N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

They are simply meant to foster a spirit of cooperation. Understanding how to lead and motivate groups and teams should not be considered one in the same with creating false perceptions of equality that don’t exist ( Bonus Post : CEOs and Team Building ).

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

Bob Lutz in his recent book Car Guys vs. Bean Counters makes the point that GM was doing fine until in the mid 1970s the MBA-trained finance guys took control of product development from the "car guys," who were engineers and designers. The poster child for his view was Roger Smith who was an MBA-trained accounting and finance specialist.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing. In other cases, smart city projects present opportunities to generate advertising revenue and branding. For companies, the trick will be balancing each city’s desire for custom solutions with their own need for scale.

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Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2018

But as global technology brands penetrate African economies, it is becoming evident that most local startups are experiencing new levels of competition, which could potentially disrupt their operations. Last year Facebook became the second largest e-commerce company in Africa after Jumia, the industry leader.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Ageas contributes its expertise in insurance product design, marketing, finance, and risk management, while the partner, often a well-embedded local financial institution, contributes its customer portfolio, distribution channel, brand, and relationships. Dual asymmetrical joint venture. Benefits and risks of co-opetition.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

The CMO has historically focused on driving growth and brand engagement; the CRO has typically focused on safeguarding the bottom line and minimizing unwanted exposure. But the advent of Big Data, sophisticated modeling techniques, and robust algorithms are opening a door to cooperation and opportunities that have never been possible before.

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Credit Scoring Risk Management Finance Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Looking forward toward the next decade and beyond, we are seeing countries increasingly prize sovereignty over multilateralism, national interests over international cooperation, and local constituencies over global populations. Unlike their parents, Gen 1ers prefer Chinese over Western brands. The young in the U.S.,

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