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The Ideas that Shaped Management in 2013

Harvard Business Review

But then we end up debating what counts as best — important? According to Clay Christensen and his coauthors Dina Wang and Derek van Bever, the strategy consulting industry is about to blow up the same way the legal world just did. Special Forces Innovation: How DARPA Attacks Problems. Why the Lean Start Up Changes Everything.

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

Harvard Business Review

Our most-watched video was " Rethinking Capitalism " with Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter. We took a look at the (really) big picture with a chronology of how our definition of "good business" has changed over the last century, from company towns to wartime production to triple bottom lines. Audio podcast.

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Rules For the Social Era

Harvard Business Review

But I'm not willing to give up on these firms. Because it has shown up in bits and pieces, via freemium models, crowdsourcing, online communities, virtual workforces, social networks, and so on, it is easy to miss how much the overall context has changed for the way value is created. Conversations, not chains.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Hoping to alleviate their concerns, this article also provides concrete examples of how sustainability benefits the bottom line. Fostering innovation. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation. billion in mining projects since 2010. Improving Financial Performance.

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What Is Strategy, Again?

Harvard Business Review

It was this received opinion Michael Porter was questioning when, in 1979, he mapped out four additional competitive forces in “ How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy.” In “ What Is Strategy ,” Porter argues against a bevy of alternate views, both old and then new, that were circulating in the intervening years.

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Is It Better to Be Strategic or Opportunistic?

Harvard Business Review

Start with Michael Porter. It’s easy to get caught up in the hype. Firms often use an innovative technology or a new business model to seize the new opportunity and they typically disrupt someone else’s business in the process. So this view is often associated with innovation or disruption. The bottom line, then?

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