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7 Steps to Problem Solving

Skip Prichard

Technology change is speeding business up and providing an edge for disruptive innovators. It used to be that you could learn the core skills for a career in college and graduate school – think management, accounting, law – and then apply it over forty years. 2: Disaggregate. 7 Steps to Problem Solving. 1: Define the problem.

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How Demand Forecasting Can Boost Business Efficiency

Strategy Driven

Although there are many ways to do demand forecasting right, these key tips can help a business get more out of their investment in the practice: Remember that demand is not monolithic and try implementing a disaggregated model.

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The Fight Over Tesla Shows How Little Value Dealerships Add

Harvard Business Review

Beyond finding the right seller, an intermediary might help match the buyer to the best product for her, providing important guidance and product information. In disaggregated markets with many sellers and buyers and where search costs are high, intermediaries provide considerable value. Auto industry Innovation Strategy'

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5 Questions That Will Help You Stay Ahead of Your Disruptors

Harvard Business Review

Aggravated and depressed by the decline of their core memory business in the 1980s, Intel’s top management struggled for strategic clarity. They see disrupted incumbents from retail, finance, health care, transportation, professional services, and manufacturing requiring radical restructuring of assets, productivity , and innovation.

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From Zipcar to the Sharing Economy

Harvard Business Review

Avis has taken an interesting (and bold) step by acquiring Zipcar, absorbing an innovative but struggling competitor at what is likely to be seen as a bargain price while acquiring a small but desirable customer base and gaining a foothold in the rapidly growing world of collaborative consumption.

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The Best Investment You'll Ever Make

Harvard Business Review

With nervous, but mostly eager, anticipation I walked up to the C-suite floor to meet with a senior manager at Merrill Lynch. And now that I was Institutional Investor double-ranked, I decided to reach out to him, and confide in him my long-term dream of moving into senior management. The conversation didn't go well.

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A Business Model for Bangladesh

Harvard Business Review

But however well intentioned the ideas are, this is not the best use of one of the most productive workforces in the world. The true solution, we think, lies in understanding the changed nature of modern supply chains and identifying new business models better suited for managing them.