May 26, 2013
Amazon
Read the latest advice, feature articles and news on Amazon, especially for the business leader.
What’s your approach to innovation?
Deciding a suitable innovation approach is one of the most important challenges facing any leadership team.
Netflix: a house of cards or the new HBO?
You don't need TV to create great programming, the Netflix experiment suggests. But is the business model sustainable?
Dell's reboot: How to rekindle the creative flame
It’s official: In the biggest private equity deal since 2007 – at $24 billion – technology company Dell is going to delist and go private. It’s all about rekindling innovation.
How to survive disruption
Disruptive innovations are like missiles launched at your business. Here's what you need to know to respond strategically.
Stop customers treating your business as a showroom
What can businesses do to combat the increasingly common practice of customers inspecting a product in-store, then buying it cheaper online?
The best way to lure 'non-customers'
Targeting new customers requires a deep understanding of their desires, attitudes and tastes.
What executives don't understand about big data
How much more profitable would your business be if you had free access to 100 times more data about your customers?
The world’s top five most innovative businesses
Take some tips from a new Forbes list of the most innovative businesses in the world.
What the best leaders are doing today to get ahead
Here's what leaders need to understand to get business confidence to match consumer confidence in the next few months.
Process innovation: Reduce ‘cycle time’ and pump up profits
It is amazing what effect small changes to processes can have in delivering real reductions, which go straight to the bottom line as profit.
Why it’s time to consider the markets of Latin America
Between 2009 and 2011, Latin America experienced spectacular growth of 98% in its e-commerce sector. Companies are now scrambling to capitalise on that growth.
Bernie Brookes and the online waiting game
Myer’s CEO is confident bricks and mortar retailers will eventually dominate online sales.
JB Hi-Fi CEO Terry Smart: Why our future is bright
The cut-price electronics retailer looks set to gain from tough times in the industry.
What next when strategies come unstuck?
The internet did not suddenly become important in 2011. So why are so many Australian retailers letting online opportunities slip by?
The name game: Where catchy is key
If your product name is too long-winded or mind-baffling, you can wave goodbye to sales. Which companies do it best?
Five crazy projects from great entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are known for their crazy and eccentric bursts of creativity, but this latest idea – to mine asteroids – may top them all.
What makes a world-class CEO? Lessons for aspiring leaders
An examination of the qualities that unite the world's best leaders.
DJs forecasts profits plummet as share price dives
The department store chain reported a 19.6% fall in profit for the six months to January 28.
Three self-delusions that could be ruining your leadership decisions
In this month's round-up of management thinking, we look at the brain wiring that hurts entrepreneurs and take a fresh view of the eternal battle between profit and growth.
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