Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Stock prices fell sharply despite the federal government paying off all of its debt. Conventional wisdom would have us believe reducing the national debt, or paying it off entirely, would lift stock prices. As for the directors of the South Sea Company itself, they were forced to give up their property and arrested to boot.

Banking 90

Banking eBook Porter Leadership 90

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Great By Choice , for example, focuses on why some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, when others do not. And that's where Michael Porter enters the picture. Porter's work provides that rigor, as it defines the economic fundamentals of competition and strategy. You have to make good choices. So what are good choices?

Porter 15

Porter Collins Competitive Advantage Strategy 15

CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

There are several ways to generate Revenue Streams: Asset sale, Usage fee, Subscription fee, Lending/Renting/Leasing, Licensing, Brokerage fees, Advertising and corresponding Pricing Mechanisms) Key Resources – Key resources are the assets required to offer and deliver the previously described elements.

Business Model 141

Business Model Executive Coaching Execution Blog 141

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

To take advantage of new, cloud-based opportunities, today’s companies will need to fundamentally rethink their orthodoxies about value creation and value capture. Value creation , which involves performing activities that increase the value of a company’s offering and encourage customer willingness to pay, is the heart of any business model.

Business Model 14

Business Model Venture Capitalist Disruptive Innovation Porter 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

Companies are not squarely to blame for the anger and frustration that have so warped this presidential primary season. companies, but their wrongdoing affected millions of U.S. based companies using questionable corporate practices that are entirely legal. Nor are they entirely innocent. These are not U.S.

Politics 8

Politics Short-term Long-term Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2015

One then became two in 1980, when Michael Porter pointed out that there is another way to compete: differentiation. To someone like me, a micro-economist by training and at heart, the idea that all competition can be classified in terms of these two generic strategies corresponds well to the fundamental demand dynamics that companies face.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Porter Henderson Price 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I list these below as a guide for anyone — from bloggers, to academics, to strategy consultants — looking to produce world-class thought leadership. In better times, companies are attracted to ideas that help them do their work more effectively. What Your Stock Price Really Means. Tune Your Idea to the Zeitgeist.

Prahalad 15

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 15