First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Harvard Business Review on Rebuilding Your Business Model Various Authors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to use innovative thinking to create or revise a business model that drives growth and profits This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review.

Business Model 85

Business Model Review Books Innovation 85

First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Harvard Business Review on Rebuilding Your Business Model Various Authors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to use innovative thinking to create or revise a business model that drives growth and profits This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review.

Business Model 70

Business Model Review Books Innovation 70

CO2

JUNE 9, 2014

CO2 Partners uses the Business Model Generator for strategic planning; it identifies the critical elements of your business so you can focus on what is most important. Does the particular capability provide a potential basis for entry into some new market? Is this capability difficult for competitors to imitate?

Core Competence 95

Core Competence Prahalad Competitive Advantage Strategic Planning 95

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2012

They get stuck making incremental improvements that are rooted in existing competencies, markets, and business models. Core insights are a complement to the familiar notion of core competencies , which were first advocated by Gary Hamel and the late C.K. This is especially problematic when companies decide to innovate.

Core Competence 14

Core Competence Prahalad Hamel Brand 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

Prahalad and Gary Hamel’s 1990 article, “ The Core Competence of the Organization ”). Rapidly responding to ever-evolving competitive and market changes (perhaps a reference to Rita McGrath and Ian McMillan’s 1995 article on innovation strategy “Discovery Driven Planning” ).

Strategy 8

Strategy Porter Blue Ocean Strategy Luehrman 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

This will lead to new business models, new processes, more meaningful business interactions, innovation, improved and faster decision making, and a more agile organization. Digital business ecosystems dynamically create and operate value chains that extend their participants'' markets.

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

Extend the concepts of virtual and cloud to business processes and business models in anticipation of the future digital business ecosystems and the socially enabled enterprise. Gary Hamel maintains that the key to future success is management innovation. Change the Conversation in the C-Suite.

CIO 8

CIO Hamel Technology Tactics 8