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Entrepreneur Journeys – A conversation with Sramana Mitra | Rajesh.

Rajesh Setty

It is a collection of in-depth interviews with movers and shakers in the technology world. Her fields of experience span from hard core technology disciplines like semiconductors to sophisticated consumer marketing industries including fashion and education. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8)

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Tinkering with Strategy Can Derail Midsize Companies

Harvard Business Review

The tales of two companies, cell phone accessories retailer Cellairis and skin care products maker Rodan + Fields, illustrate the dangers of top-level strategic tinkering. They had the epiphany that they could use cheap retail space – the carts that sit in the middle of shopping malls – to sell mobile phone accessories, mostly cases.

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Prepare for the New Permanent Temp

Harvard Business Review

Technology makes reviewing, refining, redesigning and revising both jobs and job descriptions as dynamic as a commodities trading desk. Just ask anyone working in the health care, financial services, automobile, retail, media, publishing, education, advertising, real estate or defense industries. Have people been commoditized?

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The 2010 Execution Round-Up: Six Companies That Couldn't 'Get It.

Strategy Driven

What did 2010 look like for you and your company? If an organization can’t get things done, nothing else matters – not the smartest strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even game-changing technology. OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?)

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Gun Manufacturers Need to Lead Change, Not Just Follow the Law

Harvard Business Review

Investors also did well: A $100 investment in Ruger in late 2010 was worth $443 in late 2015, while the equivalent investment in the S&P 500 yielded only $163 over that time frame. Remington sells to both federally licensed wholesalers and directly to some federally licensed retailers (Walmart being its largest retail account).

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Many Companies Still Don’t Know How to Compete in the Digital Age

Harvard Business Review

In the past, disruption occurred at the level of discrete product and service technologies that competed to offer better value for customers (e.g., Told this way, the Kodak story is a comforting caricature of the traditional failure to adapt to disruptive technological change. By 2005, Kodak ranked No. inch vs. 3.5-inch

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Rural China Offers Big Opportunities, Too

Harvard Business Review

In 2005, average income was $407. She is a 58 year-0ld farmer who has seen a dramatic increase in household income as a result of the factory job her son has and the retail earnings of her daughter in law. Greater use of information technology and mobile communications to empower farmers. Approximately $6.2