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Get Your Budget Ready for the Upturn

Harvard Business Review

Position yourself in market segments that will grow. The recession eliminated some market segments and redefined others. This is the time to revisit the market spaces you occupy and position yourself to ride the uptick. Keep a laser sharp focus on gross margin. Increase your R&D spending.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more. Innovative, proudly geeky Norwegian software company, Trolltech , an open-source pioneer, landed a contract with the mobile division of Sharp, the Japan-based consumer electronics global powerhouse.