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		<title>Simplification of businesses: Business Model Convergence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As stated in one of the previous posts: coping with a crisis is no sexy business. Traditional approaches to stay financially in shape concentrate around cost cutting, very often leading to reducing headcount by layoffs. Many major companies such as IBM (5000 people), Bombardier (10% of work force), GM, and many others saw themselves forced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empathy: One thing that strong business models have in common</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently one of my business contacts pointed me towards the Best Global Brands report by Interbrand. In the discussion we had on how to enable new business model implementation he posed the statement that any strong business model basically gave away one of the 4Ps out of the classical marketing mix. Giving it some more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do if you already have a Business Model?!?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently the book Business Model Generation has received much attention. For many people it has truly caused a disruption in the way they look at Business Models. Discussing the book and the model it is striking that most people concentrate solely on how to create new business models&#8230; For most large corporations this provides challenges, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Model Generation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers” is now on the market. You can preview it below or buy it at www.businessmodelgeneration.com]]></description>
		<link>http://www.basvanoosterhout.com/business-model-innovation/business-model-generation/</link>
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		<title>Business Model Innovation: DIY (do-it-yourself)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mid of 2008 I was present at the kickoff in Amsterdam of a new book around Business Model Innovation. Together with Gert Steens, Patrick van der Pijl, and Mick Walvisch the first step on a new book from Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur was set. Without going into all detailed steps Alex has made since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing business value during economic downturn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last couple of months no news program or website is talking about hardly anything else the the global economic crisis and the effects it has on every kind of business within all sectors. Surviving for many companies suddenly became key rather then expanding portfolios. Traditionally companies need to grow value in order to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.basvanoosterhout.com/business-model-convergence/growing-business-value-during-economic-downturn/</link>
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		<title>The brand is the business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to thought leaders within INSEAD customers are really in the driver&#8217;s seat when it comes to making or breaking a brand. Also different consumer trends indicate the same, such as Trendwatching.com for example. In the past people could be earmarked to fit within a certain stereotype, e.g. punkers during the 80&#8242;s. During this period [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.basvanoosterhout.com/brand-building/the-brand-is-the-business/</link>
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		<title>Business Model 2.0: Manage your Value Chain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Working together with companies on various innovation projects and reshaping their Business Models it is often the case that a new project explicits a need to move into a different part of the current value chain. With Value Chains in this case I mean different organizations and enitities, consisting of resources and knowledge stream, all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.basvanoosterhout.com/business-model-innovation/business-model-2-0-manage-your-value-chain/</link>
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		<title>Creation process breakdown; building new Value Propositions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people are interested in how a new Value Proposition is created. Of course, understanding this process and being able to execute it, provides a basis for continuously staying ahead of competitors; it would be the Holy Grail of business. In workshops I have used various methods such as Blue Ocean and TRIZ. These methods [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.basvanoosterhout.com/business-model-innovation/creation-process-breakdown-building-new-value-propositions/</link>
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		<title>How to succesfully manage your innovation portfolio?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently Business Models and Business Model Innovation received increased attention. The term devaluated during the high rise of the Internet Bubble, when all you needed to get venture capital was a new type of Business Model, without any sanity check. Now in an era of ever increasing competition from emerging markets, re-thinking your Business Model [...]]]></description>
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