For a new kind of interaction between man and machine
It’s a given that the automobile industry is currently undergoing the biggest change in its history – and the pace of change is actually...
Starke Unternehmer für neue Herausforderungen
Zurich Schweiz zeigte im ersten Jahrzehnt des neuen Jahrtausends Merkmale, die aus vielen erfolgreichen Unternehmen bekannt sind: Die Kundenorientierung drohte aufgrund der Fokussierung auf...
The Family Firm: An exercise in harmonization
Family Firms are the Majority
The overwhelming majority of companies in the world are family firms. Family firms are those in which a family exercises...
Tomorrow’s Leadership – Creating Shared Value at the core
Corporate Social Responsibility has now moved from being a hot topic to a globally accepted business practice. This is very positive. But, if we...
Interview with Alexander Osterwalder- Business Model Canvas
Please explain in three sentences, what the Business Model Canvas is.
The Business Modell Canvas is, simply said, a way of visually depicting business models....
Innovation networks: Rethinking the company
Introduction: Companies need to rethink themselves
When are large companies formed? Ultimately, whenever there are clear requirements in society, for which clever people...
Making Deals Successful
Making Deals Successful
Why do certain transactions pay off and others don’t? Is integration success blind luck or a manageable and transparent process? These were...
Father and Daughter: a good team for a company succession
According to the IfM Bonn between 2014 and 2018 approx. 27,000 companies will be looking for a successor in Germany every year. Only...
The Chief Strategy Officer as the Master of paradoxes
The CSO – Chief Strategy Officer – is a relative newcomer to the C-suite. The role has quickly established itself as a formal member...
Responsibility for the Base-of-the-Pyramid: Infrastructure Solutions for Rural India
Today, numerous scholars and articles as well as managers and corporate initiatives focus on the opportunities that C.K. Prahalad and Stuart L. Hart have...