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The Flevy Blog covers Business Strategies, Business Theories, & Business Stories.
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Organizations have, in recent times, become more aware of the worth of regulating their Organizational Knowledge. Extensive studies in academia have been conducted on the subject, because of its importance. Organizations learn with time and… 4 Forms of Organizational Forgetting
Futuristic, technology-driven business models are weakening the conventional advantages of Economies of Scale. Large corporations, founded on Scale, nevertheless have areas that they can exploit if they reposition rapidly. For the best part of over… Economies of Unscale
A significant number of Mergers remain unsuccessful, because companies do not employ a thorough and disciplined approach to realizing Post-Merger Integration Synergies. In reasons for failure, we hear remarks like: Targets were set several months… 6 Strategies for Post-Merger Integration Synergies
Strategy is about the methods used to attain goals. It’s the “how” of achieving goals—desired future conditions and circumstances towards which effort and resources are spent until their achievement. If Strategy has any meaning at… How Do the Subject Matter Experts (Porter, Mintzberg, & More) Define Strategy?
Employee Engagement has emerged as one of the significant pillars on which the Competitive Advantage, Productivity, and Growth Strategy of an organization rests. Employee Engagement has many facets. To assess an organization’s current status of… Employee Engagement: Measurement & Improvement
Organizations typically focus on Customer-centric Design in their Strategic Planning and overlook the critical driver of Performance, Growth, and Operational Excellence—their employees. With cut-throat competition now the norm the realization has become clearer that employees… Can We Transform Employee Engagement into a Competitive Advantage? Yes, Here’s How
Over the years, hundreds of frameworks around Strategy Development have been developed. Each offers its benefits and drawbacks; and is optimal for certain competitive and organizational situations. When looking to drive growth amidst uncertain, turbulent… How Do We Drive Growth during Uncertain, Turbulent Markets?
Management processes–everything from how a company manages risk to how it gets supplies for factories to how it manages and develops people–are some of the primary ways that global companies impose order and consistency on… Just Too Many Processes? Gain Back your Competitiveness through Global Process Optimization
Developed by John Kay, the Distinctive Capabilities Framework captures those capabilities our organization has, which cannot be replicated by competition. Through his research, he identified 3 such “Distinctive Capabilities:” Architecture Reputation Innovation These 3 capabilities are… What Are Your Distinctive Capabilities That Cannot Be Replicated?
First, let’s define Value Proposition. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say: A value proposition is a promise of value to be delivered and acknowledged. Creating a value proposition is a part of business strategy. Kaplan and… How Compelling Is Your Value Proposition?
Benchmarking is a very powerful tool many organizations use to not only measure and gauge their performance against competition, but also to push themselves to be best-in-class. Benchmarking is a source of Competitive Advantage and… Benchmarking Basics. What Is It and How Do You Do It?
In a rapidly morphing world, what was once celebrated as sustained competitive advantage for a company has already become almost an illusion at best. Some companies may have sustained their strong market position and have… Let’s Fix It: Transient Competitive Advantage