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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

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It seems that they are adapting their work from Micheal Porters 5 forces. These are: Customer Segments – An organization serves one or several customer segments. Strategy : In this chapter they look at the business model environment: context, design drivers, and constraints. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Can the U.S. Become a Base for Serving the Global Economy?

Harvard Business Review

shares of the global operations of U.S.-based Despite decades of globalization, these companies remain predominantly U.S. companies, locating the lion's share of their global business activities in America (about 65% of their sales, 68% of their employment, 70% of their capital investment, and 84% of their R&D spending in 2009).

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Three Unexpected Ways to Help with Disaster Recovery

Harvard Business Review

When the devastating earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010 , killing more than 250,000 and injuring countless more, donors and governments sent billions in aid and in-kind support. It's an approach we call creating shared value ( my coauthor Mark Kramer and FSG cofounder Michael Porter wrote about this in Harvard Business Review ).

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Why Business is Stuck on Income Inequality

Harvard Business Review

Time 's Michael Elliott, who was moderating the session, then cited Chrystia Freeland's Atlantic cover story on "The Rise of the New Global Elite" and Michael Porter and Mark Kramer's HBR cover story on "Creating Shared Value" as evidence of a new mood. "I "We cannot let the income disparities increase further.". as Jacob S.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. For example, Bunge, an agribusiness firm, reported a $56 million quarterly loss in its sugar and bioenergy segments due to drought in 2010. billion in mining projects since 2010.

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18 of the Top 20 Tech Companies Are in the Western U.S. and Eastern China. Can Anywhere Else Catch Up?

Harvard Business Review

These gold coasts are home to nine of the top 10, and 18 of the top 20, internet companies, as measured by market capitalization. and China that were able to take advantage of large domestic markets to achieve scale and to surround themselves with rich ecosystems of startups, suppliers, complements, and customers. trillion.

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People Are Angry About Globalization. Here’s What to Do About It.

Harvard Business Review

Much of continental Europe is convulsed with similar combinations of disaffection , protectionism , and, in some cases, nationalism and even racism that have morphed into a more-or-less generalized anger against globalization. personal consumption expenditures in 2010 and that over half of that amount actually went to U.S. In the U.S.,