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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

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Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against? They look at 9 Building Blocks that form the business canvas. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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Prototype Your Product, Protect Your Brand

Harvard Business Review

Many executives, eager to avoid over-investing in the wrong ideas, are intrigued by this approach, but they’re leery of putting unpolished products and services out in the market. Might we tarnish our brand? Consider investing more per customer, rather than investing in the operations that deliver quality.

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An Inside View of How LVMH Makes Luxury More Sustainable

Harvard Business Review

The companies that are most vocal about environmental and social issues tend to be big, mass-market brands — well-known retailers , consumer products giants , and tech firms that are telling a new story to consumers who increasingly care about sustainability. LVMH’s approach is somewhat unique.

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How Separate Should a Corporate Spin-Off Be?

Harvard Business Review

At Britain’s Virgin Group, the main source of synergy is the shared brand — which is therefore managed centrally through a company that licenses the Virgin brand to divisions in wildly different types of business. The divisions pay for what they get, and contribute a negotiated amount to the development of the brand.

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Why Porter's Model No Longer Works

Harvard Business Review

Big had the dollars to buy the mass-market access to consumers back when mass media was the only way to reach an audience. But when the capital requirements to enter markets have declined, the marginal cost of reaching consumers is effectively zero, and one-off production is not hard to do.

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The Real Reason Uber Is Giving Up in China

Harvard Business Review

On Monday Uber said that it is selling its operation in China to a rival Chinese ride-sharing company whose CEO was in that foreshadowing photo. Kalanick gets the same on Didi Chuxing’s board, and Uber gets around a 20% share of the Chinese company, which will run Uber’s Chinese operation as a separate brand.

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India Remakes Global Innovation

Harvard Business Review

We recently visited the brand-new R&D lab of Dr Reddy's , one of India's leading pharmaceutical firms. They have been tapping into the sophisticated technical and scientific talent available in Western economies as part of their strategy to access international markets and build global brands. Cambridge, U.K. and the U.K.