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What’s Missing from Annual Reports

Harvard Business Review

Take the example of Harvey Norman , an Australia-based household-goods retailer that operates under various brands and has stores in several countries. Its revenue comes from franchises ($AU4.77 The company’s 2013 annual report contained the usual statements on income, changes in equity, and cash flows — standard stuff.

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McDonald’s Already Knows How to Manage Its Franchisee Labor Practices

Harvard Business Review

The National Labor Relations Board ruling on Tuesday that McDonald’s could be held responsible for labor conditions in its franchisees’ operations has business groups and lawyers crying foul. McDonald’s says it will appeal, contesting the determination that it exercises “significant control” over the practices of its franchisees.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

The second was at what was the fourth KFC franchise to open in the United States. It occupied one counter at 2-J’s Hamburgers, an established Austin restaurant, owned and operated by Ralph Moreland. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The KFC empire grew, and a burgeoning fast food industry engulfed it.

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How to Understand the EU-U.S. Digital Divide

Harvard Business Review

Since 1996, and even during the most recent recession, private network operators in the U.S. In sharp contrast, European network operators who are unable to recover their investments continue to fall farther behind. network operators invested $600 per household compared to $389 in the EU. The result is that the U.S.

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The U.S. Media’s Problems Are Much Bigger than Fake News and Filter Bubbles

Harvard Business Review

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. An advertising-based model.

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