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The Value of Value Chain Analysis in Transforming Your Business

N2Growth Blog

The format includes a brief description of the core work activity, a high-level event model which depicts the workflow within the core work activity, and separate discussions of the related people, process and technology issues that underpin each one.

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Use Data to Fix the Small Business Lending Gap

Harvard Business Review

And limited credit is in part caused by the difficulty of predicting which small businesses will and won’t succeed. In the past, a community bank would have a relationship with the businesses on Main Street, and when it came time for a loan, there would be a wealth of informal information to augment the loan application.

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Use Data to Fix the Small Business Lending Gap

Harvard Business Review

And limited credit is in part caused by the difficulty of predicting which small businesses will and won’t succeed. In the past, a community bank would have a relationship with the businesses on Main Street, and when it came time for a loan, there would be a wealth of informal information to augment the loan application.

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A Dedicated Team of Problem Solvers Can Help Big Companies Act Like Lean Startups

Harvard Business Review

” That’s why he urges startups to “get out of the building” and talk to potential customers before beginning product development in earnest. At a meeting with a large bank, one of the senior executives said, “You know we have a problem that’s really giving us trouble.

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What Alan Greenspan Has Learned Since 2008

Harvard Business Review

The boom-bust tendencies of Wall Street mean we need tougher capital requirements for banks, Greenspan now says, and maybe even a forced return to the partnerships that once dominated investment banking. The technology-stock bubble of the late 1990s and its subsequent deflation were among the defining events of Greenspan’s tenure.