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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Of course, time is money, and in light of the long selling cycles, creative financing is often the name of the game: banks will sometimes step up to finance part of a firm contract with a large customer. When one customer is responsible for the lion’s share of your sales, it’s like golden handcuffs.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

’ It fostered a false sense of security for employees, paying higher salaries than the marketplace, thus keeping employees dependent upon the system via golden handcuffs. Are businesses really looking for creative ideas? Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Who are the customers? All rights reserved.