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Leading by Cause

Lead Change Blog

With a similar theme, Michael Harris and Bill Taylor’s Harvard Business Review article, “ Don’t Let Metrics Undermine Your Business ” said, “A company can easily lose sight of its strategy and instead focus strictly on the metrics that are meant to represent it.” . Logic tells us we can manage cause, but only measure effect.

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Competitive Advantage from the Bottom of the Pyramid

LDRLB

The services are provided via agents with wireless tablets who travel to remote regions in mobile vans. Strategy bottom of the pyramid prahalad strategy' Sevamob provides healthcare and advisory solutions to the BoP masses in Northern India. The business model is subscription based and very affordable around $2 / month.

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How Small Businesses Inspire Big Businesses

Eric Jacobson

You’ll read those dozens of stories captured by three information-hungry economist/b-school professor buddies who traveled Memphis, TN to Omaha, NE; Charlotte, NC to Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL to Cincinnati, OH, and so on. Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. we haven''t made it to yet.

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The Lessons Learned From Small Businesses

Eric Jacobson

You’ll read those dozens of stories captured by three information-hungry economist/b-school professor buddies who traveled Memphis, TN to Omaha, NE; Charlotte, NC to Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL to Cincinnati, OH, and so on. Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. we haven''t made it to yet.

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6 Road Trips Reveal Critical Lessons For Business Success

Eric Jacobson

You’ll read those dozens of stories captured by three information-hungry economist/b-school professor buddies who traveled Memphis, TN to Omaha, NE; Charlotte, NC to Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL to Cincinnati, OH, and so on. Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. we haven''t made it to yet.

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How One Nonprofit Is Expanding Health Care for the Uninsured

Harvard Business Review

Ascension centralized functions such as human resources, payroll, travel services, and finance, thereby streamlining operations and saving costs. Ascension has another solid reason for pursuing its strategy. Ascension’s strategy has no downside, only upside.

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“Competitive Intelligence” Shouldn’t Just Be About Your Competitors

Harvard Business Review

For the next year, Jessica Eliasi, then the director of Competitive Intelligence at Mars Chocolate, travelled the world running “competitive simulation” games with local market teams from Russia to Mexico to Turkey to England. These simulations were not some computer-based hypothetical games.