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Where Do They Go To Get Business Advice?

Strategy Driven

Online marketing firms. Conferences. Material published or broadcast in the media. Cross-industry cooperative initiatives. Professional service firms, including lawyers, accountants, marketing, public relations, quality management. Websites containing educational material as a way to sell services. Researchers.

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Leadership and a Cup of Tea :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Leadership is about being a model of behaving in ways that create cooperation and collaboration. Governor’s Conference for Women. The Vietnamese name for teacher is Thay, and that moment of having “Tea with Thay” is still comforting when the business of the day begins to overtake me. Authentic Leadership I was recently at the Pa.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business Review

Companies in multiple industries are already altering their approaches in changing urban markets. The technology and media company Intersection builds on revenue from advertisers to offer cities free “Links” kiosks to expand public Wi-Fi. After all, some of the world’s urban markets are larger than entire nations.

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How an NBA Team Thinks About Data, Talent, and Pricing

Harvard Business Review

Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion. We now have entire conferences dedicated to the analytics of our business and our basketball operations. These aren’t mom and pop operations anymore.

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Rescuing Capitalism from Itself

Harvard Business Review

Consider all the member-owned cooperatives. alone, with 320 million people, has 350 million cooperative memberships. Yet this sector gets lost amidst the great debates over left versus right: private sector markets versus public sector governments. Some are owned by members, others by no-one. Have you ever even heard of it?)

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

The prevalent model of startup cooperation in recent years has been corporate venture capital and accelerators (CVC&A). Top startups already have market leading solutions. He also launched a new website and social presence on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube next to the social media presence of the core BMW brand.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

It’s the channel through which you sell your initiatives to the people you depend on for cooperation and support. Attend a conference you have never before attended. Learn more about how she uses social media. Learn more about your market value. It’s what you rely on to win over the skeptics. Start a blog.

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