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Why Porter's Model No Longer Works

Harvard Business Review

It will help us decide what we make, how much we make, and how we finance that production. While social media doesn't shift Porter's model , the social era surely does. Size once gave organizations purchasing power. There is no question that Porter's work has helped shape (some would say, "invent") modern-day strategy.

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CMI Hong Kong: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

On 4th November, The Women’s Foundation held a gala dinner with the theme of ‘The Power of Togetherness’ to raise funds for their meaningful work. We look forward to more collaborations with different organisations and insightful engagement events in the new year!

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In 2014, Resolve to Make Your Business Human Again

Harvard Business Review

Posing that question continues to be a powerful way to catalyze important strategic conversations. Thought leaders like Christensen, Roger Martin , Michael Porter , and Steve Denning have all argued that shareholder value has been exposed as a flawed paradigm. And short-term numbers at that.

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What Economists Know That Managers Don’t (and Vice Versa)

Harvard Business Review

And Michael Porter and Mark Kramer point to a big pot of gold for businesses that properly internalize the social consequences of their decisions instead of incorrectly externalizing them. Economy Finance' This post is part of a series leading up to the 2014 Global Drucker Forum , taking place November 13-14 in Vienna, Austria.

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What Economists Know That Managers Don’t (and Vice Versa)

Harvard Business Review

And Michael Porter and Mark Kramer point to a big pot of gold for businesses that properly internalize the social consequences of their decisions instead of incorrectly externalizing them. Economy Finance' This post is part of a series leading up to the 2014 Global Drucker Forum , taking place November 13-14 in Vienna, Austria.

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Midsize Cities Are Entrepreneurship’s Real Test

Harvard Business Review

But during the last four years, a powerful change has been taking place. Through a coordinated, systemic, prolonged intervention with dozens of institutions and thousands of individual participants, new growth of the local companies we trained has directly created over 1033 jobs, fueled by dozens of new private sector financings.

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A Playbook for Making America More Entrepreneurial

Harvard Business Review

A supplier might need a working capital loan to finance a big order. For the government to help make more debt available, the most powerful policy tool is loan guarantees. The type of capital required and its source depends on the type of business, its stage of life, and its strategy for the future.