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The bestselling classic that launched 10,000 startups and new corporate ventures - The Four Steps to the Epiphany is one of the most influential and practical business books of all time. The Four Steps to the Epiphany launched the Lean Startup approach to new ventures. It was the first book to offer that startups are not smaller versions of large companies and that new ventures are different than existing ones. Startups search for business models...
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An in-depth analysis of the rapidly growing phenomenon of crowdsourcing reflects on the dramatic economic, cultural, business, and political implications of applying the open-source idea to a variety of fields outside of software development and addresses the unique opportunities and problems of this expanding trend.
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MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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When developing strategy for execution, managers often want to start by setting their strategic priorities, but that's a mistake. Management teams should start by identifying the corporate vision and critical vulnerabilities - both of which help clarify and shape priorities.
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MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Few executives would dispute that digitization's disruptive influence is growing. But surprisingly little empirical evidence has captured either the magnitude of digital disruption or how incumbents are reacting. Leaders know they have a problem but lack guidance to determine the right course of action. In a global survey of 2,000 C-suite executives in more than 60 countries, McKinsey and Company found that few companies are responding appropriately...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"The world is moving from purchasing the means to enjoying access to the ends of products and services. Would you rather purchase health care or better health? School or education? Professionals are responsible for achieving a result rather than performing tasks. Yet today's professional firms have a business model centered around transactions and outputs rather than transformations and relationships. This book will introduce a revolutionary new business...
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MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Organizations often struggle with corporate strategy because executives lack clarity on how parts of the business fit together to create and capture economic value. A simple framework can help leaders understand the relationship between corporate and business unit strategies.
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BCS
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Business analysis (BA) is an important business operation, and with some coordinated effort, it can become an efficient and valuable business service. This book takes you through the creation and management of a BA service, from setting strategy to recruiting business analysts, to continuous improvement, through to useful supporting tools and technology. Top tips, case studies and worked examples are included throughout. This book complements the...
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MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Benchmarking and executive expertise don't necessarily determine the best key performance indicators (KPIs). Data-driven companies increasingly employ predictive analytics such as machine learning to help identify and refine key strategic measures. More finely tuned KPI measures lead to behaviors that are better aligned with strategic objectives.
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MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Businesses develop strategies to address complex, multi-layered business environments and challenges - but to execute a strategy in a meaningful way, it must produce a set of specific priorities focused on achieving clear goals. Rather than trying to boil the strategy down to a pithy statement, executives will get better results if they develop a small set of actions that everyone gets behind.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Every business needs a business plan but how do you put one together? Jay, a clothes designer, and Robin, in the forestry business, explain how they wrote their business plans. Objectives: the business plan has to state what the business has been set up to do. Marketing: the plan describes the product, who it's aimed at, how they'll buy it and at what price. Production: the production plan outlines how they'll make their product. Resources: will the...
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[2020]
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English
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Agile may be the best-kept management secret on the planet and if you want a quick-start introduction, then Agile NOW is essential reading as it is a quick-read, accessible and easy to dip into - yet covers all the essential theory and provides practical advice. Agile is a different way of thinking that's steeped in common sense and produces immediate results. It will help you design better products, get faster results, cut down costs, and keep improving...
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