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Unlocking the Full Potential of Your Business Software

Strategy Driven

However, one of the least considered points that many business owners overlook is the way they utilise technology. This can, of course, be done with other office programs , but it’s a good example of how even a free piece of software contains unique features that are often underutilised. Remote Working.

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How Likely Is Your Industry to Be Disrupted? This 2×2 Matrix Will Tell You

Harvard Business Review

Incumbents in these industries often own established brands, proprietary technology, and control of distribution channels. Meanwhile, increasing numbers of incumbents are being compelled to adopt these technologies to stay competitive, even as cost and productivity pressures become acute.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

They cannot chart a future course based on a wide-eyed search for external growth: “There’s an attractive, adjacent market. Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. Let’s go after it.”

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The Three Decisions You Need to Own

Harvard Business Review

At many companies the total cash investment in acquisitions, R&D, and fixed assets has not earned back its cost of capital after adjusting for the time lag in realizing incremental benefits. Such decisions might be unpopular and break a lot of traditions, yet they set the future course of the company.

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