N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. By Vera Sharova & Teodora Cosic. Should it be seen as a negative outcome?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Countries like Sweden and Japan provide invaluable lessons on how multi-sector partnerships can revolutionize waste management, with initiatives that blend cutting-edge technology and community engagement. Advanced incinerators, autoclaves, and microwave treatments are just a few examples of how technology is redefining the industry.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

After studying meetings of various sizes, researchers have concluded that the optimal number of participants is seven or eight — small enough for good discussions, but large enough for a diversity of opinions. The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Technology is reconfiguring traditional roles and divisions of labor. Now some are deepening their existing relationships with local governments and branching out into other types of smart technology implementation. Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

We typically imagine that the young can help the old understand technology and the old can impart general wisdom. They have learned that some of the constraints they thought were immovable could be reframed by thinking more creatively about how they perform their tasks and what they consider the boundaries of these tasks.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Financial capital was recognized as the scarce resource and its shortage a significant constraint on growth. Baseline financial skills are still essential, but international experience, industry knowledge, investor relations acumen, technology expertise, and strategic prowess are now just as much part of the package.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

When we talk about natural resource constraints on business — such as shortages in water or increases in the cost of energy or agricultural products — we tend to forget how deeply intertwined these commodities are. Facing these clear resource constraints, businesses will need to adapt, and soon.

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