Kim Warren on Strategy
Strategy insights and living business models
Previous strategic incompetence in banking
Watched a great TV series recently The Ascent of Money presented by Professor Niall Ferguson. If you cannot view it, the book is probably good too. It makes…
Losers from the down-turn
Whilst business schools are seeing more applications by analysts and execs being down-sized from banks and other sectors, I see from the Economist [Giving advice in adversity] consulting firms…
Industry 'power curves' for real competitive strategy
Now here’s a really useful tool from McKinsey. Using ‘power curves’ to assess industry dynamics shows the value of seeing the size-distribution of competitors in an industry. It…
Ethics vs. competence
I took the trouble to post a query on one of the Academy of Mgmt discussion lists, asking what colleagues felt we had failed to do to allow…
The banking crisis - again
I’ve gone on about this before, but it’s gone way, way worse since I last brought it up, so let’s not forget