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Case Study: The Mission or the Bottom Line?

Harvard Business Review

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. One of their primary goals was to help regional customers avoid stock-outs of the company's most successful product: organic prewashed lettuce. But that's OK," Shawn said. "We

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The Big Picture of Business: The Realities of Networking

Strategy Driven

The longer they network, the better they get at niche marketing. Breakfast clubs carved their own niche… a balance of business, community and social networking. That makes it hard to market the concept as your creation. They staff committees and events, hoping to generate more leads. Social Networkers.