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Rethinking Your Supply Chain in an Era of Protectionism

Harvard Business Review

In 2004, the cost of manufacturing on the east coast of China was approximately 15 percentage points cheaper, on average, than in the United States. Such a policy alone could have a major impact on companies operating in the United States. Its medium-term goal — if its first U.S. Take the idea of a U.S. Census Bureau data.

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How Jamie Dimon Became a Risk Factor

Harvard Business Review

It''s a lawyerly, exhaustive, exhausting rundown of all the things that could possibly weigh on the earnings of a giant global bank, from regulatory changes to loans going bad to a liquidity crisis to the possibility that "one or more of its employees causes a significant operational breakdown or failure."

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Why Organizations Forget What They Learn from Failures

Harvard Business Review

For example, it increased both the number and status of safety personnel, and it strengthened safety operating procedures. After the 2005 explosion, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board pushed BP to focus more on safety. But learning waned as avoiding launch delays became increasingly important.