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Archives for 2009

August 5, 2009

Oh brother - careers in medical billing?

My colleague Ian C. MacMillan sent along a tidbit that definitely bears thinking about.  It turns out that young people can actually build a career in medical billing.  Yes, just finding the right codes for… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

August 4, 2009

SXSW Interview

In March 2009, Rita McGrath was invited to SXSW, Austin, Texas where she spoke and was interviewed. To listen to the interview, click here.

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August 3, 2009

rethinking audience attraction in the media business model

In an article that is forthcoming in Long Range Planning, I’ll be talking about a discovery driven approach to identifying new business models.  One of the points I make in the piece is that with… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy

July 30, 2009

Small-Business Health Care Reform, in Theory and in Practice

The New York Times small business blog You’re the Boss discusses Rita McGrath’s blog post Taxes, the structure of incentives, and why I’m worried about the plan for health reform funding at Small-Business Health Care… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

July 30, 2009

Small-Business Health Care Reform, in Theory and in Practice

The New York Times small business blog You’re the Boss discusses Rita McGrath’s blog post Taxes, the structure of incentives, and why I’m worried about the plan for health reform funding at Small-Business Health Care… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

July 30, 2009

“Aligning the Organization for Growth” Discovery Driven Chapter now available

Harvard Business Publishing has released a chapterized version of the Aligning the Organization chapter from Discovery Driven Growth.  To purchase and download, click here.

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July 25, 2009

Sweden pulls back

I ran across a really interesting article in Forbes recently. The article quotes Sweden’s Finance Minister as encouraging the country to turn its back on the policies that, in his words, led to a “lost”… Read more »

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July 25, 2009

Health care:  If it’s free, why not?

One of the unfortunate aspects of the way we manage health care in this country is that many people who can’t (or don’t wish to) spend money on routine care put it off.  They then… Read more »

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July 22, 2009

Taxes, the structure of incentives, and why I’m worried about the plan for health reform funding

When I was a Ph.D. student studying entrepreneurship, one of the most influential articles I read was by economist William J. Baumol.  Entitled “Entrepreneurship: Productive, Unproductive and Destructive”, it basically suggested that a nation gets… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Innovation

July 19, 2009

Guerrilla strategies - 2009 version

Many fans of our work together have heard my colleague Ian MacMillan talk about an entrepreneurial business he was involved with in his younger years as a perfect example of a ‘guerrilla’ strategy.  Guerrilla strategies… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship

July 18, 2009

This disruption thing is harder than it looks

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, writer Kimberly Chou reviewed the fates of several contenders to be disruptive technologies in the industries in which they were introduced. . Among these are the flip videorecorder,… Read more »

Filed Under: Growth Options / Real Options, Innovation, Strategy Execution

July 17, 2009

BUSINESS STRATEGIES—Ditch a project, plan for aftermath

The Toronto (Ontario, Canada) Globe & Mail quotes Rita McGrath on creating a disengagement plan. “When a project has to be shut down, we’re left feeling bruised, struggling with having to sever our emotional commitment… Read more »

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