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Re-Imagining Africa as the continent of the 21st Century

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After COVID, developing the right digital supply chain talent will be harder than ever

A digital supply chain requires companies to organize and behave in ways significantly different from the past. New business models, new data sources, new technologies, enhanced processes and increased risks all contribute to an operational landscape that requires new ways of working, and most importantly, new skills to match. But finding and recruiting new talent […]
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People in need have long memories – the case for stakeholder primacy

We are living in the midst of the world’s largest test of corporate purpose. The COVID-19 virus has been a wake-up call that reveals the consequences of our constant pursuit of ever-cheaper products and services, global just-in-time supply chains, share buybacks and cutting CAPEX to reward short-term shareholder dividends that are deemed to be added-value. […]
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Eight Key Areas To Address For A Successful Digital Supply Chain Transformation

Every supply chain leader is struggling to improve operations, integrate new technologies and figure out how to obtain and use data from a vast array of options. Why? Because we now have the analytical knowledge and technical capability to build a Digital Supply Chain that stokes customer demand and minimizes costs. While the solutions will […]
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Bitcoin, Apple Pay, and the Emerging Digital Money Ecosystem

Today, if you have enough bitcoins you can buy a Tesla, sail the Adriatic thanks to Yacht Base, a Croatian charter company, shop at Whole Foods, fill a prescription at a CVS pharmacy, eat at The Pink Cow diner in Tokyo, share a pint with friends at the Pembury pub in London and The Old […]
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Opportunity Beckons as Chinese Companies Go Global

By Samuel J. Palmisano The Volvo Car Corporation announced last month that it planned to open its first manufacturing plant in the United States. Volvo’s decision is emblematic of a major shift in the global economy – and specifically, in the way Chinese-owned companies are evolving into innovative enterprises that invest throughout the world. The […]
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Global Scholar Perspective: Globally Integrating

Geocentrism + Horizons Unfolding + Genetic Change → Cooperative Discovery By David Ing In Re-Think: A Path to the Future, Sam Palmisano describes an opportunity to drive organizational transformation with a globally integrated model.  In the decades leading up to the year 2000, the business context evolved in three ways:  (i) economic liberalization eased trade and investment across borders; […]
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Firm Transformation in an Increasingly Integrated World

By Peter C. Evans, PhD New Developments in Enterprise Analysis The last significant large-scale dataset to explore how firms operate internationally was the Harvard Multinational Enterprise Project. This project, which began in mid-1960s and ran through the 1970s, carved out an academic research agenda that helped shape a new generation of business school curriculum as […]
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