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Possibility Maximizer: Fast Company's 30 Second MBA

Sales Wolf Blog

Prahalad, but you'll also get the thoughts and opinions of business professionals from successful start-ups, non-profits, and boutique enterprises that serve very specific niches in their respective markets.  This week I've got a unique and excellent resource from Fast Company that I would like to point you to.  Enjoy! .

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Design Lessons from the Consumer at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad, put it there), the struggle to understand its role as a market and as a source of innovation continues. Yes, there are notable examples of BOP innovation from global corporations (such as the GE portable ECG machine ) and emerging market companies (such as the Chotukool refrigerator) that have broken through in global markets.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

That is the question that the Thinkers50, the biennial global ranking of management thinkers , seeks to answer. In 2010, the government of Malaysia launched the third wave of its National Blue Ocean Strategy. Prahalad's earlier insights on the opportunities waiting to be found at the bottom of the pyramid. It's a fair question.

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Businesses Serving the Poor Need to Get Over Their Unease About Profit

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad and his colleagues more than a decade ago in a series of articles and books, and it has stuck in the minds of businesspeople, policy makers, and nonprofits despite results that can only be described as dismal. Prahalad's brilliance and persuasiveness certainly had something to do with it. It's practically the law of the land.

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Seven Ways to Connect With Your Designer

Harvard Business Review

What follows are seven ways business leaders can better connect and collaborate with their design partners as these groups work together more closely and strategically: • Get Empathetic: Increasingly, businesses are developing products and services that need to connect with global consumers. So, do the research necessary.