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Competitive Advantage from the Bottom of the Pyramid

LDRLB

LG has devised payment subscription plans that makes its products affordable. Glocalization” of products has made LG successful where other South Asian companies have struggled. There are some excellent business & corporate strategy examples of companies implementing the BoP model.

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CMI Hong Kong: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

Other key events we hosted included an in-person networking event with the HKU SPACE GMBA students and alumni, and four webinars on different topics: “Future Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, “Deep Dives into STEM and Finance” as well as “Skills for New Employment Landscape” with the UNESCO HK Glocal Peace Centre.

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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. Deere now uses Krish-style features in products sold all over the world. Multinationals built unprecedented economies of scale by selling products and services to markets all around the world.

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3 Ways Social Entrepreneurs Can Solve Their Talent Problem

Harvard Business Review

Just as entrepreneurs of all kinds need to anticipate consumer trends and product development, they also need to stay ahead of their hiring needs. Instead, they have to build on their own strengths, selling candidates on the complete employee value proposition — especially the mission and vision for the organization. Fair enough.

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Great Advertising Is Both Local and Global

Harvard Business Review

One solution to this tension is to pursue what we call glocal advertising strategy — locally adapting a universally embraced core idea that will resonate in any market anywhere in the world. 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

But that is not the story in developing markets, where these top-of-the-line products don't fare nearly as well. And with a product that costs less than 3% of the Fusion ProGlide? It starts as most such stories do — with a Western-based company trying to sell their cheapest products in emerging markets.

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How Story Platforms Help Global Brands Go Local

Harvard Business Review

Asked about the video, Egyptians uniformly identified it as a local production — a combination of an ad, a pop song, a documentary and an accurate social commentary on post-revolution Egypt. This spring, when I spent 10 days working in Cairo, the catchy song was still on everyone''s lips.

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