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Competitive Advantage from the Bottom of the Pyramid

LDRLB

Prahalad , the brilliant management guru. Instead, Prahalad introduces a new framework, the 4 As – Awareness, Access, Affordability and Availability. The services are provided via agents with wireless tablets who travel to remote regions in mobile vans. Strategy bottom of the pyramid prahalad strategy'

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Demonstrating the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Marshall Goldsmith

One commented that "he travels through life, constantly observing. My friends, David Ulrich and Norm Smallwood have discussed how this same process can be applied to corporate managers who develop their own brands as leaders (BusinessWeek.com, 10/2/07). He doesn't just observe - he acts! Life is good.

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To Profit from Doing Good, Start Small

Harvard Business Review

But just because your company is not fully evolved on the social change scale doesn't mean that there's nothing you (as a manager) can do. Can you reduce business and commuter travel, or make it more efficient? Prahalad called the bottom of the pyramid. How much energy are you consuming? Are you recycling as much as possible?

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Setting Strategy in Egypt's (and Other) Shifting Sands: A Four-Part Approach

Harvard Business Review

Thomas Cook Group, the tour operator, indicated that the cost of the Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings would be on the order of $32 million and Tui Travel has warned it could lose up to 30 million pounds. Thus managers play it safe, choosing to replicate rivals' strategy and, ultimately, to earn close-to-the-mean returns.