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You Don’t Need an “India Strategy” — You Need a Strategy for Each State in India

Harvard Business

Within the country, there are large — and often underestimated — regional differences in language, culture, talent, infrastructure, and wealth, all of which lead to wide variations in business landscapes. Cultural variations are important. Step 2: Measure operating environment.

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Ban These 5 Words From Your Corporate Values Statement

Harvard Business

Practically every organization today has a set of core values that ideally function as the “operating instructions” of the company. Several words always come up in practically every discussion, no matter if the company is a large enterprise or a small business, B2B or a B2C, product or service, new or established.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business

Defining and tracking success metrics. PMs have to have a deep understanding of how the organization operates and must build social capital to influence the success of their product – from obtaining budget and staffing to securing a top engineer to work on their product. The art of resource allocation (it is not a science!).