Remove Recruitment Remove Small Business Remove Strategy Remove Travel
article thumbnail

Contrasts in Style

Martinka Consulting

Learn from these government extreme policies, apply them to small business, and pay attention to the following. If they’re good, and maybe even mediocre, they’re getting calls weekly or more often from recruiters. Sometimes (often) we can learn a lot by traveling and helping others, as well as listening to them.

article thumbnail

For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business

For example, Uber and Grab link riders and drivers, Airbnb links hosts and travelers, and Amazon links shoppers and sellers. The spectacular growth of these businesses has been commonly explained by “network effects,” a common refrain among economists and academics. This is a subtle but important distinction.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Why consulting?

Management Consulted

“I had this nice little stint with American Express, when, along with the ‘top chart honors,’ I found myself thinking from the business point of view, the work that I did at my job. New ideas and strategies while working on the projects, finding different ways of doing things more effectively; I started feeling enthralled.

article thumbnail

You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business

She formed a group of about two dozen men and women in senior management at law firms, public and financial service entities, small businesses, and Fortune 500 companies like Booz Allen Hamilton, Eli Lilly, Marriott, IBM, and Ford who wanted to challenge the notion that work-life balance is impossible for leaders.

article thumbnail

How Amazon Adapted Its Business Model to India

Harvard Business

How Digital Business Models Are Changing. No strategy is static. Challenges, possibly even hurdles, for Amazon, but not insurmountable ones — they just required an innovative business model, beginning with finding products to sell. That meant any venture would basically be a third-party seller for Indian-made products.

Retail 28