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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

It has also abandoned other initiatives, and that’s equally important in managing innovation in a corporate context. 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.

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You Can’t Engage Employees by Copying How Other Companies Do It

Harvard Business Review

Employee trust in management and commitment to the company have been in decline for decades. Only a minority of companies have managed to buck this decline and have built companies worthy of the human spirit. It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. How do they do it? Sponsored by Citrix GoToMeeting.

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What Is a Recruitment SWOT Analysis?

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Individuals and businesses can use a SWOT analysis to aid in planning and goal setting. Clearly identify your recruitment goals, including unofficial goals that the hiring team may not have expressed yet. Your aim is to develop a “strategic fit.” Internal factors should complement external factors.

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Deciding to Fix or Kill a Problem Product

Harvard Business Review

Situation Three: It Does Not Have Good Strategic Fit. In the meantime, the competition is managing their own innovation and coming up with similar or better improvements to their own products. While it’s imperative to keep in mind the fundamental needs of the consumer, the needs of the company are important, too.