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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?.

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How Serious Is Japan’s Labor Shortage?

HR Digest

The country’s aging population, coupled with a decline in the working-age population, has created a massive imbalance in the job market. For example, Sumitomo Chemical, a prominent Japanese company, has gradually raised its retirement age from 60 to 65 with full pay.

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The Best of November 2013

Harvard Business Review

Who ever thought you could sell fresh eggs online for more than they cost in the local market? capital markets between 1985 and 2007. That’s what the author found when he and colleagues at Olin Business School examined all 7,630 companies publicly traded in U.S. billion.'

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How Advanced Analytics Is Changing B2B Selling

Harvard Business Review

From targeted online advertising to more precise recommendation engines, consumer markets are bursting with innovation around machine learning and advanced analytics. Data-Driven Marketing. The service offers the possibility of enhancing an engineer’s marketability and growth and development. Marcus Winther/Getty Images.

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Why America Is Losing Its Entrepreneurial Edge

Harvard Business Review

financial services sector went from 13,000 of independent banks to half that number, while the top ten banks grew from 20% market share to 60%. As of 2013, the top ten banks had 70% of the market. In chemicals, energy, technology, beer and more, you can see a multi-decade trend toward the consolidation of behemoths.

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Four Reasons to Believe in a Second American Century

Harvard Business Review

I’ve been watching the global economy for decades, and it seems to me that growth in the United States is about to speed up, while growth in the emerging markets is slowing down. This makes the United States, for many chemical companies, the preferred place to manufacture. Dow Chemical is expanding its investment in the U.S.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

Today, the term increasingly serves as a corporate bogeyman that warns executives of the need to stand up and respond when disruptive developments encroach on their market. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013.