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Stress Test Your Company’s Competitive Edge with These 4 Questions

Harvard Business Review

At that time, many consumers adopted a new level of frugality , such that they took on previously outsourced tasks and became more self-reliant. This “insourcing” of household chores hurt many of the small , service-oriented businesses that had previously handled these tasks. Competition for excellence.

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