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Two Ways to Break into India’s Consumer Market

Harvard Business

While India is the fastest growing major economy in the world today, some foreign companies are still struggling to enter the market there. To enter the Indian market with more profitability, multinational companies would benefit by creative use of the country’s supply chain and the explosive growth of its online channel.

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You Don’t Have to Be a Software Company to Think Like One

Harvard Business

You’re competing against platforms like Uber in transportation, Google in automotive, Airbnb in hospitality, LinkedIn in recruiting, Netflix in television, and the list goes on. When modular in design, they adapt easily for different markets and can evolve over time.

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Clean Energy Transition: Business Risks and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

However, given that the fossil fuel-based energy market is valued at over $5 trillion, the risks involved in the clean energy transition are proportionally huge. Assuming energy can be produced via clean methods and transported to its intended destination, there will be one other key bottleneck to overcome: electricity storage.

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Why Your Partnership Contract Is Too Important to Be Left to the Lawyers

Harvard Business

These costs are not operational costs, such as commission fees or transportation costs. Changing technology and markets make it impossible to foresee future contingencies. Weak intellectual property laws prevent a firm from resorting to courts. Difficulties in Negotiating a Transaction.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business

What happens, for example, if the value of a product’s underlying intellectual property overtakes its production value? This is expected as the costs of manufacturing, transportation and other inputs decline.) What would be the cost/benefit of flattening your supply chain and moving production closer to your markets?

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In the span of 9 years, the firm acquired more than 16 consulting companies in 5 different markets, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Asia, the United States and Latin America. Intellectual property. Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property. FTI began a new trend of rapid, global growth.

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business

But most successful companies used electricity and motors to reinvent their existing businesses, whether in manufacturing, transportation, or construction. A platform connects providers and users in a multisided market. Intellectual capital. For most companies intellectual property is something that sits on their balance sheet.