Category Archives: Globalization

Global B2B implications of Obama Nobel Prize, Free Global Telephony and Twitter

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Gen McChrystal on Afghanistan Strategy -Less worried about security leaks than ignorance

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Resurgence of innovation at Pittsburgh and the G-20 Summit

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Strategies in the Age of Turbulence- Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty.

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Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell- Three Takeaways

“Success” according to Gladwell is not only a function of one individual’s grit and determination but is related to a whole bunch of “preparation” that goes in by family,culture,history,date of birth and so on.

Five Differences between B2B marketing and supply chain managers

Here are five differences between B2B marketing and sales managers and supply chain managers as a sort of continuation of my earlier post:  Marketing managers being outward facing are constantly looking for opportunities sometimes without regard to what their organization can really do. Supply Chain managers first look inside before looking outside at suppliers –Continue reading “Five Differences between B2B marketing and supply chain managers”

Input-process-output and the supply-firm-marketing chain

The input-process-output ( ICT model) is a way of looking at the firm’s value chain. Supply managers handle the input coming in and the marketing folks handle the output coming out. Like:    global suppliers ->supply chain->[firm-]->marketing->global customers Supply and Marketing folks are people who sit at either end of the firm and look atContinue reading “Input-process-output and the supply-firm-marketing chain”

MBA lessons from GM Bankruptcy

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Procurement Reform bill becomes law and Memorial Day

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Managing outsourcing – in tough times upcoming ISM Workshop

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