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Just because you can make an omelet, doesn’t mean you’re a restaurateur!

Mills Scofield

Long before it became fashionable, Saul was leveraging the power of business models in his career. Saul cites Whitney Johnson’s description of what jobs social media does for her [3]. Saul urges us to also create a shared operating model on HOW value will be delivered. New Jersey: Wiley & Sons, 2012), pg.

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Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2012

Harvard Business Review

Individual companies are feeling the bite: analysts at Morningstar estimate that input costs at Tyson Foods will rise by $700 million — more than its 2012 net income. One auto analyst declared 2012 the " Year of the Green Car ," with more high-MPG models, 500,000 hybrid sales in the U.S., It wasn't just energy. on to 2013.

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We Need Both Networks and Communities

Harvard Business Review

Social media certainly connects us to whoever is on the other end of the line, and so extends our social networks in amazing ways. Friedman added that “at their worst, [social media sites] can become addictive substitutes for real action.” But this can come at the expense of deeper personal relationships. It sure does.

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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business Review

Don’t keep relying on the same old social media platforms. SHRM reports that 84% of organizations use social media for recruiting, and 82% of them use it primarily in the hunt for passive candidates. If so many companies are using social media, it must be effective, right? Well, not necessarily. What’s the trick?

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Realities of Branding… Slogans that Mislead

Strategy Driven

Their words overstate, get into the media and are accepted by audiences as fact. When one media insists upon having exclusive name rights to a special event, that’s the kiss of death. If one media is the ‘name sponsor,’ then that will negate coverage by other media. We Make Money the Old Fashioned Way.

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Best Buy Can't Match Amazon's Prices, and Shouldn't Try

Harvard Business Review

The proliferation of cheap bandwidth is making it easier than ever to consume media via download instead through the purchase of a physical good. For instance, Best Buy could be the perfect home for retail distribution of products launched and funded through Kickstarter, which has seen 2012 as the year of the crowdfunded consumer electronics.

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