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Women, Invest in Yourselves

Women on Business

Guest Post By Mary Kinney, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Ginnie Mae, a cornerstone of the U.S. percent of board seats as of mid-year 2012. Shortly thereafter, I found myself part of what I like to call Fannie Mae’s “graduating class of 2009.” About the Author: Mary K.

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50 Ways to Leave your Lover: Keep Failing Til the Last Thing You Try Is Successful

Mills Scofield

In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world. Back in the fall of 2009, Cindy, one of our customer service representatives, received a phone call that nearly made her fall off her chair. The Change: Was It Innovation, Serendipity or Providence?

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Why CSR's Future Matters to Your Company

Harvard Business Review

In 2012 the rise in consumer activism and mobility, the Occupy movement, 24-hour accountability (thanks to social media), and global resource depletion will force every enterprise, large and small, to make CSR a focal point. in operating income, while companies with lower levels declined 32.7% (Towers Watson). Marketing experts agree.

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Insourcing at GE: The Real Story

Harvard Business Review

Then at the end of 2007 the housing market crashed. In the summer of 2009 management decided to bring production of a water heater back to the U.S. Employees were anxious: the business had been up for sale in 2008 and 2009, and there had been little to no investment in plants or training. from an Asian contractor.

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Making Hospital Partnerships Work

Harvard Business Review

We attracted many new doctors when we opened a replacement hospital in 2012, ultimately doubling the size of our medical staff. At first, we worked with RIC as a consultant but then became its partner in 2009. Five main factors make our clinical partnerships work: Joint operating committees that meet regularly.

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Scaling Is Hard. Here's How Akamai Did It.

Harvard Business Review

But once the company has honed in on a strong value proposition and found initial product-market fit, what is the best approach to scaling it? With over $1 billion in revenue, 2000 employees and a market capitalization of over $6 billion, Akamai has become a role model for scalable start-ups. After all, scaling is hard. Really hard.

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Getting Back to Growth

Harvard Business Review

This preserved one of the indicators that have consistently pointed north since the economy emerged from recession in 2009. Many chase market share they'll never get. A lot of companies throw money at the problem — more R&D, more marketing, more sales people. Nor can they rely on macroeconomic growth. 4: Make growth fun.

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