I see middle managers are getting hit yet again, this time in McKinsey Quarterly as ‘innovation blockers‘. It seems to be forgotten that middle managers have the additional […]
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Don’t copy what’s not relevant
A nice word of caution from strategy+business magazine about looking for magic strategy answers by peering into the ways of superstars. In The Google Enigma, they point out […]
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Coping with the downturn
Many companies may find some of the articles in the latest e-issue of the McKinsey Quarterly to be helpful, such as ‘Market fundamentals: 2000 versus 2007‘ and ‘Learning […]
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All good things … ?
Pity to see that long-rising star, Starbucks, in trouble over the last year or so. Specially intriguing to see the similarities with the MacDonalds’ trouble around 2005 – […]
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Strategic incompetence continued
… and now we see Merrill Lynch in the same trouble, so perhaps they could answer the same question we put to Citigroup. Meanwhile, here in the UK, […]