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April 19, 2007

Rita McGrath quoted at Expansion Management

In the April 12, 2007 edition of Expansion Management article, 2007 KNOWLEDGE WORKER QUOTIENT: The Top Metros in the Knowledge Economy, Rita McGrath is quoted… “R&D spending by universities has been associated with important multiplier… Read more »

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April 13, 2007

Leaner not necessarily better for corporate Headquarters

Quick, do you believe that smaller, leaner corporate headquarters are associated with higher performance? A recent study published in the Strategic Management Journal suggests that such a taken for granted belief may not make sense…. Read more »

Filed Under: Insights and ideas

March 31, 2007

Competitive Separation vs. Competitive Advantage

Posted by my colleague, Bob Cooper, for Driving Organic Growth group. In an effort to further the discussion comparing competitive advantage vs. separation, I would like to introduce a very powerful tool developed by McGrath… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy

March 18, 2007

Market Busters being published in Indonesia!

PT Elex Media Komputindo of Indonesia will publish Market Busters in that country within the next 12 months.

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March 18, 2007

Is Web 2.0 a bubble?

I was recently asked to comment on whether Web 2.0 is a ‘bubble’ – here’s what I think. Both web 2.0 and the dot.com surge are/were driven by a common human bias: this is to… Read more »

Filed Under: Insights and ideas

March 18, 2007

Swiss Re goes ‘green’

Swiss Reinsurance, one of Rita’s clients, has capitalized on a brilliant play in what we’ve sometimes called new market tectonics. What’s come together is the increasing relevance and urgency around global warming with a market… Read more »

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March 18, 2007

Swiss Re goes ‘green’

Swiss Reinsurance, one of Rita’s clients, has capitalized on a brilliant play in what we’ve sometimes called new market tectonics. What’s come together is the increasing relevance and urgency around global warming with a market… Read more »

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February 27, 2007

Entrepreneurial Japan - that’s news!

In the February, 2007, Harvard Business Review, there is a wonderful short piece on Entrepreneurial Japan. It notes how many trends — the end of guaranteed lifetime employment, changing governance structures, the changing social attitude… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship

February 27, 2007

Entrepreneurial Japan – that’s news!

In the February, 2007, Harvard Business Review, there is a wonderful short piece on Entrepreneurial Japan. It notes how many trends — the end of guaranteed lifetime employment, changing governance structures, the changing social attitude… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship

February 22, 2007

From good ideas to actual businesses

Our colleague, Walter Derzko gives some interesting insights into why good ideas don’t get results – see his blog at – http://smarteconomy.typepad.com/smart_economy/2007/02/why_good_ideas_.html With respect to innovation, one study suggests that you need 3,000 ideas to… Read more »

Filed Under: Insights and ideas

February 22, 2007

Creating a more innovative culture

I was recently asked how one creates a more innovative culture within a company, with specific reference to Kodak. The difficulty is that as companies become successful, their performance increases to the extent that they… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

February 22, 2007

Desperate shortage of the college educated

I heard a fascinating statistic the other day that really should give all of us pause. It seems that 2/3 of all jobs in America require a college education, yet only 1/3 of the potentially… Read more »

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