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Small Firms Shifting Horizons As A Result Of Brexit

The Horizons Tracker

The data showed that the smallest exporters were shifting up to 46% of their export growth from the EU to other markets since the referendum in 2016, with slightly larger firms shifting around 19% of their exports. Sectors such as chemicals, food and drink, and textiles were among the most enthusiastic shifters. Tariff barriers.

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Why Boards Aren’t Dealing with Cyberthreats

Harvard Business Review

Indeed, the Guardian dubbed 2016 the “year of the hack,” and cyberthreats are increasingly common across all sectors. Over 5,000 board members of companies headquartered in more than 60 countries responded to the survey between October 2015 and June 2016. chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business Review

In contrast, 70% of respondents think their boards have effective processes for staying current on the company; 69% for compliance; 66% for financial planning; and 55% for risk management — although we should note that managing risks is a crucial consideration when pursuing innovation.

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The Time to Think About the 3D-Printed Future Is Now

Harvard Business Review

Since I prepared that article, new developments have only strengthened the case for a 3-D future – and heightened the urgency for management teams to adjust their strategies. Continuous light interface production , or CLIP, uses chemical reactions to better control the transformation of liquids into solids.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business Review

It is tough to beat the market and over long periods of time indexing has been shown to outperform most active managers. On the other side, fans of active management see it as a trend that can damage market efficiency and lead to distortions in market prices. Three types of investors satisfy both criteria.

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We Need to Ask How We Can Make Economic Growth More Inclusive

Harvard Business Review

That is, they do for creative problem-solving what catalysts do in chemical processes: they dissolve barriers and accelerate progress down more productive pathways. ” Scholarly publications like the Journal of Management Studies put out calls for new research that could inspire enterprise-level change.

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Growth Needs to Come from the Entire Company

Harvard Business Review

In everything it does, the company pays as much attention to its growth engine — its ability to manage innovation and launch consistently valuable products — as in any particular garment or device it sells. In April 2016, it filed for bankruptcy. With all this in place, Starbucks can move with assurance to expand.