N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

In 1973/4 I participated in an Overseas Fellowship at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in a work/study cooperative programme in Flint, Michigan, which was the birthplace of GM. This programme which moved me through all major departments (Engineering, Finance, Supply, Vehicle Assembly, IS&T etc.)

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Unresolved conflict often results in a loss of productivity, stifles creativity, and creates barriers to cooperation. If so, you likely have issues with conflict. Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Perhaps most importantly for leaders, good conflict resolution ability equals good employee retention.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

We are here to cooperate with them in a new and more productive way. It includes men, invites men as partners to rethink what we are doing to the planet, why we continue to put work ahead of family, ahead of raising the next generation, how much is enough, what really matters. We are not here to become like our men.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

However when a situation can be seen through the lens of difference, and a position is simply a matter of opinion not a totalitarian statement of fact, then cooperation and compromise is possible. Trust, leads to a willingness to be open to: new opportunities; new collaborations; new strategies; new ideas, and; new attitudes.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

Leadership is about being a model of behaving in ways that create cooperation and collaboration. 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. Please share some of your best practices for reducing stress and renewing your spirit.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2013

Most corporations consist of multiple divisions, which set their own strategy (what we generally refer to as "business strategy"). Yet corporate top management invariably tries hard to force each unit into an overarching strategy. But more often than not, these dvisions have very little to do with one another.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

They are simply meant to foster a spirit of cooperation. Understanding how to lead and motivate groups and teams should not be considered one in the same with creating false perceptions of equality that don’t exist ( Bonus Post : CEOs and Team Building ). That may or may not be the case for all teams, but that is the implication.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

Bob Lutz in his recent book Car Guys vs. Bean Counters makes the point that GM was doing fine until in the mid 1970s the MBA-trained finance guys took control of product development from the "car guys," who were engineers and designers. The poster child for his view was Roger Smith who was an MBA-trained accounting and finance specialist.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

In the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, an effort is under way to get insurers, providers, employers, and unions to cooperate in creating a system that can reduce total health care costs and premiums while achieving better outcomes. Lack of transparency stifles competition based on real value and encourages leveraging strategies.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

On average, common ownership concentration has almost doubled in the last 20 years in the construction, manufacturing, finance, and services sectors. They may choose it for other reasons, for example, to encourage cooperation or innovation. It’s possible that increased cooperation between firms benefits consumers.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2011

In my opinion, the following redress is a shortlist of measures Walmart managers might undertake to begin accomplishing this feat: Incorporate reputation risk management into the corporate strategy. Keep the low-cost strategy but seek alternative ways for supporting it.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2018

For example, those working to collect farm data by partnering with farming cooperatives and communities are largely protected from what happens online. A good strategy could be to find ways to position startups to build on the existing infrastructure of these ICT utilities instead of directly competing with them.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Yet unlike in finance, where distributing risk across institutions is the goal, in drug development the focus is on isolating risk. Popular games also tend to spawn communities who share information and strategies about how to overcome hurdles, suggesting that peer to peer education is also possible (this has been seen in microfinance).

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2017

And when misclassification is adopted as a business strategy by some companies, it quickly undermines other, more responsible employers who face costs disadvantages arising from compliance with labor standards and responsibilities. All of these issues rushed back to mind recently when the political leadership at the current U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

Often, when I’m asked to give a speech on strategy at some company event or conference, I find that one of the other speakers is a former professional sports player. My corporate finance colleague Alex Edmans has also systematically examined the impact of intangible resources on firm performance. ” Research backs this up.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Ageas contributes its expertise in insurance product design, marketing, finance, and risk management, while the partner, often a well-embedded local financial institution, contributes its customer portfolio, distribution channel, brand, and relationships. Guidelines for selecting an appropriate model. Benefits and risks of co-opetition.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2012

Yet it seems as if Germany has managed to get ahead on this very issues, largely by applying a much more fine-tuned and open-minded level of cooperation between unions, employers, and the government. In that context, the German strategy, which focuses on vocational training, may be very suitable.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. But for the most part, the general strategy of the rich countries was to reject the NIEO broadly.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

But the advent of Big Data, sophisticated modeling techniques, and robust algorithms are opening a door to cooperation and opportunities that have never been possible before. But in the aftermath of the financial crisis, risk managers have become increasingly involved in business strategy and decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. What We Actually Measured — and the Limits of Our Knowledge.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Franco-German cooperation can still be a powerful magnetic force in the EU and a bilateral Franco-German bargain can often provide a template for a larger Union agreement. This coalition would include Germany and the eight northern European member states whose finance ministers began to meet in early 2018 to discuss reforming the Eurozone.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Thus, the whole mechanism depends on the development of a norm of cooperation among publishers, just as similar norms have developed in academia. Thus, the whole mechanism depends on the development of a norm of cooperation among publishers, just as similar norms have developed in academia.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Out of all the things we expect of leaders — taking charge, setting strategy, empowering people, driving execution, you name it — what one single behavior would you guess is most often neglected or avoided among executives? However, groups of cooperative contributors outperform groups of cheating free-riders. Delegating?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2019

It’s no longer the domain of tech companies, as industries from manufacturing to finance are entering a tech-driven phase. Adjust strategies to meet goals. Transform your workforce from a team of individuals who wait for orders to a cooperative force that acts proactively to make decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

Agricultural cooperatives Land O’Lakes and Ocean Spray have become major players in dairy production and fruit farming, earning hundreds of millions in annual revenue. That’s because a growing number of funders, both social impact funds and traditional institutions, are interested in financing workers’ takeover of a company.

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