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The Right Way to Spend Your Innovation Budget

Harvard Business

People can be hired through the sharing economy; technology can be rented by the hour; finance can be sought for any prototype, and assets bought. We’ve come to these conclusions after completing case study analyses of a range of companies, including Nokia, Kodak, Borders, Amazon, Apple, and Xerox.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

Revenue: $20B+ (2011). Finance Risk. Areas like finance, accounting, communications, HR and marketing. Example IBM Case Study question: Company X sells hardware, software and services. Enjoy the ride! KEY STATS FOR IBM GBS. Website: [link]. Headquarters: Armonk, NY. Employees: 100,000. Locations: 170 countries.

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Subscription Businesses Are Booming. Here’s How to Value Them

Harvard Business

subscribers in 2017, and the industry as a whole has been growing at 200% annually since 2011. Moving from “top-down” valuation to “bottom-up” The default valuation method for finance professionals is “top-down” in nature. Case Study: Blue Apron.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

CEO Frans van Houten began an aggressive change process in 2011 to move power back to the regional business units. PepsiCo is also a case study in the vertical health of the organization: getting to the right number of layers. Today, large companies need the benefits of both. #2: 2: Shed the Layers (vertical health).

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