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Why Porter's Model No Longer Works

Harvard Business Review

Imagine that you wanted a new home theater system. While social media doesn't shift Porter's model , the social era surely does. Most existing big organizations — the 800-pound gorillas — subscribe to Michael Porter's value chain framework. But the social era can — and will — be more than that.

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What is the Price?

Kevin Eikenberry

I’m looking forward to reading it (my copy is on the way) and after I’ve read it I will share more.

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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

It seems that they are adapting their work from Micheal Porters 5 forces. 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. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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The State of Strategy Consulting, 2011

Harvard Business Review

They may have done a swell $2 million strategy study for a client, but then have to watch from the sidelines as a more broadly based firm swoops in to do the $15 million project — a total systems redesign, say, or a corporate reorganization — entailed in implementing the strategy. Monitor & Co.,

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HBR's Best Videos, Infographics, Podcasts, and Slideshows of 2011

Harvard Business Review

Our most-read slideshow in 2011 was " Difficult Conversations: Nine Common Mistakes." Our most-watched video was " Rethinking Capitalism " with Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter. The Good Company: Then and Now.

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Intelligent Redesign of Health Care

Harvard Business Review

But the very existence of these cross-subsidies is symptomatic of deep flaws in the health care reimbursement system. The new approach produces accurate, detailed, and transparent costs for each care process as well as the cost of all the unused capacity in the system. Kaplan and Michael E.

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3 Steps to Break Out in a Tired Industry

Harvard Business Review

” The men thought that these customers, on arrival, really did not need a porter to pick up their luggage and carry it to their room – after all, they had likely just brought it all the way from the airport on their own. In both 2010 and 2011, TripAdvisor voted citizenM “The Trendiest Hotel in the World.”