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N2Growth Blog
MAY 16, 2010
As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
Trouble is, two recessions in 10 years have cut the capital fuel supply to the tech-company-creation engine. By 2011 , only three out of the top 10 industries that received 90% of PE funding were industries that tended to build products in the United States. Where did all that money go? based labor. manufacturing jobs.
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N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
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. Innovation, improvements, or these 'Next' Practices should be looked at in all facets of your business value proposition, your core.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?”
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 25, 2014
But they don’t think nearly enough about operational meltdowns – technological glitches and other problems that can put them out of business. Unlike much larger companies, midsized firms usually lack deep operational and technological talent who can quickly recognize, understand, and resolve huge systems glitches.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 8, 2013
Consider the story of the Business Transformation Agency of the Department of Defense, which was founded in 2005 under Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, and "disestablished" in 2011 by Defense Secretary Gates. IT also upgraded old technology and processes, achieving significant improvements in service and compliance.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
It will help us decide what we make, how much we make, and how we finance that production. But today, both macroeconomic forces, and technological advances mean that customized products aren't just for the one percent. They could produce only what was ordered, and thus reverse their supply chain to produce only what is already sold.
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