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Competitive Advantage from the Bottom of the Pyramid

LDRLB

In a world where global competition is absolute, companies are looking at new ways to gain sustained competitive advantages. Global firms have employed blue ocean strategies to cater their services and offerings to the BoP (Bottom of Pyramid). Innovation Sandbox” was the term coined by C.K. You can find him at [link].].

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CMI Hong Kong: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

CMI Hong Kong supports Futures of Education Forum 2022 Derek Choi (fourth from left) attended the forum and the opening ceremony on behalf of CMI Hong Kong CMI Hong Kong was a supporting party for the UNESCO Hong Kong Association Global Peace Centre's Futures of Education Forum and its associated survey this year.

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The $2,000 Car

Harvard Business Review

Increasingly, Western companies are developing products in countries like China and India, and then distributing them globally. We call this phenomenon reverse innovation — any innovation that is adopted first in the developing world, and then later in the developed world. and which they now sell in Europe and the U.S.

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3 Ways Social Entrepreneurs Can Solve Their Talent Problem

Harvard Business Review

The impact of “social entrepreneurs” — individuals who deploy innovation and market forces to fill social needs — is growing. Lack of early-stage capital remains a top challenge to the industry’s growth, according to last month’s Global Impact Investor Network survey of 158 impact investors.

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The Problem with Trend Tracking

Harvard Business Review

Both parties are to this extent "glocal" — global and local. Yes, both are listening to national and international communities of taste and practice. But now being locally responsive matters just as much and sometimes more. The local trend is evident across American culture.

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Great Advertising Is Both Local and Global

Harvard Business Review

With increasing heterogeneity in every market and global exposure just one tweet away, all brands, even local ones, must begin to think globally or suffer the consequences. By getting the glocal model right, Johnnie Walker reversed a continuing decline and more than doubled its global business in ten years.

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P&G Innovates on Razor-Thin Margins

Harvard Business Review

This is an excellent story of reverse innovation in action.but the story has only just begun. The fact that Gillette's global products failed to address billions of emerging markets' low-income consumers wasn't seen as a major problem at Gillette, so long as growth in its core markets was robust. This blog is co-authored with John R.