Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Those who succeed are benevolent dictators – able to make the intricate process happen in days, weeks and months to win. Yes, a rifle or laser-sharp approach will take more planning and forethought, but in the end you’ll probably save time and resources. A laser-sharp strategy is much more practical, productive, and economical.

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Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

Chris Brady

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In the process, the Open can communicate the depth of our commitment to community building. In his newest book, Ravi Zacharias asks, "How does one take the emotional high points and successfully balance them with the sharp edges of sorrow that are also part of life?" I was travelling the other day with my 16 yr.

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Open-book Learning-by-Doing Travel Blog 124

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2014

businesses in 2011—up from 23 percent in 1992, for an increase of half in just under two decades. Compounding this, we document a sharp uptick in early-stage firm failure rates and believe it might be playing an increasing role over time. Mature firms (those aged 16 years or more) comprised 34 percent of U.S.

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Maturity Forrester Document Sharpe 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2011

in September 2011, down slightly from the three-year peak of 6.5% in July 2011 — appears likely to remain a priority. in September 2011, the same as in August, though down from a July 2011 peak increase of 14.8% — staying so stubbornly high? For Beijing, tackling China's high inflation rate — 6.1%

Price 8

Price Sharpe Banking Class 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

The Bad: The Local Coffee Shop In tough economic times, small business owners should have a laser-sharp focus on great customer service, doing everything they can to ensure their customers feel respected and loved. Read on for examples from my own experience and lessons on what can be learned from the good and bad sides of customer service.

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Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

The sharp recession triggered by the 2008 financial crisis and the uncertainty created by the 2011 debt crisis have fundamentally reset the world. The real magic is in process innovation. Reading HBR's List of Audacious Ideas is the perfect way to start 2012. The new reality is austerity. But that should only be fiscal reality.

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Company Succession Constraint Sharpe 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

We detail this process in our HBR article, " Make Time for the Work That Matters."). Our research and work with companies suggest three broad approaches you can try, each with its own pros and cons: Enact a sharp "decree" to force a specific change in behavior. Lead by example.

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Productivity Products Peer Review Short-term 8

Terry Starbucker

APRIL 18, 2010

You get to a point where you believe your skills are so sharp, and so good, that you can actually overcome the Peter Principle, and change a person into something they are clearly not. Liz, far too often the recruiting and hiring process is not given the attention it deserves. Especially when it comes to hiring. Make sense?

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Open-book Blog Core Competence Books 222

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2014

This kind of sharp price movement on seemingly modest news is not a new or isolated occurrence for Apple. And of course Steve Jobs, the crotchety business genius who co-founded the company in 1979 and drove its recent renaissance, died in 2011. This process could even be delivering a pretty fair stock price, on average.

Price 8

Price Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Marketing 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Do you dig-in your heels and prepare to defend your position to the death, all the while not really caring about how many casualties are incurred in the process? Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue. Do you tuck tail and run desiring to avoid conflict at all costs?

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Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

A particularly important component of this dynamic process is the entrepreneur, who starts a venture to create a new market or to replace incumbents in an existing one. The process of business and labor market churning is a messy one. The process of business and labor market churning is a messy one.

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Sharpe Analysis Entrepreneur Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Corporate procurement processes are opaque, secretive, and can be influenced by political pull as well as pure performance. Innovative, proudly geeky Norwegian software company, Trolltech , an open-source pioneer, landed a contract with the mobile division of Sharp, the Japan-based consumer electronics global powerhouse.

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Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

subscribers in 2017, and the industry as a whole has been growing at 200% annually since 2011. Approximately 13% of subscription businesses tracked by the subscription-related website My Subscription Addiction have failed, and many more have seen sharp reversals of fortune.

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IPO How To Metrics Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2015

That’s even higher in America, where nearly two-thirds of adults own one – roughly double the 2011 number. These soaring rates of phone-usage coincide with a sharp decline in taking time off from work. .” And we use them constantly – the average American spends over two hours on his or her smartphone every day.

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Stress Peer Review Survey Report 8