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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

Tanveer Naseer

From blue ocean strategy to Michael Porter’s five forces, Vijay Govindarajan’s reverse innovation to Richard D’Aveni’s hypercompetition, great thinkers and their ideas directly effect how companies are run and how business people think about and practice business. This compares with just one in 2011.) For example, at No.2

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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

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. They look at 9 Building Blocks that form the business canvas. This final chapter puts it all together.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

The results for 2011 are published today — 14 November. In an age of awards overkill, it is tempting to see the ranking as just another example of hubris in the business world. Until very recently, for example, most managers were (and many still are) convinced that fear and greed were the two primary levers for motivating people.

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Toys ‘R’ Us Is Dead, but Physical Retail Isn’t

Harvard Business Review

As Darrell Rigby argued in a 2011 HBR article , every 50 years the retail industry goes through a major disruption. For example, Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods gives it a much more comprehensive distribution footprint, which will help it increase the efficiency of its online model. Apple isn’t alone.

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