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Why Porter's Model No Longer Works

Harvard Business Review

It will help us decide what we make, how much we make, and how we finance that production. While social media doesn't shift Porter's model , the social era surely does. Let's think about the way that changes our modes of production. But, to put it bluntly, Porter's value chain is antiquated in the light of the social era.

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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

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There are several ways to generate Revenue Streams: Asset sale, Usage fee, Subscription fee, Lending/Renting/Leasing, Licensing, Brokerage fees, Advertising and corresponding Pricing Mechanisms) Key Resources – Key resources are the assets required to offer and deliver the previously described elements.

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How Big Business Created the Politics of Anger

Harvard Business Review

Escalating wealth driven by a bull market cannot be divorced from the atrophying of the middle class when stock repurchases and cash reserves nudge earnings per share and stock prices higher but do nothing to create employment or increase national productivity. Nor does political rebellion serve companies or their shareholders well.

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Hospital Budget Systems Are Holding Back Innovation

Harvard Business Review

operating rooms, recovery floors, emergency department), and ancillary departments (e.g., Consider, for example, a surgical patient who starts in the pre-operative area, then moves to the operating room, the post-anesthesia care unit, and the inpatient floor, with occasional side trips for imaging, testing, and physical therapy.

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The Commoditization of Scale

Harvard Business Review

Where most managers are forced to spend their days figuring out the next best iteration on their products or services, a handful of companies have been able to exploit scale instead of vision in their pursuit of profit. Huge retailers such as Walmart and Target also use scale to keep their purchasing costs down and their prices competitive.

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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. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. ” Improving risk management.

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Why the Problem with Learning Is Unlearning

Harvard Business Review

In every aspect of business, we are operating with mental models that have grown outdated or obsolete, from strategy to marketing to organization to leadership. In strategy, an entire generation grew up with Michael Porter’s five forces. The Porter model of strategy isn’t obsolete. Martin Reeves and Georg Wittenburg.

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