Thursday, December 22, 2011
Harvard Business Review Blog: Business Model Innovation the Red Sox Way
(blogs.hbr.org)
posted on December 22, 2011 at 06:39 AM by Lowry Seasoning Salt to business, history, products, red sox, special topics
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Read More...Major league owners are famously reluctant to release franchise-specific financial information. However, Forbes estimates that the value of the Red Sox has climbed from about $500 million in 2002 to $900 million in 2011 — an impressive 7% annual growth.
Companies seeking to revitalize seemingly stagnant businesses can take three lessons from the Red Sox success:
1. Question orthodoxy. Of course you can’t put people on top of the Green Monster. Or host a hockey game in Fenway. Or can you?
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1. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) posted on March 14, 2011 at 09:49 PM # hit 0 | hit 0The verdict was "obviously disappointing," Fizer said in a phone interview today. "Our position was that the mask was not defective."
Which would really want to make me trust their equipment.
I don't know. I haven't seen anything here which would convince me that one side was "right". The product could ave been defective. Or the umpire could have not used it proerly (e.g. failed to fasten it properly). Or it could just be an unfortunate set of circumstances, where the mask was not able to provide protection despite working properly (or the injuries could have been worse if not for the mask). Not all safety equipment is 100% effective, 100% of the time. Sometimes airbags do more harm than they prevented. Thems the breaks.
Don't talk nonsense in front of Bob Loblaw.
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