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How Big Companies Beat Local Competition in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

You might think that emerging country companies are more ready to address the needs of and win customers in other emerging markets. is expanding rapidly via acquisitions of Issue Group and Cosmetica Nacional in Latin America, while China's Huawei has a large direct presence in India's telecom market.

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Scaling Your UX Strategy

Harvard Business Review

You even people talking about UX as the way in which a consumer connects to a business — all the touch-points from marketing to product development to distribution channels. Some companies believe that outsourcing to design firms is becoming less attractive as the value of UX as a core business asset increases.

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GE’s Culture Challenge After Welch and Immelt

Harvard Business Review

Other times, shifts may be driven by disruptions and disrupters like the one happening in the transportation and hotel markets right now thanks to the likes of Uber and Airbnb. The decade also saw the rise of formidable emerging-market competitors and opportunities. The context demanded operational excellence.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

By comparison, think of the long strides many businesses have made in reengineering their supply chains, boosting product quality, and rolling out lean six sigma. If its product development pro­cess places too much emphasis on removing risk from new launches, few new-to-the-world products will make it to market.