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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

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It is useful to distinction between three motivations for creating partnerships: Optimization and economy of scale, Reduction of risk and uncertainty, Acquisition of particular resources and activities) Cost Structure – The business model elements result in the cost structure. (It

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Living in a Radical State of Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

How to successfully deal with a new radical state of uncertainty will require leaders to reset their organizations, reframe their perceptions of problems and opportunities, and, most important, rethink the way they think. They need to be embraced by leaders to enable them to deal with a world of radical uncertainty.

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Navigating the Complexities of Doing Business in Russia

Harvard Business Review

Yet Russia remains an important part of most Western multinationals’ emerging markets portfolios. For example, in 2014, at the onset of the sharp deterioration in U.S. This environment is altering how multinational firms operate in the country and market their products. further sanctions, oil price drop, protests, etc.)

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

Harvard Business Review

For the last two months, global supply chains have been experiencing the first stage of a bullwhip effect triggered by uncertainties about the severity of China’s economic slowdown. For example , U.S. Since 2000, the Chinese economy has been growing at an increasing rate — from 6% per year in 2000 to 12% per year in 2010.

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CIOs: Scenario Planning Can Save Your Job

Harvard Business Review

It''s the rare CIO who applies scenario planning to the business of IT. Yet, in a function driven by innovation and the uncertainties surrounding the application and implication of future technologies, not using scenarios is tantamount to management malpractice. Practice for Business Climate Changes.

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A Better Approach to Infrastructure Planning

Harvard Business Review

The product of an MIT CTL research initiative called Future Freight Flows, it is a method of convening conversations and achieving alignment, based on the practice of scenario planning. Pioneered by Shell , it’s a way of acknowledging great uncertainty without being paralyzed by it.

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What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

Harvard Business Review

Multinational companies operating in Mexico are facing a great deal of uncertainty. The possibility of a contentious renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has led to delayed or canceled investments in what has been one of Latin America’s most economically stable markets. Renegotiating NAFTA.