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Competitive Advantage from the Bottom of the Pyramid

LDRLB

In a world where global competition is absolute, companies are looking at new ways to gain sustained competitive advantages. The BoP markets are a hotbed for innovation and companies that are able to mold their business models to fit within this paradigm can truly alter traditional business models. You can find him at [link].].

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The Strategy Book

Leading Blog

The problem is following a plan so closely without responding to events that you will “lead the company efficiently in the wrong direction.” In fact, says McKeown, unplanned opportunities may be your best chance of creating a great strategy. In a sense, strategy creates risk.

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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

Tanveer Naseer

From blue ocean strategy to Michael Porter’s five forces, Vijay Govindarajan’s reverse innovation to Richard D’Aveni’s hypercompetition, great thinkers and their ideas directly effect how companies are run and how business people think about and practice business. Think of Peter Drucker who topped the first Thinkers50 ranking in 2001.

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Making Your Products Accessible to Underserved Markets

Harvard Business Review

Case-in-point: the Bottom of the Pyramid theory, created by Indian-American researcher and author CK Prahalad. Prahalad argued that the world’s poorest people constituted the “bottom of the pyramid” (BoP) and presented a massive opportunity for the world’s wealthiest companies.

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Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi on “The Coherence Premium”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries “The Core Competence of the Corporation” Booz & Company C.K. Prahalad Gary Hamel Harvard Business Review HBR Blog Network HBR email alerts Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi on "The Coherence Premium"'

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Vijay Govindarajan: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Prahalad Chris Trimble Deere & Company Earl C. He was the first Professor in Residence and Chief Innovation Consultant at General Electric. He worked with GE’s [.]. Bob''s blog entries “How GE is Disrupting Itself” C.K.

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Vijay Govindarajan: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Prahalad Chris Trimble Deere & Company Earl C. He was the first Professor in Residence and Chief Innovation Consultant at General Electric. He worked with GE’s CEO [.]. Bob''s blog entries “How GE is Disrupting Itself” C.K.