May 4, 2008
by Oliver
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Last week I received a newsletter from McKinsey concerning some selected articles. The major purpose was to present some thoughts around the 7 S Framework. Furthermore the newsletter suggested some other publications from The McKinsey Quarterly; some of them have … Continue reading
April 28, 2008
by Oliver
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Well, this post is not that strategic. It is more an example that life still writes the prime stories. If I would try to name it as a strategic issue I would argue that card counting (changes in the environment) … Continue reading
April 27, 2008
by Oliver
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Since many, many years an amazing number of articles, books and studies discuss CRM systems and their importance or effects on corporate success. Furthermore companies did spent large amounts of capital for implementation, training and very often for consulting when … Continue reading
April 20, 2008
by Oliver
Comments Off on Hardware for Holiday trips
We are back from our “annual”one week holiday trip to Mallorca (compare this old post from 2007). For a very specific reason we decided to travel a month earlier this year; we going to post this reason somewhen in summer. … Continue reading
March 16, 2008
by Oliver
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Security and liquidity are important issues in bond market. Now the financial crisis and the general uncertainty (due to the subprime crisis) have an impact in the market for covered bonds (so called Pfandbrief). Dealings of them have come to … Continue reading
March 9, 2008
by Oliver
Comments Off on Strategic chances for rapid innovators
Last week I discussed the four benefit criteria of innovation. This post will focus on the impact of “innovation speed”. But don’t forget: Innovation is not the general approach (in the sense of “one tool fits all”) to enter competition; … Continue reading
March 2, 2008
by Oliver
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In my post last week I discussed innovation’s impact on corporate success. In the meantime I had a very interesting conversation with a student (business economics) related to innovation issues. The core of this conversation highlighted the character of innovation, … Continue reading
March 1, 2008
by Oliver
Comments Off on Work hard – play hard – start early
Sometimes friends raise the question whether we would spend the entire weekend in front of our computers. Well, that is an interesting question. But a good friend did ask a more specific question: How many leisure times is left for … Continue reading
February 24, 2008
by Oliver
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A couple of weeks ago I posted “How innovative is your organization” in order to discuss some fundamental aspects of innovation. In this post we will look at the impact of innovation. My personal observation is that most organizations see … Continue reading
February 16, 2008
by Oliver
Comments Off on Your customer
One of the basics to be successful in competition is to give the customer what he or she wants. Since this aspect is a basic it is very likely that your competitor will do the same. So what’s next? The … Continue reading