June 19, 2009
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General Info
May 14, 2009
Here, bellow, you will find a link to a pdf document, which is the concatenation of the three posts about the Blue Ocean Strategy. The posts were organized and created a table of contents. This document is based on the book of Kim and Mauborgne, Blue Ocean Strategy, and its objective is to give a quick and simple vision of the strategy principles. Blue Ocean Strategy – Synopsis pdf Continue reading...
Posted by Mario Luis Tavares Ferreira. Posted In :
Management
April 22, 2009
What is happening with the macroeconomic key figures and business analysts? A couple of weeks ago I wrote this post and stopped. I was not satisfied with the content or the polemic, but it must be published, so here it is. My opinion: Business analysts are completely lost, the numbers are no more reliable, the scenarios are planned with assumptions that can’t be proven, there are many points out of the curve, and they are following general expectations, avoiding personal compromise (Note: I l... Continue reading...
Posted by Mario Luis Tavares Ferreira. Posted In :
Globalization
April 20, 2009
Businesses fail because of people, period. The effects of the failure can be observed, for example, on organization, processes, product or service, finances, marketing and sales. The causes can be related, for example, with strategic planning, implementation, management, control, human resources, absence of competitive intelligence and external factors like market dynamics or government regulations. If we are talking about new ventures or small enterprises, with less than two years, the most com... Continue reading...
Posted by Mario Luis Tavares Ferreira. Posted In :
Management
April 9, 2009
First, I will go there to study the market, to meet people, and to understand their habits, culture and practices.
Second, I will equate how to merge local "doing business" with companies needs and with local market practices, demand and opportunities.
Third, businesses are managed by people. You can have the best system and control implemented, but if you don't have a liaison with key people at your branch, you will not know what actually will be happening there. So, it is fundamental to devel... Continue reading...
Posted by Mario Luis Tavares Ferreira. Posted In :
Management
March 28, 2009
First, we need to have a clear concept of what it is Ethics and the difference between the actions and processes of business development related with cultural aspects and Ethics.
The Colins Dictionary defines Ethics as moral beliefs and rules about right and wrong. An ethic of a particular kind is an idea or moral belief that influences the behaviour, attitudes, and philosophy of a group of people. Webster Dictionary defines as a discipline that deals with what is good and bad and with moral d...
Posted by Mario Luis Tavares Ferreira. Posted In :
Globalization
March 22, 2009
Negotiations, The Harvard MethodEach negotiation has its particularities, people and interests evolved can be different, context can be different or even the place in space and time can be different, which makes, each negotiation, a unique event. But, at the same time, we have some basic elements that don’t change. Though, in a first approach, trying to generalize the process of negotiation may be temerity, however to have a methodology, or more, to develop the process it is not only healthy... Continue reading...
Posted by Mario Luis Tavares Ferreira. Posted In :
Management
March 13, 2009
I was reading a polemic, at the blog of Martin Zwilling, if entrepreneurs should, or not, get a MBA and I would like to expose my idea about the matter. We are always learning and will continue until dead. There is always something that could be improved and, to figure out, knowledge will facilitate the process. I agree that many entrepreneurs develop their business skills with blood, sweat and tears, as I did. I co-founded two high tech start-ups and, after 25 years of "bloody times" and two c... Continue reading...
Posted by Mario Luis Tavares Ferreira. Posted In :
Entrepreneurship
March 9, 2009
I was reading some posts and news about the current crisis and diverse opinions about possible turnarounds, about the consequences in developing countries, some trends and forecasts, different perspectives and evaluations and the usually wizards’ visions of future, some with the Armageddon perspective and others with an optimistic vision of short-time crisis. What make me develop this article was to contradict the people that suggest the worst scenario for our future. I will constraint my com... Continue reading...
Posted by Mario Luis Tavares Ferreira. Posted In :
Globalization
February 20, 2009
It seems that are trying to test the Chaos Theory. The greatest evangelists of open markets are now trying to change the rules, again, focusing on their benefits. In the 80’s Regan and Thatcher promoted globally that all countries should open their markets, make the privatisation of their public companies and services, let financial markets work freely worldwide, and so on. The argument and the theory was that with more openness the gap between riches and poor will be mitigated, that the over... Continue reading...
Posted by Mario Luis Tavares Ferreira
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Blog start-up: January 2009
About Me
| Mario Luis Tavares Ferreira |
| Lisbon And Sao Paulo |
Seasoned manager and entrepreneur, multi-lingual and with multi-cultural experience, with a broad technical background, co-founder of two high tech start-ups and developed business in half dozen countries.
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