Kim Warren on Strategy

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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…

Kim Warren

banking, banking crisis, channel 4, developing countries, emerging market debt, Professor Niall Ferguson, strategic incompetence, strategic management, Strategy, sub-prime lending, The Ascent of Money, The Enhanced HIPC Initiative, unsustainable debt burdens, wikipedia

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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…

Kim Warren

banking, business schools, consulting firms, down-turn, economist, jobs, MBA

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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…

Kim Warren

banking, biotech, chemicals, competitive strategy, competitor analysis, destroying competitors, industry power curve, mckinsey, software, targeting competitors

· Strategy

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…

Kim Warren

banking, business education, business management, business schools, competence, ethics, financial crisis, professional, strategic management

· Strategy

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

Kim Warren

analysts, banking, CEOs, competence, strategic management, sub-prime, toxic loans

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