutions to Orchestrate a wide array of Digital Solutions. Atos offers its first international student competition dedicated to technological innovation.

Innovation 328

Innovation Competition Technology Industry 328

ITONICS

JULY 28, 2020

Benedikt Heuer on development of technology and processes at hearing aid manufacturer WS Audiology. When talking about "innovation" in the context of "hearing aids", you probably think about developments of new technologies and products. This increase is also visible on a global scale.

Technology 36

Technology Company Competition Industry 36

eZassi

JUNE 10, 2021

Understanding your company’s “technical right-to-succeed” is critical to the success of your business: it’s what sets you apart from your competition and allows you to provide the best products and services your clients and users have come to expect. Technology Scouting. Technology Landscaping.

Technology 45

Technology Roadmap Competition Resources 45

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

With technology advancing at breakneck speeds and market dynamics shifting unpredictably, it’s crucial for you as a business leader to embrace strategic thinking. Having a robust strategy helps you anticipate and respond to changes, whether they come from emerging technologies, evolving customer preferences, or competitive pressures.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Firstly why are business ecosystems emerging as a real competitive force? It is not one single product that is chased in crowded, highly competitive fields. We see that the most valuable companies emerging today are largely based on sophisticated platform business models where ecosystems are vital to their health.

Collaboration 334

Collaboration Innovation Competition Engagement 334

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

This is approaching innovation and its management in more of a holistic, technology-enabled way based on the use of a cloud-enabled Platform and Ecosystem thinking and design. By dynamically assembling and reconfiguring innovation processes and resources, companies can quickly adapt their strategies , products, and services.

Agile 182

Agile Collaboration Innovation Competition 182

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 24, 2022

This thinking is recognizing a network of interlinked companies that dynamically interact. This set of dynamic interactions enables both an increased intensity of purpose from cooperations to seek out different levels of competitive advantage. Perhaps we have a new innovation equation to explore and exploit more.

Design 182

Design Technical Review Software Review Collaboration 182

Leapfrogging

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

” That’s because like most big companies, we struggled with risk-taking and moving fast. And gaining access to customers willing to pilot an untried product from an unknown company is a huge early hurdle. On the surface, it seems like big companies and startups are worlds apart. Startups have different issues.

Company 140

Company Technical Review Disruption Innovation 140