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Creating Michelin-star Quality for the Masses

Harvard Business Review

At least one Italian entrepreneur is showing that it's possible to meet both criteria in an intensely competitive business: Italian food and wine. Since it's beginning in 2003, Davide Oldani's Ristorante D'O has managed to stay profitable in a sustained fashion. Operating such restaurants is expensive.

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Telecom's Competitive Solution: Outsourcing?

Harvard Business Review

Due to huge capital requirements, these investments could exert considerable pressure on the working capital of the carrier company. Bharti's innovative business model converted fixed costs in capital expenditure to a variable cost based on usage of capacity. The trend is spreading.