Climate Change
Six Reasons Why Companies Should Start Sharing Their Long-Term Thinking With Investors
Companies should be more forthcoming about long-term value-creation strategies when communicating with investors.
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Disruption
12 Essential Innovation Insights
We searched the MIT SMR archives to find 12 essential innovation insights.
Bruce Posner and Martha E. Mangelsdorf
Collaboration
Why Your Company Needs More Collaboration
Digitization demands an unprecedented focus on cooperation and collaboration.
David Kiron
Supply Chains & Logistics
Integrating Sales and Operations to Create Higher Value for Customers
Professor Theodore Stank presents his research on how to bridge the divide between sales and operations.
Theodore Stank
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Once You Align the Analytical Stars, What’s Next?
What do you do when you’ve got an unending stream of quality data, and processes in place for analytics… but you’re not sure what to do with it all?
Sam Ransbotham
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Data Analytics Makes the Transition From Novelty to Commodity
When using analytics becomes a routine practice, four key changes will follow.
Sam Ransbotham
Ethics
Is Your Company Addicted to Value Extraction?
Is your company focused on creating value — or on siphoning it off from others?
Paul Strebel and Salvatore Cantale
Business Models
Creating Value Through Business Model Innovation
Here are six questions for executives to consider when thinking about business model innovation.
Raphael Amit and Christoph Zott
Business Models
How to Identify New Business Models
Another method to pursue growth: Use thought experiments to assess new business model possibilities.
Joseph V. Sinfield, Edward Calder, Bernard McConnell and Steve Colson
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Creating Business Value with Analytics
Companies experienced in analytics use are increasingly gaining competitive advantage.
David Kiron and Rebecca Shockley
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Big Data, Analytics and the Path From Insights to Value
Steve LaValle, Eric Lesser, Rebecca Shockley, Michael S. Hopkins and Nina Kruschwitz
Global Strategy
Innovation From the Inside Out
Grameen Bank and others know that you get the best answers by burying yourself in the questions.
Erik Simanis and Stuart Hart
Executing Strategy
Creating Value Together
In buyer-supplier relationships in which companies depend on one another, performance may improve.
Maxim Sytch and Ranjay Gulati
Business Models
The 12 Different Ways for Companies to Innovate
A framework called the “innovation radar” can help companies identify opportunities for innovation.
Mohanbir Sawhney, Robert C. Wolcott and Inigo Arroniz
Quality & Service
Using Choice Modeling in Service Management
A framework for gaining a clearer understanding of customer preferences.