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Desperately Seeking Simplicity

Harvard Business Review

I heard it in a session led by Professor Michael Porter and Dean Nitin Nohria of the Harvard Business School who were sharing a research project on declining American Competitiveness. An example was a discussion session of tired-looking European finance ministers, defensive and elusive about the speed of acting on the Euro crisis.

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A Thousand Days to Reinvent Capitalism?

Harvard Business Review

And the flow of words is not likely to abate in the coming months, as articles on the need for a more holistic model of capitalism (including those contributed by Roger Martin , Michael Porter and McKinsey's Dominic Barton in HBR pieces) are expanded into books.

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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. Broad public exposure won't do you much good if your ideas and skills aren't sharp. It's often hard to deduce how someone becomes known as a leader in their field.

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Combating Four Innovation Lies

Harvard Business Review

One of the most important things that Harvard's Michael Porter has taught the world about strategy is that it's about making choices. The team was assessing an acquisition candidate that had a service-based business model, a sharp contrast from the company's product-centric model. Lie #4: Senior executives, "We're open to anything!".

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People Are Angry About Globalization. Here’s What to Do About It.

Harvard Business Review

Attending to inequality is arguably more politically palatable now, given the sharp increases in inequality and a better understanding of its social costs — including possibly triggering a more populist-protectionistic-xenophobic phase. almost always), businesses have some discretion in dealing with these issues.