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Business Book Review: Lords of Strategy

Management Consulted

If you are pondering how management consulting got this far, this book is for you. were considered the intellectuals of business and MBAs weren’t sought after as much – whereas MBAs form the core of every major consulting firm’s recruiting efforts today. —————— Why read it?

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Overseas Business Expansion: The Promise and the Pitfalls

Tom Spencer

One of the most popular options is to expand overseas, where they can tap into additional groups of consumers that want their product or service. In some cases, too many changes to a product will be needed in order to overcome these challenges, resulting in too great a sacrifice of the business format.

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Why Are We Still Classifying Companies by Industry?

Harvard Business

Many of our current economic measurements saw their birth in the Industrial Age when the companies that were growing and shaping the world were giants with big physical plants and lots of material products — companies like Exxon Mobile and GE. Technology Creators generate and deliver intellectual property (software and data).

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We Need Transparency in Algorithms, But Too Much Can Backfire

Harvard Business

Less vital decisions, too, are being delegated to machines, from internet search results to product recommendations, dating matches, and what content goes up on our social media feeds. In response, many experts have called for rules and regulations that would make the inner workings of these algorithms transparent.

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Repositioning Is Not a New Business Model

Harvard Business

At the same time, ASOS repositioned itself on other factors, such as product range, gaining a further edge. Many CEOs and management teams either don’t know these things or, if they do, their definitions of them are either unclear or just plain wrong. Store location became irrelevant — there are no stores.

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30 Best Consultant Websites & Why They Have Them (2022)

Tsavo Neal

Baker – Management Consultant I have a consulting website because—at the prices I charge—I think it’s imperative that prospective clients can get inside my head and see how I think before they engage me. It is a validator – it’s the place where potential clients go to see that I am what I say I stand for.

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64 Proven Ways Consultants Can Generate Leads Online (Consulting Lead Generation)

Tsavo Neal

Online Advertising. Selling productized consulting. Online Advertising. LinkedIn advertising. The publication’s need to get maximum advertiser “bang” for the “buck” it spends on printing and mailing each print issue, means that only the most qualified readers actually get a printed copy. Speaking Engagements.