N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

The most successful companies incorporate disruptive thinking into all of their business and management practices to gain distinctive competitive value propositions. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming?

Business Model 361

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 361

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

You also have to retain, direct, and eventually promote them — something that managers from other backgrounds can find daunting. Modern design schools increasingly encourage this, demanding that graduates be familiar not just with a traditional creative skillset, but with ethnography, finance, coding, and a host of other competencies.

Management 8

Management Creativity Licensing Core Competence 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

Does business school education really shape students’ minds and behaviors many years later, when they’ve reached decision-making positions at major corporations and financial institutions? In another supplementary analysis, we used the rankings of finance departments in business schools. corporations was so slow.

Influence 12

Influence Education Pharmaceuticals Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

When Bain & Company examined the talent management practices of more than 300 large companies worldwide, we discovered that the most productive and best-performing organizations cluster their star talent in a few business-critical roles. Building world-class software is not a core competence for most automakers.

Company 12

Company Insurance Engineering Software 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Google may not have a hedge fund, but it's unlikely that high IQ hedge funds aren't using Google's data to better manage their own situational awareness and risk. The rising ability to identify, capture, and repurpose the data byproducts of an ongoing business is coming to rival the perceived "core competence" of the core business itself.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

After managing a sleeve of a successful hedge fund in London for five years, and building ample savings, Colin was ready for his own shop. Both Colin and Serena should have more carefully and conservatively forecast the timeline for expected revenues and managed their costs accordingly. What is your business’ core competence?

Strategy 9

Strategy Budgeting Cost Price 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

Biocon's core competency lies in building and orchestrating global innovation networks — the cornerstone of a polycentric innovation model. In this fluid system, Biocon finances CMI's inventive R&D, while using the funds from the Pfizer deal to finance its own R&D and go-to-market activities.

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Shaw Globalization Innovation Entrepreneur 13