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The Entrepreneurial Corporation: Oxymoron? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. by John • April 4, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. The giants dominated markets and gobbled up competitors; they also failed to cope with rapid change. Your job is to choose a company with a buoyant culture and leadership that’s not afraid of change. Leadership.

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The 5 Habits of Mind that Self-Made Billionaires Possess

Leading Blog

Combining sound judgment with imaginative vision, Producers think up entirely new products, services, strategies, and business models. Imagine what Atari might have achieved if Steve Jobs had stayed there to develop the first mass market personal computer. Leadership Partnership. Taking a Relative View of Risk.

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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Strategy : In this chapter they look at the business model environment: context, design drivers, and constraints. These are: Customer Segments – An organization serves one or several customer segments. It seems that they are adapting their work from Micheal Porters 5 forces. This final chapter puts it all together.

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VW’s Board Needed More Outsiders

Harvard Business Review

With a strong, competent, and independent chair able to step in and assume responsibility (and possibly act as interim CEO), a company in a crisis that destroys its leadership is better placed to navigate the storm. Hayward’s leadership had contributed to BP underplaying safety its U.S. Take the case of BP.

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IBM at 100: How to Outlast Depression, War, and Competition

Harvard Business Review

At its 100-year milestone, IBM shows us what it takes to outlast depression, war, and intense competition in order to remain a market leader in the midst of ongoing technological innovation. By 1955, IBM's revenues were $564 million and it led the world market in making computers. Here are several lessons worth sharing.

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The More Experience You Have, the Worse You Are at Bootstrapping

Harvard Business Review

Studying 837 mass-market movies released between 1996 and 2003, they collected data on the movies’ producers and their prior experience. The best strategy, the researchers say, is for leaders to adapt their approach to the specifics of the project.

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What U.S. CEOs Can Learn from GM’s India Failure

Harvard Business Review

Like its American compatriot Ford Motor Company , GM’s market share in India has always been in the single digits, but recently Ford has reported rising monthly sales of 36% in India. 1 — Consistent Leadership Over Time Matters in This Market. 4 — Strategy Also Needs to Be Based on Volume and Scale.

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