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“Competitive Intelligence” Shouldn’t Just Be About Your Competitors

Harvard Business Review

In April 2010, Mars, one of the world’s largest privately owned businesses, embarked on a breakthrough initiative. While large consulting firms push expensive “war games” at the leadership level, Jessica ran cheap and quick local games based on local market dynamics.

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Tinkering with Strategy Can Derail Midsize Companies

Harvard Business Review

In 2006, they hired an experienced president to manage their rapidly growing business. During those nine months, Cellairis’ leadership had been distracted from their core business. By the end of 2010, they found that incentive bonuses did have a minor impact on growth but that as soon as they were discontinued, sales dropped again.