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Should Inoculation of All Children Be Made Mandatary by Law

Coaching Ourselves

On the former mitt, the mid-twentieth c was too the clock when such indicators as victuals, sanitization, healthcare, and former authoritative factors of spread vaccine-preventable diseases sustain been greatly improved (McMahon-Pratt, 2005). Hear Your Mark. Yale University Civilize of Populace Wellness. Hoop, Mary. The Seattle Write-Up.

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Why Organizations Forget What They Learn from Failures

Harvard Business Review

BP had experienced a similar major accident only a few years earlier – the 2005 Texas City Refinery explosion, which claimed 15 lives and injured 170 people. After the 2005 explosion, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board pushed BP to focus more on safety.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004. Fostering innovation. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation. In 2005, they launched a U.S. billion in mining projects since 2010.

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The Dell Deal Explained: What a Successful Turnaround Looks Like

Harvard Business Review

How Dell went from dorm room startup in 1984, to the world''s largest PC maker in 2005, and then saw its stock plummet precipitously the next year, is the subject of a lengthy Harvard Business School case study by HBS professor Jan Rivkin. A Short History of Dell. By the mid 2000s, much of Dell''s competition had faded.

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China’s Growth: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

In 2005, the OECD estimated that annual TFP growth averaged 3.7% to 1% per year if not for joint ventures that allowed for transfers of knowledge and technology, as opposed to domestic innovation. growth in output per worker from 1979-2004 with TFP accounting for 3.6 There was also a slowdown in TFP after the mid 1990s.

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The Rise of UX Leadership

Harvard Business Review

For example, the now ubiquitous and much beloved Fiat 500 was first unveiled by Sergio Marchionne, no stranger to showmanship, at the Geneva Motorshow in 2004 following the buzz generated by the 2001 re-launch of the Mini-Cooper by BMW.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Make you more innovative. 2 (2005): 447–504. The sidebar “The Innovator’s Network Dilemma” presents convincing data that bears out this observation. The Innovator''s Network Dilemma A study by University of Chicago sociologist Ron Burt demon­strates the cost of inbred networks.

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