But My Business Is Different… | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 9, 2010
Even the most savvy CEO may have blind spots in his or her skill sets, core competencies, or voids in the org chart which can also cause blind spots.
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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. Oh, and what about development methodology?
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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. Compete on your merits not why your lack thereof should be overlooked. If you’re not qualified don’t try to work around your lack of qualifications, go get the qualifications you need to compete.
How We Built a New Company Culture
Harvard Business Review
MAY 1, 2014
To save the 20-year-old company, I had to get it operating like a start-up. NPS had hit a rough patch in 2006. medical development experts, regulatory affairs and technical operations leadership, quality assurance/control); the project-management function; and contracted, or outsourced, all other operational activities.
Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage
Strategy Driven
MARCH 18, 2011
These choices historically conferred advantage – first-mover, scale – but asset-based scale advantages have diminished in recent years, thanks to technology, cheap information, and outsourcing. Companies today operate in a business environment that encourages incoherence. We call this measure the ‘coherence premium.’
Amazon Constantly Audits its Business Model
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 15, 2013
Back then, Amazon’s operation was organized around a “sell all, carry few” business model: while offering more than a million books it actually stocked only about 2,000. What used to be outsourced became the core proposition and strength. Customers were amazed at how quickly their orders arrived on the doorstep.
Develop Your Company’s Cross-Functional Capabilities
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. The functional model of organization dates back to the 1850s.
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