Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

In 2013, the multinational contract manufacturer Flextonics — which makes products for Apple and Microsoft — began offering Lab IX , a service that connects startups with manufacturing partners. Other contractors have also begun to engage, seeing real market value.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Every business leader should be able to hire the external or internal consultants of their choice. Like any firm in need of business development, we build relationships with executives across the company, and pitch proposals. In a seminal 2013 HBR article, “Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption,” Clayton M.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

Most midsize companies lack the breadth and depth of skilled corporate development professionals whose jobs are to source, make, and integrate acquisitions. General Electric’s corporate business development group (about a dozen professionals) is bigger than the entire executive team in many midsized companies.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

He’s not going to last,''" recalls former senior business development manager Vincent Washington. "I Oh, and an offer from then-up-and-coming star Justin Bieber to rep BlackBerry, an offer that was rebuffed by the marketing department. They said, ''This kid is a fad. I said at the meeting: ''This kid might outlive RIM.''

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Strategy and business development executive with substantial experience designing, leading, and implementing a broad range of corporate growth and realignment initiatives. When Glover Lawrence was searching for his next job in the fall of 2013, he started by dreaming up the ideal position. And be sure to avoid clichés.

How To 15

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Business development. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture.

Crisis Management 81

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Business Development. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture.

Strategy 61

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

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Energy 58

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 2, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Company 63

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Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Crisis 60

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Crisis 58

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Crisis 72

Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 72

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

For example, at Reputation.com, CEO Michael Fertik never tells new business development staff how to start the sales process or size deals. “In With added pressure to succeed and nowhere to retreat to, they are also more likely to improvise, get resourceful, and focus on meeting basic needs to push their long-shot projects through.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

But by 2013, Linkin Park and Machine Shop had to address the fact that digital music (first downloads and then streaming) had changed the business dramatically. To help with strategic thinking, we hired Michael Seversky, who was responsible for strategy, corporate development, and market insights at Beats by Dre.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Review your investment portfolio to identify certain appreciated positions to sell now before taxes potentially increase in 2013. Medicare tax that will be imposed on certain investment income for higher income Americans beginning in 2013. The Social Security tax holiday is designed to leave more money in our paychecks.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. Are Israeli companies on the verge of developing a repeatable playbook to scale their companies and become market leaders, not just acquisition fodder for the Silicon Valley giants? billion in 2013.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

In the five-year period from 2009 to 2013, there were 8,786 U.S. In 2013 there were approximately 1.02 Having acknowledged the ambiguity built into our methods, we will refer to “Arab inventors” throughout this article. It turns out that the U.S. is a major home for Arab inventors. Of the total U.S. of the total population.

Innovation 14

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Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

As a result, Fitbit held 68 percent market share through 2013 versus 19 percent for Jawbone and just 10 percent for Nike. By April 2014, Nike was waving the white flag by laying off most of the FuelBand’s development team. But as you alluded to, what’s happening with technology AND process is even better.

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