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Why You Should Crowd-Source Your Toughest Investment Decisions

Harvard Business Review

These tools are great if you’re working in a stable environment, with a business model you understand. But if you’re on unfamiliar ground – if you’re in a fast-changing industry, launching a new product, or shifting to a new business model – they can be downright dangerous.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

Sure, people print nostalgic books and holiday cards, but that volume pales in comparison to Kodak’s heyday. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013. How Digital Business Models Are Changing.

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New Research: You're Doing Customer Experience Innovation Wrong

Harvard Business Review

In 2013, only 8% of the companies in this annual benchmarking survey received a top grade from their customers — and that''s a pathetically low number in comparison to the amount of professed innovation in the industry. Ground innovations in the business model. Infuse innovations with the brand.

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Universities Are Missing Out on an Explosive Growth Sector: Their Own

Harvard Business Review

The business models of universities are being challenged, and it looks like the universities are out to lunch. The transformation in education technology and markets is happening with the business leaders and money-men of higher education barely present. I haven’t heard that at all,” was the quote. a better place to be.

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What Angel Investors Value Most When Choosing What to Fund

Harvard Business Review

As Diane Mulcahy explained in a 2013 Harvard Business Review article : ”Angel investors — affluent individuals who invest smaller amounts of capital at an earlier stage than VCs do — fund more than 16 times as many companies as VCs do,” she wrote, “and their share is growing.” Steven Moore.

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A Framework for Strategists Assessing Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

For instance, ever since Goldman Sachs coined the term BRIC, China and India have pulled ahead of Brazil and Russia, whose growth fell below the group average between 2001 and 2013. Use a mix of supply and demand factors, but ensure they are all specific to your business model. Globalization decisions are undoubtedly complex.

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3 Reasons Global Firms Should Keep Investing in India

Harvard Business Review

Amazon entered India in 2013 when two local Indian companies, Flipkart and Snapdeal, had already established themselves as market leaders in eCommerce – and still rose to become the #1 online retailer in India. Renault’s Kwid and Amazon’s eCommerce model are totally customized for the needs of the Indian middle class.