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Does Merging Two Struggling Firms Create Value?

Michael Roberto

[link] Fortune's Chris Morris has reported that Neiman Marcus has rebuffed an acquisition offer from Saks, a competitor in the luxury retail market. Neiman, in 2002, filed for bankruptcy , but has emerged in a better position, with less debt. These synergies may be real, and cost savings may result.

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Sustaining a Healthy World Through Growing Crop Health

Business and Tech

Extreme weather events, climate change, economic shifts, and some government policies have impacted crop health and yields across the globe, and with it, some of the tools that deliver that production most efficiently. ­­. How can we protect the health of our crops and find new solutions when the world is changing so quickly?

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Learnings from sports competitions Competition in business is similar to sports competitions – there are winners and losers. You don’t need to “reinvent the wheel” for small but innovative changes in your business model, instead get inspired by existing concepts in other industries and apply them to your business model.

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Disrupting Markets – Why PayPal Is Worth More Than Ebay

Adam Hartung

in 2002 , in order to grease the wheels for faster ecommerce growth. But times have surely changed. eBay has run into stiff competition, as CraigsList has grown to take over the “garage sale” and small local business ecommerce. It is a fast growing market, which will displace many traditional banks.

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The Orange Socks Story I’ve Never Written Before

BrainZooming

Yesterday marked a momentous day professionally, that seemed big on the day it happened, but not as life-changing as it has become. The occasion was presenting our first strategic market plan at Yellow Transportation (whose name was Yellow but whose color was orange) to the senior leadership team. Current Orange Socks. I said I hadn’t.

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ISS Software GmbH and Wazoku partner to revolutionise the German insurance industry

Wazoku

This partnership takes digital transformation to a new level, making it a collaborative effort of an ecosystem with one common interest – to upgrade the industry, to stay competitive and to meet current demand faster and better. The core values of both Wazoku and ISS Software are to future-proof the business of their clients.

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Digital transformation examples

Board of Innovation

2 Reasons: to accelerate the market and to make their technology the standard. Sector: Chemicals Company: Dow Corning Learn more: Source Competitive pricing for bulk orders No technical support Cisco outsources all of its manufacturing to contract manufacturers. Feel free to share your own references.