An LATimes.com article entitled: Maker of high-end amplifiers is playing to a small audience quotes Rita McGrath: “Entrepreneurs focused on niche markets such as boutique amps, however, run an above-average risk of extinction, said Rita… Read more »
Thought Sparks
Thought Sparks, the brainchild of Rita McGrath, are insightful actions, strategic ideas, actionable suggestions and innovative approaches that help organizations and leaders master the future with less fear and more confidence. New episodes of the Thought Sparks Podcast are released every other Tuesday at 11am Eastern. Prior to 2025, episodes of the Thought Sparks Podcast were known as Fireside Chats.
Risk of offshoring your crown jewels
Fortune (May 1, 2006)prints a report that should give everyone hungry for low-cost manufacturing in China pause. It seems that once you’ve trained the crew, handed over the blueprints and turned the crank on production,… Read more »
Adding empathy - to detergent???
Now I’ve seen it all. Business Week (May 1, 2006) has a long discussion of how Tide and other consumer brands are being made into ‘so much more than just detergent’ by companies seeking to… Read more »
Adding empathy – to detergent???
Now I’ve seen it all. Business Week (May 1, 2006) has a long discussion of how Tide and other consumer brands are being made into ‘so much more than just detergent’ by companies seeking to… Read more »
McGrath cited re: Discontinuity & Opportunity
Rita Gunther McGrath, associate professor at Columbia Business School and co-author (with Ian C. MacMillan) of MarketBusters: 40 Strategic Moves That Drive Exceptional Business Growth (Harvard Business School Press, 2005), has identified a kind of… Read more »
Unit of Business Play - Ryanair
So how is this for interesting? Business 2.0 reports in April that Ireland’s Ryanair may soon be prepared to give away tickets for flights for free. What’s the catch? You pay for everything (and I… Read more »
Unit of Business Play – Ryanair
So how is this for interesting? Business 2.0 reports in April that Ireland’s Ryanair may soon be prepared to give away tickets for flights for free. What’s the catch? You pay for everything (and I… Read more »
Innovative HR
This is an interesting way to deal with workforce flexibility. Business Week (April 17, 2006 edition, p. 14) reports that McDonald’s in the UK is testing a program that allows employees from the same immediate… Read more »
McGrath cited re: Apple Pricing Probe
The EC is trying to “level the playing field” with its moves against Apple, “which has created a dominant position in the portable music player arena,” maintains Rita Gunther McGrath, a professor at Columbia University’s… Read more »
The Buying Triangle
Just learned about an extremely interesting idea for helping customers’ improve their key metrics. It turns out that many large companies are actually unable to manage their procurement supply chains very effectively because there is… Read more »
Update - Money from a nuisance
You may remember that some months ago, I wrote about a service that promised to handle junk faxes. To refresh your memory, here is how it works: You register with a company called Fax Recovery… Read more »
Update – Money from a nuisance
You may remember that some months ago, I wrote about a service that promised to handle junk faxes. To refresh your memory, here is how it works: You register with a company called Fax Recovery… Read more »