N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

Refusing to surrender, having the ability to make the tough decision, the needed sacrifice, and the focus to place fiduciary obligations above your self interest will allow your company to continue taking ground and will keep the competitive advantage on the side of your enterprise. I Think Not.

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Leadership Gordon Blog Brand 284

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

If your company has passive and/or timid leadership you will face serious problems in sustaining your competitive advantage. Great leaders will do anything to get off the bench and into the game. I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 387

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

Successful leaders in Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations and Medical Scientific Liaison positions will use their resumes to market themselves as cross-functional leaders that have made an impact across many aspects of the business—not just the scientific areas. You must appeal to all of these audiences.

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Tactics Execution Pharmaceuticals Human Capital 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Today, the guild mentality persists within companies, where functions such as marketing, sales, finance, IT, human resources and R&D all have their own area of special expertise. Each initiative claims it is critical to the success of the organization, yet their competition puts that very success in jeopardy.

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Operations Competitive Advantage Supply Chain Retail 13

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

The right software will unite your workforce whether they are in finance, distribution or manufacturing so that everyone is up-to-date on all processes. He is responsible for Product Management & Marketing for Sage X3 globally, and is in charge of ensuring that the Operating Company (OpCo) teams are aligned behind the product strategy.

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Tips Globalization Compliance Competitive Advantage 50

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Siege Media Siege Media provides an outstanding content marketing service by combining a data-driven approach with genuinely exceptional creativity. Siege Media stands out from the rest by innovating the way they create their content. A deep understanding of ABM in B2B is its super-power.

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Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

A company has an innovative idea, which for a while provides competitive advantage. That’s more or less how Zingales describes his Medici cycle, and it’s illuminating in that it allows for competition and concentration as parts of the same story. Later on, a new innovator comes along and pushes it aside.

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Competitive Advantage Kaplan Innovation Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

An Apple without Jobs might one day even allow the iTunes media store to appear on devices such as HDTVs made by the likes of Sony (SNE) and Samsung. Providers might have product or service advantages, but the total solution has to be integrated by the customer and the interfaces are often pretty horrible. Sound familiar?

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Competitive Advantage Software Health Care Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Telecom operators often provide the backbone communication networks required to run systems and applications. Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing. Digital natives such as Didi and Uber are operating customer-facing mobility platforms in cities around the world.

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Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 9

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

They all speak of the quality of their talent as a key success metric…in fact, many of them will emphatically state that talent is their single biggest competitive advantage. Rarely do I speak with an executive who hasn’t drunk the talent messaging Kool-Aid. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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Blog Politics Mission Statement Brand 366

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2018

In particular, the vast streams of data generated through social media platforms, when analyzed responsibly, can offer insights into societal patterns and behaviors. Our research, applied to social media data and viewed more generally , indicates five public-value propositions. But toward what purpose? Impact assessment and evaluation.

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Company Policies Media Analysis 9

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

An idea is not synonymous with a competitive advantage, an idea is not necessarily a sign of creativity, an idea does not constitute innovation, and as much as some people wish it was so, an idea is certainly not a business. I want to start by actually defining what an idea is, and is not. I Think Not.

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Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Right behind it are media, finance, and professional services, all of which have far more sophisticated digital capabilities than the rest of the economy. They are more likely to use software to manage their back-office operations and customer relationships.

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Industry Benchmarking Supply Chain Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

The company has 10,000 customers for their helpdesk software-as-a-service product, and thus far, $6 million in financing. Greg Gianforte, the founder of RightNow, told me years ago that one of the best decisions he made was to build his engineering operation in Montana. Costs are low. Quality of life is high. Attrition is non-existent.

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Venture Funding Entrepreneur Attrition Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Operations : Approaches problems practically; stands firm on issues, perseveres; maintains a standard of consistency and quality; provides stable leadership and supervision; develops detailed plans and procedures; implements projects in a timely manner; keeps financial records straight.

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Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

It will help us decide what we make, how much we make, and how we finance that production. While social media doesn't shift Porter's model , the social era surely does. Big had the dollars to buy the mass-market access to consumers back when mass media was the only way to reach an audience. Big Isn't Enough.

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Porter Mass Marketing Supply Chain Retail 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Since positioning is vital in new markets, today’s boards must include Chief Marketing Officers, not just directors with operations or finance backgrounds. Only a small minority thought low-cost operations would be an advantage in three years’ time. Rebrand from the inside out.

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Brand Globalization Company Development 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. There’s still time to make AI a competitive advantage.

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

How does it drive revenue, profit, brand equity, competitive advantage, etc. How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? Why should we make this investment? What are the potential risks vs. possible rewards and what is the downside of not making the investment? I Think Not.

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Team Building Blog Team CEO 284

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

These entrants may also push traditional lenders such as large banks and credit card companies to adopt new innovations, and use their large stores of borrower data and existing relationships with small businesses as a competitive advantage. Finance Small/medium business Technology'

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Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

Partly a byproduct of user-centered approaches and do-it-yourself ingenuity, this emerging wave of intrapreneurship is due to a rising generation of managers who have been empowered by accessible technology and mobilized by social media. She found partners, attracted financing, and cultivated a community of internal supporters.

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Bureaucracy Innovation Brand Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

And that same transparency has radically shortened the shelf life of any new competitive advantage. “We’ll Talk about how complex marketing has become is very much in vogue, but there’s much less discussion about the operational (and diplomatic) muscle CMOs need in order to get things done.

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P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Moreover, the pursuit of perfectionism rarely results in a competitive advantage, but it will result in time delays, cost overruns, missed deadlines, and unkept commitments. Leadership requires attention to detail and a commitment to quality, but rarely does it require perfection. New Flash : speed trumps perfectionism. I Think Not.

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Blog Leadership Competitive Advantage Brand 419

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

They all pay taxes, report their finances, disclose significant shareholders, and comply with the full range of employment, health and safety, advertising, intellectual property, consumer protection and anti-competition laws, to name just a few. What if, for example, artificial intelligence puts an entire generation out of work ?

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Disruptive Innovation Technology Proposal Innovation 8