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Leadership Is About to Get More Uncomfortable

Harvard Business Review

And along with this increased transparency, you’re held accountable for areas you know less about: new technologies, new markets, new cultures and geographies representing new stakeholders. But hierarchies are flattening as power moves away from top internal management and toward employees and a proliferation of external stakeholders.

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Old Management Systems Stifle New Business Models

Harvard Business Review

That’s because even after they determine the right ways to use information to delight their customers, managers must address one equally important challenge. They must update decades-old management systems so they can embrace new digital opportunities. Where we land is firmly in the face of a management paradox.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

Two companies transfer selected similar assets into a joint venture in order to support the orderly management of capacity in their industry and reduce the risk of prices spiraling downward. Benefits and risks of co-opetition. Model 3: Joint venture of similar assets.

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Use Co-opetition to Build New Lines of Revenue

Harvard Business Review

From the WordPerfect-Novell acquisition that led to bankruptcy, to the misfires of the Target-Neiman holiday experiment, it’s clear that despite the plethora of management literature on how to launch a successful partnership, collaborations often go bust. As management professors Adam M. There [are] lots of co-opetitions.”.