N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2012

” If you read this article it would lead you to believe blogging is in decline and on it’s way out as a marketing tool. Clearly this was the case for many of today’s most successful bloggers. Ninety-two percent of those businesses called the platform a success.” Where Are We Now?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2017

The speed of technology advances in the market are making the old paradigm of first mover versus fast follower largely irrelevant – every business must now become some version of a first mover. What has changed is the pace and scale at which businesses must innovate to remain competitive in a digital world.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2012

The first innovators in the market are often too early in the technology curve. Here's one of the biggest that would-be innovators should ask: Should I lead or follow? Is the advantage to the "first mover" or should you be a "fast follower"? Yet there are plenty of examples of successful early birds.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

On the plus side, though, they can play an increasingly key role in orchestrating and driving overall organizational success. In our research and CXO panels, CIOs tell us there is a high correlation between organizational alignment and successful corporate IT. Organizational DNA. See accompanying chart.) Reporting structure.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

The topic — part of a series on innovation sponsored by Singapore's Economic Development Board and coordinated by Harvard Business Review — was "What's the Right Entry Point for Emerging Markets: Target Customers at the Bottom or the Middle of the Pyramid?". billion by 2030. Reaching this vast middle won't be easy, I said.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

For example, Uber made a Where to Play choice that included China because it’s a huge and important market. Despite what many think, there are not generically great ways to win — e.g., being a first mover or a fast follower or a branded player or a cost leader. But it didn’t work in the Where to Play of China.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2011

Technology enables velocity—the speed of getting products to market, the speed of delivery, the speed of analytics, and the list goes on. An organization’s digital plumbing is what facilitates this speed, and it has become the single most important variable for success in many organizations. Speed is our friend in almost every case.

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