9 Questions to Ask to Decide Whether to Join a Business Ecosystem

  1. Is it now, or will it likely be, a winning ecosystem?
  2. How well do the purpose and culture of the ecosystem resonate with your own values and preferences?
  3. Are commitments required (exclusivity, for example, or ecosystem-specific investments) that could limit your future flexibility?
  4. Do you have the transparency and decision rights to understand and influence the development of the ecosystem?
  5. To what extent do regulations for input,

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Inflation Readiness Questions

CEOs should ask the following 20 questions to assess whether their organization is inflation ready in the three critical areas of pricing, procurement, and finance.

Pricing

  • Do we have dedicated resources for pricing intelligence?
  • Do we employ state-of-the-art pricing analytics?
  • Do we have short- and long-term guidelines for price setting?
  • Is inflation factored in to pricing decisions?
  • Do we have real-time information on competitors’ prices?
  • Do we continuously monitor customers’ price

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