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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

He is poised to become the leader in this segment of a multi-billion dollar market. But entrepreneurial know-how and energy can work very effectively in the context of plugging-in as a supplier, as Steve Cronce and thousands of others are learning. The challenge is to cast off the handcuffs while keeping the gold.

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Huawei’s Culture Is the Key to Its Success

Harvard Business Review

Huawei’s revenue from overseas markets exceeded that from the Chinese market for the first time in 2005. For example, when Huawei expanded their 3G market in Europe, they noticed that European carriers expected base stations to be more compact, easier to install, greener, and more energy efficient, while offering wider coverage.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

Yet, when the company shifted from being an energy supplier to the hucksterish energy trader, the charitable activities were dispensed with. ’ It fostered a false sense of security for employees, paying higher salaries than the marketplace, thus keeping employees dependent upon the system via golden handcuffs.