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Corporate Writing Doesn’t Have to Sound Like It’s Written by Committee

Harvard Business Review

A marketing manager’s job, for example, might be to ensure strategic fit, while a compliance offer needs to flag regulatory violations. Make sure everyone knows their roles.

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

EB operates Ilum as a separate business, while still drawing on Merck’s established corporate resources in IT, finance, privacy, compliance, and legal. EB plays the role of a venture capitalist or private-equity board with responsibility to sell, spin-out, or wind-down initiatives that, in practice, are found to be a poor strategic fit.