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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business

Retailers like Walmart and Macy’s manage a supply chain, buying and reselling their own inventory. A platform can be a business platform (a multisided market), a software platform (a cloud-based subscription service), or an engagement platform, (a user-generated community). We normally think of people as something to be managed.

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Your Company Needs a More-Radical Board of Directors

Harvard Business

My guess is that while a poor balance sheet might cause restless sleep, it’s the thought of an incorrectly reported balance sheet that brings on night terrors. But a relatively unknown, unbranded intellectual property company – with far less to lose – might be much more aggressive in minimizing taxes.