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

Harvard Business Review

This “insourcing” of household chores hurt many of the small , service-oriented businesses that had previously handled these tasks. An example of a failure to compete for excellence is illustrated by how Nokia , in the midst of their success, failed to keep up with the competitive threats from Apple.

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Cutting Costs Without Cutting Corners: Lessons from Banner Health

Harvard Business Review

Among the approved recommendations were opportunities to save nearly $4 million in HR administrative cost by deploying more self-service technology supported by a shared services organization, nearly $8 million from insourcing second physician reviews of inpatient charts, and up to $3.5 Capitalize on success.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

Here’s a brief account of how GE quickly scaled up a sizable software start-up within a big, successful conglomerate. ” To hit the aggressive growth targets (750 by the end of 2013 and 1000 by November 2014) Waldo had to rewrite some GE rules. Getting Started.