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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

He started very well, but as soon as his cash flow improved, financial burdens from family systems stifled his operations. As more people depended on him, he spent his working capital, and the business failed. Most African artisans do not bank because of the fees associated with operating current accounts.

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business Review

It includes changes in how an organization interacts with its customers, citizens, or patients; in operational processes; in business models; in supply chain relationships; and in how employees use information to generate insight. If those linkages cannot be developed, then those investments should not be pursued. Insight Center.

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Best Buy Can't Match Amazon's Prices, and Shouldn't Try

Harvard Business Review

So, naturally, watching their profit margin drop precipitously as customers flock to these other retail centers, Best Buy is trying to figure out a way to compete. In this month's HBR, Professor Clayton Christensen and I have an article that describes how to develop core business strategy in the face of disruption.

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Britain's Banking Reforms Are So Old Economy

Harvard Business Review

retail banking competitor; and. retail banking competitor; and. It's not hard to see why: Ring-fencing retail banking and prioritizing depositors can easily be presented as protecting innocent voters from the wiles of unscrupulous bankers. Consider retail banking. banking system this morning.