N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Although digitization has a significant catalytic effect on these processes, a successful diversification strategy would still need a solid basis and a set of scalable growth patterns that could apply to target markets. It will most likely overcome cross-cultural barriers as it expands into new markets.

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Execution Banking Bond Diversity 341

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

In the text that follows you’ll hear Sam’s views on leadership, the state of the market, and you’ll be introduced to his retirement ambitions and the future challenges for the boardroom, following his return to Perth, Australia. Gordon Berridge: If you could give aspiring business leaders and our readers any advice what would that be?

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Gordon Restructuring Leadership CEO 150

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

And we see many executives trying to take this advice to heart. Back in the 1980s, a company could set itself apart through scale, being the largest company in a category provided leverage over costs, back office processes, distribution, and marketing effectiveness. Consider, for example, the way many credit cards are marketed.

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IAM Productivity Products Company 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

With most high-potential ventures, however, founders must mobilize more resources than they control personally: the venture eventually will require production facilities, distribution channels, working capital, and so forth. Entrepreneurs face a Catch-22. On the one hand, it can be difficult to reduce risk without resources.

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Definition Entrepreneur Tactics Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Anyone familiar with Professor Christensen's work will quickly recognize the same causal mechanism at the heart of the Innovator's Dilemma: the pursuit of profit. It had 90 days working capital on hand when he took over — in other words, Apple was only three months away from bankruptcy. There were thousands of layoffs.

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Innovation Christensen CFO Productivity 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Smartly reducing assets devoted to activities that earn less than their cost of capital requires good links with evolving market realities. ( Call the investment bankers for advice, since they’ve shown how smart they are in managing their risks and leverage.) Isn’t that a function of risk parameters and the debt-to-equity ratio?

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Debt to Equity Ratio Cost of Capital Strategy Incentives 10