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Joining The Best Firms Pays Off, If You Are Highly Talented

The Horizons Tracker

The team found that when they compared 16 years of data on firms, workers, and international trade in Portugal, there was a clear distinction between firms that were operating internationally and those operating domestically.

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Your company might ask you to delete TikTok from phone

HR Digest

“In the follow-up to recent events, we’ve decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong’, a TikTok spokesperson stated. . TikTok was first launched for the Chinese market and later launched in iOS and Android in the year 2017 for markets outside China.

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Transparency Is Key To Removing The Gender Pay Gap

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, the authors highlight that around half of full-time employees said they were either formally prohibited or informally discouraged from discussing their salary with peers when asked during 2017 and 2018.

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When You’re Tied Up In Supply Chains, You Need A Strategy

Strategy Driven

If you’ve ever watched a large commercial logistics operation at work, you’ll have noticed something: everything is standardized. The annual demand for tactile robots is doubling, and by 2020, the market for robots will be nearly 10 times what it was in 2010. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 7 Years

Harvard Business Review

By 2017 it was operating in over 190 countries, and today close to 73 million of its some 130 million subscribers are outside the U.S. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. It has been developing relationships with device makers, mobile and TV operators, and internet service providers as well.

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One Reason Mergers Fail: The Two Cultures Aren’t Compatible

Harvard Business Review

Amazon’s 2017 acquisition of Whole Foods was met with a lot of fanfare. Employees operate within a hierarchy and are well aware of the guidelines that dictate their behavior. The unique blend of idealism, high profit margins, and rapid growth that came with operating the first certified organic national supermarket in the U.S.

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How One Nonprofit Is Expanding Health Care for the Uninsured

Harvard Business Review

a cataract operation can cost $200 or less, compared with $3,500 in the U.S. In a 2010 review of its purchasing strategy, Ascension concluded that it didn’t really have an effective purchasing strategy at all. Most of its hospitals were still buying from their own legacy suppliers, with whom they had little leverage.