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Tesla Cuts Pay and Furloughs Employees after Closing Factories

HR Digest

Tesla has decided to halt operations in all its U.S. billion capital raise. This included working capital for all regions and for the expansion of the Shanghai factory. “We Employees that have not been assigned any task for are not working from home have been furloughed off till May 4. billion before its recent $2.3

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Best Buy Can't Match Amazon's Prices, and Shouldn't Try

Harvard Business Review

So, naturally, watching their profit margin drop precipitously as customers flock to these other retail centers, Best Buy is trying to figure out a way to compete. Based on the theory of disruption alone, it's hard to say what the retail giant should do. It's just not a good decade to be Best Buy.

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business Review

It includes changes in how an organization interacts with its customers, citizens, or patients; in operational processes; in business models; in supply chain relationships; and in how employees use information to generate insight. Operations in a Connected World. Consider an IT investment that one European retailer was pondering.

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

He started very well, but as soon as his cash flow improved, financial burdens from family systems stifled his operations. As more people depended on him, he spent his working capital, and the business failed. Most African artisans do not bank because of the fees associated with operating current accounts.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Congestion Crisis?

Harvard Business Review

The Future of Operations. For instance, a 25% reduction in the time needed to deliver a product or service can double the productivity of labor and of working capital. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Highways can’t keep up with demand.

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Britain's Banking Reforms Are So Old Economy

Harvard Business Review

retail banking competitor; and. retail banking competitor; and. It's not hard to see why: Ring-fencing retail banking and prioritizing depositors can easily be presented as protecting innocent voters from the wiles of unscrupulous bankers. Consider retail banking. banking system this morning.