How Leaders Create and Use Networks, I say Leaders

When Henrik Balmer became the production manager and a board member of a newly bought-out cosmetics firm, improving his network was the last thing on his mind. The main problem he faced was time: Where would he find the hours to guide his team through a major upgrade of the production process and then think about strategic issues like expanding the business?

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Expanded spheres of influence, how to network effectively

When Simon Rabin, the co-founder of London-based mobile commerce business Txt2Buy, set up the company in 2008, he faced the same problem that confronts many aspiring entrepreneurs: how to obtain funding.

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Getting Smart in the Suburbs of Tokyo

TOKYO — Introducing plans for Japan’s first smart city to be built “from scratch” in May could not have been better timed for Panasonic, the driving force behind the project to build an eco-savvy town in a Tokyo suburb by 2013.

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How Apple Can Keep Control of the Tablet Market

Amazon's Kindle Fire might provoke Apple to develop a 7-inch iPad retailing for no more than $299 and backed by a content ecosystem that’s second to none

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Five Charts that Changed Business

Once in a while, a chart so deftly captures an important strategic insight that it becomes an iconic part of management thinking and a tool that shows up in MBA classrooms and corporate boardrooms for years to come. As HBR prepares for its 90th anniversary, in 2012, our editors have combed the magazine archives and other sources to select five charts that changed the shape of strategy. What did we miss? Nominate more charts in the comments.

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The Unemployment Playbook: Stay Relevant

If you've recently joined the growing number of unemployed Americans, you're entitled to a few days of moping. But don't dither away too long. Soon you'll need to brush the dirt off your shoulders and put some fresh shine on your personal brand.

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Operators angered by Apple mistreatment, so what :)

Mobile operators across the world are angered by the way Apple treats them, and are hoping Nokia can help curb the firm’s stronghold in the smartphone space, according to industry consultant Bengt Nordström.

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Blackberry, the new PALM, or maybe, worse

Twelve years ago, Research in Motion revolutionized gadgetry with the launch of the BlackBerry. Now, having been leapfrogged by Apple and Android, the company remains on track to become the new Palm.

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Posted in: ICT