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Why Porter's Model No Longer Works

Harvard Business Review

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. There is no question that Porter's work has helped shape (some would say, "invent") modern-day strategy. Big Isn't Enough.

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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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Harvard Business Review on Rebuilding Your Business Model: A book review by Bob Morris

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Harvard Business Review on Rebuilding Your Business Model Various Authors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to use innovative thinking to create or revise a business model that drives growth and profits This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review.

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Harvard Business Review on Rebuilding Your Business Model: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Harvard Business Review on Rebuilding Your Business Model Various Authors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to use innovative thinking to create or revise a business model that drives growth and profits This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review.

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The State of Strategy Consulting, 2011

Harvard Business Review

co-founded by Michael Porter back in the early 1980s, has seen better days. Typically such purchasers are emerging from some sort of major corporate unpleasantness — a near bankruptcy, say, or having missed out, Nokia-like, on a ground-shaking technological shift. Monitor & Co.,

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Rules For the Social Era

Harvard Business Review

Many organizations still operate by Porter's Value Chain model , where Z follows Y, which follows X. Case in point: Gap missed many of its performance numbers in 2011 by believing that their only interaction with their customers happened at the cash register. Conversations, not chains. Sharing, not telling.

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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

Nearly every criticism the authors levy in their op-ed is answered in 12 blog posts , a magazine article from January/February 2011, a video interview , and a slideshow that integrated community and commentary, which were published between last October and this May. The $300 House project is a housing ecosystem project.

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