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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

It is useful to to distinguish between two broad classes of business models Cost Structures: cost cost-driven and value-driven from the following categories Cost-driven, Value-driven. Process : This business model design has 5 phases; Mobilize, Understand, Design, Implement and Manage. I really enjoyed this book.

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Will Personalized Medicine Mean Higher Costs for Consumers?

Harvard Business Review

In reality, patients frequently face significant out-of-pocket costs for expensive specialized medicines, even under otherwise generous insurance policies. Think about having a homeowner’s insurance policy that covers a small burglary but not a major fire. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care.

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What Happens When All Employees Work When They Feel Like It

Harvard Business Review

Do you work for a firm where managers think employees really have to work (what is called) “full time”? Let me give you an example. They now have 12 partners in the firm who manage customer relations and secure and define new client projects. Talent management Employee retention Personnel policies'

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When Cost-Plus Pricing Is a Good Idea

Harvard Business Review

Cost-plus pricing is a lot like the romance novel genre, in that it’s widely ridiculed yet tremendously popular. Almost every manager I know will claim they hate pricing based only on costs. The markup is stipulated by the buyer, as is often the case with government contracts, or it can be chosen by the manager. (I

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China’s Slowdown: The First Stage of the Bullwhip Effect

Harvard Business Review

During an economic crisis, the exaggerated decline in orders can be especially damaging to upstream suppliers that have high fixed costs tied to production assets. This performance, combined with policies of the Chinese government, led investors to believe that future growth would be ever higher, creating the stock-market bubble.

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The End of Traditional Ad Agencies

Harvard Business Review

When one person with a wireless connection can be an agency, a media company, or even a manufacturer, traditional advertising organizations have to change their culture, processes, structure, talent policies, resources, and even their business and revenue models in order to embrace the power of open systems being fueled by digital connectivity.