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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? At the risk of drawing the ire of corporate elitists, I submit to you that the dumber your business is, the better off you are. link] Mark Vickers Do you have any data to support this?

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Innovation, improvements, or these 'Next' Practices should be looked at in all facets of your business value proposition, your core. As one example; if you are a manufacturing organization, innovation in your core could include new and improved materials, new techniques, novel approaches to supply chain management etc.

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Open India: Considerations for Retailers

Harvard Business Review

How can we improve the businesses of our suppliers and local partners? Business Model Innovation. How can multinationals develop innovative business models with "small store" formats to promote convenience, yet give consumers lower prices through economies of scale in purchasing and supply chain efficiencies?

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We're All E-Commerce Companies Now

Harvard Business Review

Online sales of everyday items — soap, orange juice, toothpaste — more than doubled between 2006 and 2010, and are expected to double again by 2014. It was a simple business model distinction — either you sold online, or you sold in store. The day of e-commerce is finally here.

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Why We Need Heretical, Holistic Green Thinking

Harvard Business Review

System" is the key word, and it was top of mind during a recent HBR event in Palo Alto, sponsored by Hitachi, where I was moderating a panel on sustainable supply chains. Pepsi has rolled it out at hundreds of sites, and now is sharing it with supply-chain partners. Can a passenger plane fly without fossil fuels?" "Why

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How Retail Can Thrive in a World Without Stores

Harvard Business Review

To embrace this market shift, retailers will need to experiment with a range of technologies and strategies across marketing, supply chain, and merchandising. When eyeglass maker Warby Parker launched in 2010, its founders had $2,500 seed funding and impressive business school pedigrees.

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How Local Context Shapes Digital Business Abroad

Harvard Business Review

One of the most enticing global entrepreneurial opportunities these days is taking a digital business model that works in the U.S. Several students in my Leading Global Ventures class at Harvard Business School have done just that over the past few years, and many more would like to follow suit.