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Don’t Let Your Company Get Trapped by Success

Harvard Business Review

In today’s dynamic business environment, leaders of large established companies need more than ever to run and reinvent the business at the same time. Eventually the company is likely to be out of touch with changing market requirements. Unpredictable environments require adaptation. Our research shows that U.S.

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Which MBAs Make More: Consultants or Small-Business Owners?

Harvard Business Review

It might be tempting to turn to the highest starting salary paid, which typically goes to the graduate with the most experience in the most competitive market, who often earns crazy money their first year. So, we begin by assuming that the traditional path offers cash compensation equal to the average starting salary. (It

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Is Your Business Biased Against Innovation?

Strategy Driven

Many conventional metrics we use to estimate value are based on faulty assumptions. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point. With Discovery-Driven Growth , Rita and Ian offer managers everywhere a time-tested blueprint for planning and executing a strategic growth agenda with confidence – in any market.