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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. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 B usiness Model Generation caught my eye in a book store in December – It is rare I find myself in book stores anymore given how many books are sent to me as a blogger and my preference in reading on Kindle or IPad.

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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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The 4 Types of Small Businesses, and Why Each One Matters

Harvard Business Review

A 2010 poll by The Pew Research Center found that the public had a more positive view of them than any other institution in the country – they beat out both churches and universities, for instance, as well as tech companies. America loves small businesses. They provide income to their owners, but by definition are not job creators.

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Can Companies Both Do Well and Do Good?

Harvard Business Review

Porter and Mark R. We also looked at CEOs whose companies had high social and environmental performance in 2010 but whose financial performance kept them out of the top 15% of the group studied that year. One of Adidas's latest sustainable innovations is DryDye technology, which removes the need for water in the dyeing process.

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

Harvard Business Review

businesses appear to be the result of both labor-saving technological changes and the outsourcing of parts of production to independent contractors in low-cost foreign locations. These concerns can be heard in many places: the sobering survey by Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin in HBR's special March issue on U.S. million workers, at U.S.

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Elon Musk’s Patent Decision Reflects Three Strategic Truths

Harvard Business Review

In a June 12 th blog post that made instant waves, Elon Musk, founder and CEO of electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla Motors, declared: “Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.” Why would the leading company in EVs voluntarily open up its technology to competitors?