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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

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B usiness Model Generation caught my eye in a book store in December – It is rare I find myself in book stores anymore given how many books are sent to me as a blogger and my preference in reading on Kindle or IPad. I could see there was something new about this book and how the authors thought about business models.

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The New Psychology of Business Models

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Management 3.0 – a psychological shift. You have a great business idea but you are not sure how to develop it. Should you follow conventional wisdom and write-up a thirty-page business plan? In my management 3.0 In my management 3.0 In this article, my description of management 3.0 In the management 3.0

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. At the time, BMW had no dedicated, company-spanning unit to leverage the creative power of startups.

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Is Rooftop Solar Finally Good Enough to Disrupt the Grid?

Harvard Business Review

The costly and complex operations of transporting energy have made utilities natural monopolies, while regulatory barriers and the high fixed costs of building and maintaining regional electrical grid infrastructure have also kept much competition at bay. This story of disruption should feel familiar. from 2012 through 2014.

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We Can’t Study Short-Termism Without the Right Metrics

Harvard Business Review

However, higher accruals can reflect either innocuous aspects of certain business models, such as in the construction industry, where the time lag between earning income and realizing cash is long, or that growing firms retain higher working capital to meet greater current and future customer demand. Corporate culture.

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Five Rules for Innovating in a Shaky Economy

Harvard Business Review

When stock markets gyrate and growth prospects darken, it's tempting to rein in innovation programs and hoard cash. Re-visit big, inflexible projects — The 80/20 rule often applies to corporate innovation portfolios; a few projects consume the lion's share of cash. The company has invested in this brand's innovation in many ways.

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Telecom's Competitive Solution: Outsourcing?

Harvard Business Review

telecoms are classified as a high technology industry: "Network is their business." In response, the management team made a counterintuitive move: It outsourced network installation, maintenance, and service to Ericsson, Nokia, and Siemens, and chose IBM to build and manage its IT systems. In the U.S.,