Core Competence Innovation Intellectual Capital Long-term 
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
We argued that a business should be seen as a portfolio of “core competencies” as well as a portfolio of products. Businesses are, on average, far less adaptable, innovative, and inspiring than they could be and, increasingly, must be. Most of us grew up in and around organizations that fit a common template.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
We argued that a business should be seen as a portfolio of “core competencies” as well as a portfolio of products. Businesses are, on average, far less adaptable, innovative, and inspiring than they could be and, increasingly, must be. Most of us grew up in and around organizations that fit a common template.
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