N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Therefor by definition it is not unique or likely to generate any competitive advantage. Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. Again a core that keeps customers loyal & provides a competitive advantage. As an example, Look at Apple!

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

If your company has passive and/or timid leadership you will face serious problems in sustaining your competitive advantage. Great leaders will do anything to get off the bench and into the game.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

Refusing to surrender, having the ability to make the tough decision, the needed sacrifice, and the focus to place fiduciary obligations above your self interest will allow your company to continue taking ground and will keep the competitive advantage on the side of your enterprise.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

How does it drive revenue, profit, brand equity, competitive advantage, etc. How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? Why should we make this investment? What are the potential risks vs. possible rewards and what is the downside of not making the investment?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

For Your Success For businesses on the cutting edge: companies proactive in seeking a competitive advantage; progressive firms open to adopt new innovations. Better Business Blogging This Blog authored by Mark White provides an excellent source of information and services related to business blogging.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2019

With VoIP termination taking the telecom industry by storm, and it’s continuing to grow each year, carriers are looking for ways to woo customers by offering a competitive advantage. billion in 2006.” If you’re an enterprise user, having flexibility is crucial to your operational efficiency and your bottom line.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. I look at incremental improvements as a necessary part of day-to-day operations, and a necessary component of keeping things current. I visited his church on numerous occasions.

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Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

world, the “real estate&# needed to do these things was the operating system. The power is slowly being taken away from the operating system. They manage their businesses (they use tools) In the web 1.0 In the web 2.0 and SaaS world, the “real estate&# required to build a big empire is the browser.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

” That view was mistaken, he argued: “What makes a resource truly strategic—what gives it the capacity to be the basis for a sustained competitive advantage—is not ubiquity but scarcity. IT would temporarily create proprietary advantages, he predicted, citing Walmart as an example.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

For example, an organization that makes its money out-marketing the competition isn’t likely to be inspired by a leader whose best talent is cost management. Spiky leaders achieve great performance by obsessing about the specific capabilities that underpin their company’s competitive advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Making sure the company's key processes are delivering competitive advantage , or if not, that the right fixes are on the way. Air Products, for example, tripled corporate productivity (hard profit-and-loss benefits) from 2003 to 2006, and boosted operating return on net assets from 9.5% from 2004 to 2007.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Eventually, the operation was spun out and bought by Steve Jobs. That company, Pixar , was sold to Disney in 2006 for $7.4 So I did some further research and found that, when it comes to innovation, generosity can be a competitive advantage. Create diversity.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Driving competitive advantage through stakeholder engagement. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Of the respondents, 72% said that climate change presents risks that could significantly impact their operations, revenue, or expenditures. ” Improving risk management.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Further, they need to limit their focus to, at most, six capabilities, and make those capabilities work together as a mutually reinforcing system that perpetuates competitive advantage. Companies today operate in a business environment that encourages incoherence. SD : What is the ‘coherence premium?’. billion, or 20.6

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2012

More in my series on showing how the gender balancing program at Nestle , on which I have been working with them, has gone down well even in the more macho countries in which the company operates. Senior management in Italy has gone from 86/14% male/female ratio in 2006 to 70/30 today. This time I'm looking at Italy.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Wired reported late last year, "The top 10 Web sites accounted for 31% of US page views in 2001, 40% in 2006, and 75% in 2010." Greater scale bestows greater competitive advantage. Adding a profile on Facebook has little to no impact on Facebook's operating costs. These are not online publishers, like Yahoo!

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2013

As a result, it can be a lasting source of competitive advantage. When Alan Mulally became CEO at Ford in 2006, the company operated in regional silos. A company’s culture can have a powerful impact on its performance. Take these examples: . Take Ford Motor Company.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

In 2006, when the company launched a new line of foundations intended to address a wider variety of skin tones, Atis saw that they still didn’t measure up. More specifically, they employ a diverse combination of capabilities to solve problems that aren’t being addressed by organizations as part of their everyday operations.

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