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You Don’t Have to Be a Software Company to Think Like One

Harvard Business

Every business is, willingly or unwillingly, a competitor on a software playing field, no matter which sector it’s in. In a world underpinned by ever more powerful, affordable, and public technology platforms, software is still king. You may be thinking: but my company isn’t a software company.

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Friday Fusion: September 4th, 2020

Tsavo Neal

If you’re looking for my favorite way to get traffic — content marketing with SEO — check out my answer here ). Are they typically hand-coded from scratch or do they use some sort of site-building software? You also don’t need to use site-building software. With thought-leadership. With intellectual property.

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Why Leaders Are Still So Hesitant to Invest in New Business Models

Harvard Business

Consider the dramatic shift in the types of assets that create market value. According to Ocean Tomo, a consulting firm focused on intellectual capital, physical assets (plant, property, and equipment) made up more than 80% of the market value of the S&P 500 in 1975. How much is changing?

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

As an outgrowth of a multi-district pharmaceutical case, the firm formed its technology practice, specializing in e-discovery solutions and software. In the span of 9 years, the firm acquired more than 16 consulting companies in 5 different markets, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Asia, the United States and Latin America.

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

Harvard Business

A platform connects providers and users in a multisided market. 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). Intellectual capital. Value is in the products and services themselves.

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How CEOs Can Make Smart Strategic Trade-Offs

Harvard Business

. “If you went to bed last night as an industrial company,” Immelt observed, “you are going to wake up this morning as a software and data analytics company.” Pursuing cost leadership versus differentiating for value. Leadership is changing — fast. Manage costs — or add value? Insight Center.

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Backdoor Government Decryption Hurts My Business and Yours

Harvard Business

Software-based encryption stands at the heart of e-commerce and other online transactions, nationally and globally. Nowadays, cyberattacks come from a wide range of actors — from individual cybercriminals using ransomware to extort money from your local dentist, to sophisticated foreign states attempting to steal intellectual property.