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The Next Supply-Chain Challenge Isn’t a Shortage — It’s Inventory Glut

Harvard Business Review

In 2009, the financial crash left manufacturers with excess inventory when consumer buying power suddenly dropped. Inventory challenges aren’t new. Electronics littered shelves in 2001 after the dot-com bubble burst. And now, the high-tech industry is feeling the weight of a volatile market that has led to excess component inventory.

Industry 127
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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

This is the list of sections and book summaries: Alltime Classics How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie – 1936 Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill – 1937 The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale – 1952 The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson – 1981 In Search of Excellence (..)

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Innovation & Strategy Conference: Driving Home Disruption

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The Innovation & Strategy Conference , held November 14 th in the hip-while-retro Innovation and Design Building in the Seaport area of Boston, offered attendees insights to corporate innovation from a wide variety of perspectives. 2009, stating: “the vast majority of real-life entrepreneurs around the world aren’t innovators.

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Learning 5 Innovation Strategy Lessons as an Entrepreneur

BrainZooming

I’ll admit it: my views on innovation strategy have been dramatically shaped by working in a Fortune 500 corporation. Given that, moving to an entrepreneurial environment in 2009 was new territory when it came to learning innovation strategy lessons. 5 Innovation Strategy Lessons Learned as an Entrepreneur.

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Overcome the Customer’s Concern – Transfer the Risk

Destination Innovation

During the economic depression which followed the financial crash of 2009 car sales slumped across America. Once they gained this insight Hyundai decided on a daring marketing strategy. Rebates and other traditional incentives just were not working. Hyundai USA took a different approach. Why are they worried?

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Is vertical integration the next value-based care?

Christensen Institute

Value-based care has been the strategy of choice for health care’s new entrants over the past decade-plus. Not eager to be left behind, and given government incentives to provide this type of care, many incumbents have attempted to implement similar strategies—usually with limited success. But is the hype warranted?

Strategy 111
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Five Benefits of a Diverse Innovation Team

IdeaScale

Diversity and inclusion are good ideas on many levels, but they can also drive your innovation strategy. Diversity Stops Embarrassment In 2009, HSBC launched a campaign with the slogan “Assume Nothing.” Many voices lead to stronger teams.?. Here’s why a diverse innovation team leads to better products.