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Box’s CEO on Pivoting to the Enterprise Market

Harvard Business

Aaron Levie, the CEO of Box, reflects on the cloud storage company’s entry into the enterprise market. But by staying disciplined with the product and deeply understanding market trends, they’ve made the strategic shift from B2C to B2B work. Download this podcast.

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How a Digital Storm Will Disrupt the Parcel and Express Industry

BCG

What a comedown from the giant enterprise you remember only a decade ago. Business is solid, with stable revenue in B2B and rising volume in B2C. They’ve spent decades building highly efficient operations and dominant market share. You shake your head and wonder, What happened to my industry?

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Machine Learning Can Help B2B Firms Learn More About Their Customers

Harvard Business

B2C firms have been the leaders in customer analytics initiatives. E-commerce, mobile commerce, and social media platforms have enabled businesses to better sculpt marketing and customer support initiatives and customer services. B2B companies need to know, for example, how many companies exist in a given market space.

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B2B sales will never be the same

1 to 1

The sales world is forever altered, thanks to pandemic-fueled digital transformation across entire enterprises. Sales engagement According to Forrester, sales engagement (SE) platforms “help sales, marketing, and post-sales personnel manage their omnichannel touchpoints at all stages of the buy cycle.”

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Ban These 5 Words From Your Corporate Values Statement

Harvard Business

Several words always come up in practically every discussion, no matter if the company is a large enterprise or a small business, B2B or a B2C, product or service, new or established. I’ve seen this first-hand in my work helping companies define or re-define their core values.

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The Internet of Things Needs Design, Not Just Technology

Harvard Business

applications pushed technology to address B2B market requirements. Enterprise IoT buyers seldom require great design, because most often the buyer is not the product’s end user. However, as the application of IoT expands to a broader range of commercial opportunities, enterprise B2B applications have become B2B2C.

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What Western Companies Need to Know About Partnering with Startups in India and China

Harvard Business

There are two contemporary strategic imperatives, among others, that many executives are grappling with: (1) competing in emerging markets and (2) partnering with startups to gain exposure to novel ideas and opportunities. Such considerations seem less pertinent in a market like India where nationally mandated focus areas are less engrained.