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Companies Collect Competitive Intelligence, but Don’t Use It

Harvard Business Review

The second requirement is to anticipate response to your competitive moves so that they are not derailed by unexpected reactions. Improving competitive intelligence usage requires an “audit” of major decisions – at the product/service or functional level – before they are approved by management.

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The Right Way to Use Analytics Isn’t for Planning

Harvard Business Review

Pharmaceutical companies spend millions upon millions preparing meticulous plans for new drug launches – and yet their route-to-market strategies haven’t changed in decades, even though the reality of the market has. Use competitive intelligence differently. The failure stemmed from resistance in the U.S.

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JP Morgan's Loss: Bigger than "Risk Management"

Harvard Business Review

Our article classifies risks based on their degree of controllability and their connection to the strategy. We identify and describe three categories of risk: preventable risks, strategy risks, and external (non-preventable) risks. Each requires customized risk management processes. But was it?

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Only Half of Companies Actually Use the Competitive Intelligence They Collect

Harvard Business Review

For more than 30 years, most large corporations worldwide have adopted competitive intelligence (CI) as a way to expedite good decisions. and European corporations, from CI-trained analysts in marketing, business development, strategy, R&D, finance, and other fields. They had an average of 6.3

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A guide to great development moves

Great Leadership By Dan

I wrote the following guide when I worked for a large global company (“ABC”) to help support a strategy to move executives across at least two functions, businesses, and countries. Introduction Execution of Great Moves is one of the key strategies to support our Leadership Excellence Strategy.

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Viral By Design: Teams in the Networked World

Harvard Business Review

Now you can line them all up, from social media, consumer insights, competitive intelligence, marketplace measurement, sales, and distribution. Transforming effects to results requires strategy, management, and even more collaboration. Dozens of systems and networks tell some of the stories about your firm. That's by design.

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