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The Big Picture of Business – The Realities of Branding… Slogans that Mislead

Strategy Driven

This is not written to take swipes at responsible branding, marketing and advertising. Branding is a sub-set of marketing, which is a sub-sub-set of corporate strategy. Cause-related marketing materials. My analysis: The stock market looks primarily at profits…one small part (1%) of the business picture.

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6 Reasons Salespeople Win or Lose a Sale

Harvard Business Review

Over 50% of marketing and IT prefer a salesperson who will listen and match a solution to solve their specific needs. 3: Market Leaders Have an Edge. In most industries a single company controls the market. For salespeople who have to compete against these industry giants, life can be very intimidating indeed. The answer is yes.

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Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

In fact, her love of the city’s mingled cultures and vibrant local businesses was one of the things that had inspired her to cofound Unamano, now a world-renowned nonprofit that supported entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Unamano’s mission was to help entrepreneurs in emerging markets—not in the United States.

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business Review

Uber’s setback in the international market, however, wasn’t its first. To venture capitalists and the financial market, no business model is more attractive than a platform. Any platform still needs to achieve a product-market fit to succeed in the long run. job websites Indeed and Glassdoor.)

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The Strategic Value of APIs

Harvard Business Review

Similarly, Google did not consider GoogleMaps to be a core asset until a third-party application allowed Google Maps to show real estate locations on a map, causing its popularity to skyrocket. APIs allow firms to expand into markets they may never have previously considered. One is oncology care.

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Prepare for the New Permanent Temp

Harvard Business Review

The fastest-growing segments of America''s job market — by far — are temporary and part-time employment. Technology makes reviewing, refining, redesigning and revising both jobs and job descriptions as dynamic as a commodities trading desk. Amazon has its below-the-radar " Mechanical Turk " workplace market.

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Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

And 43% cited technology expertise, HR-talent management, international-global expertise, and succession planning as the skills missing most on their boards. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Health Care (e.g., We also looked at results by industry and region.