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The Intangibles: Leadership Approach & Authenticity

N2Growth Blog

Performance measurement is a critically important capability that drives all businesses which are only becoming more relevant and compelling with the advent of AI and automation technologies that give us more of a predictive capability than ever before. I was waiting for the day when chairs would start to fly, a la Bobby Knight.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

In addition, we believe that your starting point for strategy development is what you are already great at, rather than studying the industry and market for opportunities. Is it more important to consider capabilities when you develop a strategy now than it was, say, five years ago? SD : Why now? What do most companies do instead?

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How Mature is Your Risk Management?

Harvard Business Review

For years, companies have been pouring money into people, processes, and technology that can help them manage risk. They clearly generate higher growth in revenue, EBITDA, and EBITDA/EV. Companies in the top 20% of risk maturity generated three times the level of EBITDA as those in the bottom 20%.

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The $300 House: The Urban Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Each post will examine the challenge from a different perspective, including design, technology, urban planning and more. Building off US-inspired steel-based technology, we believe that it's possible to design, build, deliver, and erect affordable multi-tier tower housing, addressed squarely to lower class sections of the Indian demographic.

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Category Creation Is the Ultimate Growth Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Much of Keurig's success comes from its superior brewer technology and wide variety of K-Cups. Corporate development groups may have to accept that EBITDA multiple valuations may not be appropriate when buying a category creator. Beyond the economics, category creation may be the most fun you can have in business.

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The Secrets to TripAdvisor's Impressive Scale

Harvard Business Review

and EBITDA margins are 47%. In the hyper-competitive world of technology and consumer Internet, it is hard to find a company that is pound for pound as profitable as TripAdvisor. The chart below shows their financial performance over the last few years, with forecasted 2012 revenue of $767M and EBITDA of $339M. Think about that.

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Morning Advantage: A Supply Chain Solution to an Age-Old Problem

Harvard Business Review

Here in the Guardian , two business professors offer a practical solution to all three problems using developing nations’ supply chains. Here’s Where They Make China’s Cheap Android Smartphones (Technology Review). Here's Where They Make China's Cheap Android Smartphones (Technology Review). THE $86 BAKED BEAN.