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Connect Inventors with the Right Problems

Harvard Business Review

Some firms hired expert industry consultants to help them find ideas outside their firms, but these individuals, too, had (and still have) limited knowledge, and in some cases conflicts of interest. But these challenges become a lot more manageable when the economic pie is growing rapidly.

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The Most Overlooked Part of Your Data Security

Harvard Business Review

Organizations constantly replace outdated computers, servers, laptops, copiers, and countless other types of electronic devices to keep up with technology and enhance worker productivity. This rush to upgrade, however, creates a challenge: large numbers of excess electronics must be managed and disposed of properly.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

In my opinion, deregulation, as a whole, has worked negatively upon business and society (banking, airlines, trucking, and broadcasting), and the SEC is no exception. It was very ‘old school’ (a management style that was 40 years obsolete), though it pretended to be ‘new school.’ Congressional Hearings.