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20 Interesting Behaviors of Strategy Tourist

Strategy Driven

Get a consultant on board, preferable a firm with a good reputation, and launch a new strategy. He has shared the stage with prominent strategists like Michael Porter and reached out to 21,000+ leaders in 30+ countries. The Emerging Strategy of Innovative Service. Strategic Planning execution innovation leadership strategy'

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Build Your Reputation the Rachael Ray Way

Harvard Business Review

Sometimes, it seems they've always loomed large: for decades, Michael Porter has been synonymous with strategy, and John Kotter with change management. magazine, speaking at major conferences, and advising the White House on innovation. Other times, the explosion onto the scene is fast and furious. Skills development comes first.

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Meet Your New R&D Team: Social Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

The smartest minds in social innovation are increasingly committed to engaging with the private sector to make significant changes in areas like health, education, and poverty. What happens when you reverse that model and place these investments at the front-end of your corporate innovation strategy? The Innovation Continuum.

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How Big Business Created the Politics of Anger

Harvard Business Review

And the choice to hold on to cash or use it to repurchase shares, rather than invest profits in new opportunities for innovation and expansion, has had real consequences for our economy that have contributed to the current political upheaval. Authoritative studies have shown that inequality and stagnating wages hurt corporate growth.

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Can Companies Both Do Well and Do Good?

Harvard Business Review

Porter and Mark R. This year we examined the correlation between the financial performance of leaders on our list and their social and environmental performance as measured by MSCI, a highly reputable firm that rates major companies. (See, for example, " Creating Shared Value ," by Michael E. That's the good news.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Michel Porter and Mark Kramer pioneered the idea of “creating shared value,” arguing that businesses can generate economic value by identifying and addressing social problems that intersect with their business. Fostering innovation. billion in mining projects since 2010. Improving Financial Performance.

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When a Spinoff Makes Strategic Sense

Harvard Business Review

The main alternative is the Positioning School , whose ideas were most clearly expounded by Michael Porter. It does not explain why you might be wise to focus on some resources and spin off other resources. So maybe there is a better theory of strategy? Unfortunately this theory also fails to explain the decision to split.

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