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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

Leading Blog

During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and in 1976, had an 89% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. I can’t help but wonder: If Kodak had paid attention to its aging workforce trend, would the company have maintained market share and avoided bankruptcy?

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most and Least Resilient Economies

Harvard Business Review

The past year has been difficult for many markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, although some of our clients have been facing difficulties resulting from the current environment, primarily because of currency pressures, many others are continuing to see strong growth, even in troubled markets such as South Africa and Angola.

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Now is The Time to Monetize Yourself with a Vlog!

Strategy Driven

Product placement or recommendations in videos for affiliate marketing partners. Vimeo – grow your business with video creation, hosting, and marketing tools. Clearly define your niche and target market. That demographic sliver of the world’s web traffic is your target market. Instagram TV (IGTV) – Videos for Instagram.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Realities of Branding… Slogans that Mislead

Strategy Driven

Business development. This is not written to take swipes at responsible branding, marketing and advertising. Branding is a sub-set of marketing, which is a sub-sub-set of corporate strategy. Cause-related marketing materials. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture. Self-promotional brochures.

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Tomorrow’s Factories Will Need Better Processes, Not Just Better Robots

Harvard Business Review

Today, in most mature markets, it’s more than 90 percent automated, yet it is still one of the most expensive and space-intensive sections of the factory. Clearly, there has to be a better way to paint a car, but to make that operation more efficient and take cost out will require the development of a new process.

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Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

Determined to feature a global perspective, the authors include narratives of executives within India-based IT company HCL Technologies, the German division of online auctioneer eBay, and the marketing division of automaker Volkswagen in Europe. Developing the Global Leader. Willing to Take Chances. “He let them play it out.

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How to Pull Your Company Out of a Tailspin

Harvard Business Review

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. By 1993 the company had $1.3 billion in revenue.