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Dual Transformation: A book review by Bob Morris

March 29, 2017

Dual Transformation: How to Reposition Today’s Business While Creating the Future Scott D. Anthony, Clark G. Gilbert, and Mark W. Johnson Harvard Business Review Press (April 2017) How and why combining the assets and benefits of scale and entrepreneurial spirit…

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Embrace Your Ignorance

February 12, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Michael Schrage, featured in the MIT Sloan Management Review. Today’s savviest executives acknowledge that most of the time, they can’t accurately predict what their customers will want, like or need. That’s…

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Travis Bradberry on “How Successful People Stay Calm”

March 1, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Travis Bradberry for Forbes magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * The ability to manage your emotions and remain…

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Taking the measure of your innovation performance

January 31, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from a Bain Brief co-authored by Eric Almquist, Mitchell Leiman, Darrell Rigby and Alex Roth, featured at Bain & Company’s website. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of resources, and sign up…

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The Everything Store: A book review by Bob Morris

December 17, 2013

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon Brad Stone Little, Brown and Company (2013) How and why “Amazon may be the most beguiling company that ever existed, and it is just getting started” Disclaimer: Several reviewers (including…

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A novel path to financial success

December 14, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article by Jeremy Olshan for the Wall Street Journal in which he suggests that, in times of money trouble, some turn to financial advisers. He turns to books. To read the complete article, check…

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Surprise and Creativity: Notes toward a new economics

December 3, 2013

I have just read and am now re-reading George Gilder‘s latest book, Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How It Is Revolutionizing Our World, published by Regnery (2013). As I will indicate in my review of it…

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What Jeff Bezos learned from Jim Sinegal, founder of Costco

November 28, 2013

In his superb biography, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, Brad Stone discusses in Chapter 4 a breakfast meeting that Bezos once had with Jim Sinegal, founder and then (2001) CEO of Costco. They met at…

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The Secrets of Bezos: How Amazon Became the Everything Store

October 19, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Brad Stone for Bloomberg Businessweek. He spoke to hundreds of current and former employees, as well as friends and family of founder Jeff Bezos, to discover the poignant story of…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 6/17/13)

June 23, 2013

  I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics Thomas H. Davenport and Jinho Kim Digital State:…

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