N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain. It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base. Here is a simple rule of thumb…the bigger the key man policy the less scalable the company is.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market. I am not referring to things like accounting best practices but to business strategy, marketing approaches, etc. link] mikemyatt Hi Tom: Thanks for sharing your insights Tom.

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

For years, the creative side of the company was the top priority, leaving things like finance, IT, and HR to suffer (yes, they tried to run their operations on spreadsheets). The authors also say Lululemon should probably pay more attention to its supply chain. The Psychiatric Drug Crisis The New Yorker.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Crisis Crisis Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

Transportation disruptions and the closing of many factories throughout Japan will shrink Japanese aggregate demand and disrupt supply chains worldwide. at the market's close on Monday (3/14), erasing more than $300 billion of equity value, and lost another 10.6% for the first quarter of this year, and by more than 1.5%

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GDP Aggregate Demand Supply Chain Crisis 15