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Does Your Startup Have a Spending Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

You have to consider salaries, marketing budget, office size, technology services, and on and on. Think about whether you are providing what they need in terms of technology, benefits, and a comfortable environment. What is your business’ core competence? What is the impact of your expenses on potential clients?

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. It’s not just products.