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How Do I Start Your Own Business?

Strategy Driven

Usually, adding a little detail to an existing product (such as changing the colour of something) is not enough to start a business, so try more than you think you need. Part 2 Create a Business Plan. Determine the Cost of the Operation. You need a solid business plan to present to potential investors. Open the Website.

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How the U.S. Can Rebuild Its Capacity to Innovate

Harvard Business Review

firms took offshoring a step further and began contracting design and product development activities overseas around the turn of the millennium when China joined the World Trade Organization and Asian producers started investing in major capacity improvements. By the time that substantial U.S. Don’t fear picking winners.

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The Core Incompetencies of the Corporation

Harvard Business Review

Strangely, most CEOs seem resigned to this fact, since few, if any, have tackled the challenge of innovation with the sort of zeal and persistence they’ve devoted to the pursuit of operational efficiency. Reflect for a moment on the development of constitutional democracy. And finally, large organizations are emotionally insipid.