In the book MarketBusters, we strongly encourage would-be growth companies to give some careful thought to the forces that might lead to delay or resistance as the new initiatives are rolled out. One of our… Read more »
Archives for December 2007
Overcoming resistance - Monsanto’s stealth strategy
In the book MarketBusters, we strongly encourage would-be growth companies to give some careful thought to the forces that might lead to delay or resistance as the new initiatives are rolled out. One of our… Read more »
Here’s a scary statistic – consumer debt on revolving credit
For years, it has bugged me that there seems to be no political will to set up rules that would keep people from getting in over their heads on credit card debt, or that would… Read more »
Here’s a scary statistic - consumer debt on revolving credit
For years, it has bugged me that there seems to be no political will to set up rules that would keep people from getting in over their heads on credit card debt, or that would… Read more »
Incredible shrinking economies
My colleague, Michael Schrage of MIT sent along a fascinating editorial story from the New York Times in which an observer notes that projections for the size, wealth and growth rates of emerging economies –… Read more »
Real Leading Indicators in Retail
When it comes to information that is used to make managerial decisions, it’s useful to think of it in terms of three timeframes: Lagging indicators (which are the bulk of those in use) reflect past… Read more »
Business Model Change as an industry sector evolves
Both Clayton Christensen and Geoffrey Moore have noted that players exploiting different business models are advantaged in different stages of a categories’ evolution. I’ve build on their thinking to argue the following: Stage I categories: … Read more »