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8 Leading Areas for Change In Risk Management/Analysis In The Coming Years

Strategy Driven

The digital era has also brought to light new business models facing brand new risks, which makes digitization a leading area for change in risk analysis. Businesses across the world have become an integral part of the networked economy. Interconnectedness and Collective Risk Management.

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What Uber’s China Deal Says About the Limits of Platforms

Harvard Business Review

On August 1 Uber announced that it is selling its Chinese brand and operations to Didi Chuxing for $1 billion, its annual burn rate in that market, in exchange for a 20% stake in the local competitor. And in addition to tangible assets, one has to think about investments in people, systems, brands, and intangibles.

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Profit Is Less About Good Management than You Think

Harvard Business Review

Revenue moats are usually linked to intangible assets (including brands and patents), high switching costs, and network economies. Cost moats are linked to the ownership of cheaper or faster processes, favorable locations, unique assets, or firm size.

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Why the Problem with Learning Is Unlearning

Harvard Business Review

” But in a networked economy, the nature of strategy, value creation, and competitive advantage change from incremental to exponential. For example, instead of using relationships to drive transactions, we could be building brand orbits and embedding transactions in relationships.

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