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Old Management Systems Stifle New Business Models

Harvard Business Review

They must update decades-old management systems so they can embrace new digital opportunities. Instead of using traditional tools to compete in an environment of clear customers, suppliers, partners, and competitors, we find ourselves in an era of “ Co-opetition.” Insight Center. The New Ways to Compete.

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If America Is a Land of Abundance, Why Are We So Divided?

Harvard Business Review

More and more companies embrace consumers as "co-creation" partners in their innovation efforts, instead of as buyers at the end of a value chain. For example, IBM's co-created product lines account for approximately 20% of its revenue and many of its innovations. It's a shift from keeping people out to letting people in.