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RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. I think it was the graphic design of the book that first caught my eye. I could see there was something new about this book and how the authors thought about business models.

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Coping With Change in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

Upon returning to Detroit, he summarized his visit with the remark: "Call me when (India has) built some roads," according to Forbes correspondent Robyn Meredith in her 2007 book The Elephant and the Dragon. million in 2010, making it the world''s sixth largest car market.

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Top Line Growth? There's an App for That

Harvard Business Review

Smartphone sales in 2011 are estimated to reach 468 million units, a 57% increase over 2010. Many companies forget to align customer service with the brand proposition for the targeted market segment. Executives searching for sources of top-line growth should look at what's already in their hands — literally.

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Google, Don't Choose Micromanagement

Harvard Business Review

Google's founders knew before they launched that they were entering a highly competitive market segment. As Rita McGrath points out in her book on discovery-driven growth , left to their own devices, employees of most companies will come up with incremental, rather than breakthrough ideas. That's gotta change. It's old school.

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Big Bets vs. Little Bets and the future of HP

Harvard Business Review

They then researched and analyzed the markets, segmented them, and developed products. If the idea got far enough, they developed marketing campaigns, sales strategies, and launched it. in 2010, and HP has been criticized for a decade-long R&D slide. A billion dollars kind of became a mantra.".

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