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RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. I think it was the graphic design of the book that first caught my eye. I could see there was something new about this book and how the authors thought about business models.

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What Small Business Can Learn from Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

A new wave of smaller companies from emerging market countries have discovered that you can not only win, but have the advantage over larger companies. Take Taiwanese GPS manufacturer Mitac , which used this strategy to develop customized devices for each Asian market, serving their specific needs better than Garmin or Tom-Tom could.

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Can You Tweak Products Like Steve Jobs?

Harvard Business Review

In organizations, reframers similarly help the business see better ways to deal with complex problems or opportunities for innovation. The result was a 15% increase in new revenue, and a leadership position in a new market segment. A few reframers quickly came forward with an alternative, eco-friendly offering.

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Big Bets vs. Little Bets and the future of HP

Harvard Business Review

Ned Barnholt is the former CEO of Agilent Technologies, the measurement company, and these days he's one of the more respected executives in Silicon Valley. They then researched and analyzed the markets, segmented them, and developed products. The technology was great. HP rise had been remarkable. Their ideas made sense.

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The Internet of Things Will Change Your Company, Not Just Your Products

Harvard Business Review

The finance departments of these companies struggled to account in the same set of books for both one-time revenues for product sales and the recurring subscription revenues for IoT-related services. In IoT businesses, sales departments often struggle to determine how to best take a combined product and service to market.

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What Creativity in Marketing Looks Like Today

Harvard Business Review

What makes marketing creative? Is it more imagination or innovation? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. Marketers of the past thought like artists, managers, and promoters.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more. Innovative, proudly geeky Norwegian software company, Trolltech , an open-source pioneer, landed a contract with the mobile division of Sharp, the Japan-based consumer electronics global powerhouse.