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20 Reasons Why Companies Should Do Less Better

In the CEO Afterlife

The seemingly more attractive (and logical) option is to do more and more – the theory being the more markets, products, and businesses a company engages in, the better the results. Today, 40% of Nike’s revenue comes from apparel and sporting goods. Yet, do less better isn’t something most leaders embrace. This is not true.

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5 Convincing Benefits of Sustainable Business Practices

Strategy Driven

In today’s ever-changing and dynamic world, businesses no longer have the option of taking sustainability practices lightly if they seek to survive in the market. Sustainable business practices pave the way for a company’s longevity and survival in the market. So, what exactly is sustainability when it comes to a business?

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Can Lean Manufacturing Put an End to Sweatshops?

Harvard Business Review

However, until recently there was little evidence on this question in the countries that dominate global markets in low-cost manufacturing. To examine this possibility, I conducted research on recent developments in Nike Inc’s apparel supply chain with Jens Hainmueller of Stanford University and Richard M. Insight Center.

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What Connects Coca-Cola, Lego, In-N-Out, Intuit, and Nike? Focus.

In the CEO Afterlife

This can mean expanding product lines, entering new markets and geographies, line extending brands, acquiring new businesses, creating projects, and adding layers of management to manage the self-created complexity. Intuit is successful because they bring their ‘do less better’ cultural ethic to their customers.

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It’s OK to Move Down (Yes, Down) the Value Chain

Harvard Business Review

defend against “attack from beneath” and maintain your reputation for ethical operations. Fashion apparel is an excellent example. Often, they are the very firms that have honed their capabilities by operating in low-end markets or by performing outsourced work. Ethical supply chains. Because it can.

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We Studied 38 Incidents of CEO Bad Behavior and Measured Their Consequences

Harvard Business Review

For example, news stories today continue to reference former American Apparel CEO Dov Charney’s odd behavior of walking around the company’s offices in his underwear, even though it was first reported over 10 years ago. Among the companies in our sample, share prices declined by a market-adjusted 3.1% (1.1%

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In Defense of Responsible Offshoring and Outsourcing

Harvard Business Review

especially in fast-growing foreign markets. for certain domestic markets due to rising costs abroad and labor productivity at home.) These have always been "must do's" in the long debate about labor markets in globalization, but clarity on these issues is especially necessary this year. Use of Revenues and Margins. Quality.