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What the Companies on the Right Side of the Digital Business Divide Have in Common

Harvard Business

It’s created new business and social networks, resulted in new ecosystems, and transformed our economy. Our research focused on 344 enterprises* listed on U.S. exchanges with a median company revenue of $3.4 Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities. for leaders and 3.2%

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business

The success of platform companies like Airbnb, Amazon, and Netflix has led to envy bordering on despair for their competitors. When we asked one successful online retailer “How do you compete with Amazon?” Companies are right to be worried. So what’s a legacy company to do? Insight Center.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

Companies that claim to be “transforming” seem to be everywhere. In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies.

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How Cloud Computing Is Changing Management

Harvard Business

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. That makes it imperative to start thinking about how management will be changed by the most impactful information technology of our time: cloud computing. How organizations are changing.

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Innovation Is as Much About Finding Partners as Building Products

Harvard Business

Have you ever stopped to ponder the true complexities involved with trying to create a viable, safe, autonomous vehicle? This is the challenge for all kinds of disruptors, whether in the auto industry, pharmaceuticals, service industries, or healthcare. Insight Center. How the best companies get up to speed.