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Stop Selling And Start Leading

Eric Jacobson

Prahalad and Venkat Ramaswamy who wrote "We're entering a 'bottom-up' economy in which consumers will migrate to businesses that allow them to be participants in the process of creating what they want." Calvert : This change has been taking shape for over a decade.

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LVMH, Hermès, and the Danger of Going 'A Little Bit Public'

Harvard Business Review

The objectives of the two sides could be very different, rendering any finer analysis of potential strategy upsides irrelevant. Professor Michael Moffett is Continental Grain Professor of Finance, and Professor Kannan Ramaswamy holds the William D. What the debate is about is control.