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What an Economist Brings to a Business Strategy

Harvard Business Review

and other governments to help them design these often complicated auctions and by telecommunications companies trying to figure out the best strategies for bidding. Economists and finance. Many economists since have been hired by the U.S.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

People : Recognizes interpersonal difficulties; intuitively understands how others feel; picks up non-verbal cues; empathetic; persuades, teaches, influences. People : Recognizes interpersonal difficulties; intuitively understands how others feel; picks up non-verbal cues; empathetic; persuades, teaches, influences.

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How CMOs and CROs Can Be Allies

Harvard Business Review

That has coincided with marketing’s increased influence on strategy, driven by the unprecedented level of insights into customer behavior and trends that are now possible through analytics. The ability to offer financing gave the technology vendor a point of differentiation that helped it beat its revenue projection for the year.

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The Top Six Innovation Ideas of 2011

Harvard Business Review

These six ideas emerged in 2010 as powerful "innovation invitations" and seem sure to intensify in power and influence. China isn't about to deregulate; India's bureaucratic raj may be loosening its grip on the subcontinent's marketplace but its influence is unavoidable. That's right. Contestification.

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Subscription Businesses Are Booming. Here’s How to Value Them

Harvard Business Review

Previously dominated by the likes of newspapers, magazines, gyms, utilities, and telecommunications firms, more products and services are being offered to more people through subscriptions than ever before. Philippe Marion/Getty Images. The subscription business model is booming.

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Institutions Are Key To Successful Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

The institutional conditions in a country were a major determinant of the quantity and quality of entrepreneurship, with successful entrepreneurs then taking the opportunity to subsequently influence institutions and either create new institutions or transform existing ones in a virtuous circle of improvement. Starting from a low base.