HBR on managing the downturn
I see Harvard Business Review has got out a section on ‘Unconventional Wisdom in a Downturn‘ from their team of bloggers. It offers some good pointers, but not all, so be careful! Read more
Another couple of gems from SMS
Another really insightful piece – unpublished as yet … Feldstad, Gao and Burkay of BI Norwegian School of Management on how come Google and eBay – mega powerful global players in their sectors – both got killed by local rivals in China [in eBay's case, in spite of acquiring a strong local player]? In both cases, it seems, they got the ‘value network model’ wrong - well worth a visit to www.alibaba.com who saw off eBay. Here’s a summary, which will feature in 2nd edition of Strategic Management Dynamics: