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Your Whole Company Needs to Be Distinctive, Not Just Your Product

Harvard Business Review

The heart of differentiation therefore is your company’s ability to develop and promote distinctive products, services, and branded experiences on a consistent basis. Consider, for example, the way many credit cards are marketed. When Procter & Gamble purchased it in 1999 for $2.3

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Why the U.S. Needs More Worker-Owned Companies

Harvard Business Review

And some companies with employee majority-owned stock programs, such as Publix Super Markets and outerwear maker W.L. And companion bills developed to enable the U.S. The co-op gives lobstermen a way to participate in the wholesale market and to share in the profits. Gore and Associates, are leaders in their industries.

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