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Start-ups, Franchises, Venture Capitalists Oh My!

Women on Business

AllBusiness AllStar Franchise released winners for the fourth annual “best of the best” franchises of 2012. If you’re looking into Franchises click here to read the full list of the top 100 franchises for 2012. Top 100 Franchises. Here is a partial list of some of the top franchises. Domino’s Pizza. Great Clips. Dunkin’ Donuts.

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Cutting Costs/Curtailing Services Can Produce Crappy Customer Service

Chart Your Course

If businesses take the time to invest in their employees and allow them to build relationships with their customers, they will see the rewards in greater profitability, customer loyalty and employee engagement. Meanwhile, 69 percent of businesses surveyed said their business had been negatively impacted from a bad hire.

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Wal-Mart Leadership Sweeps $24 Million of Bribes Under the Rug

Coaching Tip

In The New York Times of April 22, 2012, a former executive described how Wal-Mart de Mexico had orchestrated a campaign of bribery to win market dominance. Source: The New York Times, April 22, 2012. Today, Wal-Mart de Mexico ("Walmex") is one of Wal-Mart's most profitable units. . Munich wrote in an e-mail to top Wal-Mart executives.

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Innovating Higher-Education

Mills Scofield

He finished his undergraduate education in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Brown University in 2012. For entrepreneurs like Rajan , who solicited the help of students to significantly alter the course of his biotech startup’s business development, accessing insights from a diverse body of learners was game-changing.

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Glamorous Celebrity Deaths and Minimal Taxes in 2010 :: Women on.

Women on Business

However, since the new tax changes are only in effect from January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2012, we may face another estate tax controversy down the road. So at least in the short term, we have a solution to the estate tax dilemma.

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The Big Picture of Business – Developing The Talent for Business to Succeed

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Body of Knowledge.

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Should You Move for a Job?

Harvard Business Review

And 32 percent of employers reported they would be willing to pay to relocate new employees in 2012. Workers in engineering, IT, business development, sales, finance, marketing, and legal services are most likely to receive compensation for moving. Who are the people who should consider the option to relocate?