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An Alternative to Health Care M&A

Harvard Business Review

A high-quality clinical affiliation where providers share best practices and easily consult with each other about patients even if they are independent. In 2011 Mayo elected to follow this course. The remainder — the vast majority — have been able to receive high-quality, cost-effective care close to home.

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Community Financing Breathes Life into a New U.S. Manufacturing Firm

Harvard Business Review

Seed-stage financing for technology start-ups fell from 16% of total annual private equity investment in 1995 to just 1% in 2002 and recovered to only 4% in 2011, according to data compiled by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. Where did all that money go? based labor. manufacturing jobs. The answer is yes.

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How to Transform a Traditional Giant into a Digital One

Harvard Business Review

In 2011 GE, the company famous for exporting great leaders, imported one when it recruited Bill Ruh from Cisco to lead GE’s push into software and analytics. This should be the dominant theme of discussions at the highest organizational levels in place of things like product quality and sales. billion stake.