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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Strategy : In this chapter they look at the business model environment: context, design drivers, and constraints. It seems that they are adapting their work from Micheal Porters 5 forces. Then delving into questions like, how should your business model evolve in light of a changing environment? John Sullivan FORA.tv

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The Marketing of a President

Harvard Business Review

The way in which we market presidents is broken, much like the way that we traditionally market businesses is broken. I say "market" presidents rather than "select" them because the way in which an organization commits to market its products and services can substantially determine the quality of the product it produces and sells.

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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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Pokémon Go, Amazon Dash, and the Future of User Interaction

Harvard Business Review

Much of Go’s global appeal comes from an augmented reality sensibility that literally and figuratively transforms real-world environments into digital playgrounds. My current favorite example comes from Net-a-Porter reaching out to my wife. This will prove as important for mobile devices as for home/office/workplace environments.

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Secure Your Flanks, Protect Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Eventually Microsoft developed Internet Explorer and outflanked it by eliminating the market for a paid browser. Firms must thoroughly understand themselves and their competitors through appropriate environment scanning and market intelligence. Eventually, some incumbents adapted and invested in technology as well.

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Sharing Data Is a Form of Corporate Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

Twitter, for example, sells access to a range of real-time APIs to marketing platforms, but the price point often exceeds researchers’ budgets. Porter and Mark R. The rise of the web has altered our definition of a “business environment” to include ecosystems untethered from geography.

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18 of the Top 20 Tech Companies Are in the Western U.S. and Eastern China. Can Anywhere Else Catch Up?

Harvard Business Review

These gold coasts are home to nine of the top 10, and 18 of the top 20, internet companies, as measured by market capitalization. and China that were able to take advantage of large domestic markets to achieve scale and to surround themselves with rich ecosystems of startups, suppliers, complements, and customers.