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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

This programme which moved me through all major departments (Engineering, Finance, Supply, Vehicle Assembly, IS&T etc.) I started my career in purchasing; migrated to sales and marketing; moved to manufacturing, mining, and then general management in a business operating in 40 countries.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business Review

She distilled the notes about her many accomplishments into an overview of the 10 years in her current role: Keep University’s School of Design (eight graduate programs) running flawlessly for Director, other staff, faculty, and students — during routine operations and emergencies. Equally adept at managing people and operations.

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What to Know About Doing Business in Iran

Harvard Business Review

sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013. Iran presents an important opportunity for multinational companies that operate in emerging markets. However, remaining U.S. financial system for bank transactions related to Iran.

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How We Transformed Emergency Care at Our Hospital

Harvard Business Review

But eight months before completion, in August 2013, while presenting our expansion plan to the hospital’s board, we had an epiphany. Our eight-person senior leadership committee, led by the department chair (me) and a hospital senior VP, outlined three core functions: quality, operations, and process improvement (PI).

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60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed

Harvard Business Review

India, with its 462 million internet users , has a digital economy representing arguably the greatest market potential for global players ; however, it operates in multiple languages and multiple infrastructure challenges, despite the government having taken sweeping actions that affect the digital market. Demand conditions.

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How Israeli Startups Can Scale

Harvard Business Review

As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. billion in 2013. To answer these questions, we built a database of 112 Israeli companies founded between 1996 and 2013 that have met or exceeded $20 million in revenue. But is all of that changing?

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Don't Draw the Wrong Lessons from Better Place's Bust

Harvard Business Review

The failure last month of green-tech start-up Better Place, which promised to free drivers and nations from oil dependence and revolutionize transportation, has generated both attention and derision. Instead of buying batteries, consumers would buy subscriptions for miles (just as mobile-phone operators sell subscriptions to minutes).