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Social Mood and Presidential Leadership

Coaching Tip

Elected in 1836, by the time Van Buren assumed office in March 1837 a speculative bubble had burst and a banking crisis was at hand (sound familiar?) -- the national mood had turned south and the "Panic of 1837" followed. The depression worsened as Van Buren continued Andrew Jackson's economic policies. Prechter Jr.:

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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. These are: Customer Segments – An organization serves one or several customer segments. They also go down the road to explain free to not free enterprises like Skype. The Empathy Map by XPLANE Design : How to build a business model around customer insights.

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Secure Your Flanks, Protect Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Eventually Microsoft developed Internet Explorer and outflanked it by eliminating the market for a paid browser. Firms must thoroughly understand themselves and their competitors through appropriate environment scanning and market intelligence. The new banks outflanked the old ones by offering superior customer service.

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A Playbook for Making America More Entrepreneurial

Harvard Business Review

An effective policy strategy for small businesses needs to focus on the unique needs these companies have. The Playbook is a policy menu, based around three core needs of small businesses: access to capital; people and skills; and innovation ecosystems. In some areas and sectors, the market provides all the capital needed.

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What Economists Know That Managers Don’t (and Vice Versa)

Harvard Business Review

Not for the highly-regarded work on competition between small numbers of firms with which his career began more than thirty years ago but for more recent work on how carefully structured regulation can improve performance relative to unbridled market forces. banking assets and as such are “too big to fail”).

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What Economists Know That Managers Don’t (and Vice Versa)

Harvard Business Review

Not for the highly-regarded work on competition between small numbers of firms with which his career began more than thirty years ago but for more recent work on how carefully structured regulation can improve performance relative to unbridled market forces. banking assets and as such are “too big to fail”).

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Leading Job Growth in the Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

While the men of Finisterre could flee economic conditions in Spain, there is no escaping employment market upheaval in the digital age. In emerging markets, labor’s share of GDP is declining in 42 out of 59 countries, including China, Mexico and India.

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