Ocean Optics make spectrometry measurement easier and more accessible than ever. Given a myriad of possible applications, how can they find the right customers and the right problems to solve?
A startup in Tanzania seeks to provide affordable electricity to households, by replicating the success of prepaid cellphones.
What's behind the success of a 48-year old wholesaler and distributor of nuts and bolts? Their secret lies in the execution of a customer-focused business model.
Less than a decade old, how does an airline grow to become the country's largest and only profitable air carrier?
Twitter: A broken operating model with a clueless leadership team #DoomedToFail
Skillshare is an online learning community that is crowd-sourcing education content in a clever, effective way
Improving nutrition and education of Peruvian children.
Can Uber sustain its business model and success while competition increase?
We tend to think about operating models as they relate to fixed asset or repeatable process businesses. But operating models are as important if not more with services firms, where your competitive advantage may walk out the door every day. This post is not to say Bain has been, or will be, more successful than any of it's competitors. Rather it looks to examine why their chosen combination of operating design principles appears to support a successful business model that works for them, and how the firm has created a virtuous cycle between its people, processes, and results.
The world’s largest brewer has been able to drive sustainable growth throughout its merger-filled history. What’s the secret brew behind all this success?
