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Balancing the 3 Boxes

Leading Blog

Dartmouth professor Vijay Govindarajan writes, “As much as we might pay lip service to the fact that the future will differ dramatically from the past, we often behave as though it will be exactly the same.” Vijay Govindarajan has incorporated good principles for managing change into a framework he calls The Three Box Solution.

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Reverse Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble Harvard Business School Press (2012) How and why reverse innovation can help to reverse the negative trends and tendencies that can weaken an organization Those who have read one or more of Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble’s previously published books (..)

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Top-rated Clinical Professor of Management and Strategy, Northwestern Kellogg School of Management. Aicha Evans – Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Intel Corporation. Non-profit CEOs.

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Unrelenting Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Unrelenting Innovation: How to Build a Culture for Market Dominance Gerard J.

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The $300 House: The Performance Challenge

Harvard Business Review

The Marketing Challenge. Kudos to Vijay Govindarajan and Christian Sarkar for taking a moment to reflect on Affordable Housing Institute founder David Smith's observation that markets alone will never successfully house any nation's poorest people. The Financial Challenge. The Design Challenge. The Energy Challenge.

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The Fine Line Between When Low Prices Work and When They Don’t

Harvard Business Review

Don’t engage in over-the-top discounting that trains customers, both in B2C and B2B markets, to buy cleverly on price and price alone. It also determines which market segments the company will serve and what channels it will use to reach them. Honda once dominated the motorbike market in Vietnam, with a share of 90%.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

In The Innovator's Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle to deal with radical innovation in their markets. Kim and Renée Maubourgne, the authors of Blue Ocean Strategy , have influenced companies, not-for-profits and national governments around the world. Christensen's influence on the business world has been profound.