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Key Strategies for Aspiring Entrepreneurs Considering Franchise Ownership

Strategy Driven

Franchise operations are as much about embracing the established guidelines as they are about innovating within the allowed framework to realize the rewards of entrepreneurship. Technology Integration in Franchises The infusion of technology into franchise operations is an accelerating trend redefining industry standards.

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Why Tech Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries Struggle to Raise Funds

Harvard Business Review

But there was one problem: my business plan had no exit strategy. They all asked exit strategy questions and my answer, naively, was that we would grow revenue and share profits! is dynamic, and investors know that there are companies interested in buying innovative tech startups. It's something that U.S.

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Making Hospital Partnerships Work

Harvard Business Review

The assumption is that a merger will make it easier to achieve economies of scale, develop a large but narrow network of preferably healthy patients, establish data registries, and integrate expensive technology. For more about innovation in health care delivery, see NEJM Catalyst , a new resource from NEJM Group.