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What We Learned About Bureaucracy from 7,000 HBR Readers

Harvard Business Review

Interestingly, individuals working in customer service, sales, production, logistics and R&D were more likely to feel that bureaucracy was growing than those working in functions like HR, finance, planning, purchasing, and administration. budgeting, goal-setting, performance reviews) to be “very helpful.”

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Battling Entitlement, the Innovation-Killer

Harvard Business Review

We had budgeted $90,000 for a particular expenditure. As can becoming a benevolent dictator to my staff, deciding that seeking consensus is no longer required. He enjoys the privileges of the developed world, but has the drive I have seen time and again in the developing markets.

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5 Ways U.S. Hospitals Can Respond to Medicare’s Mounting Costs

Harvard Business Review

Intense pressure from the $719 billion Medicare program on the finances of U.S. hospitals from treating Medicare patients escalated sharply in 2012, when Congress included Medicare in its budget sequester, and they have remained high since. Use data analytics to develop a pathway to higher profitability. The losses of U.S.

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Jack Welch’s Approach to Breaking Down Silos Still Works

Harvard Business Review

I learned this from working with senior executives at one of the world’s largest high-tech engineering companies recently, who were concerned that many of their big customer programs were over budget and behind schedule. This was delaying product production. They agreed to put limits on how much could be changed.

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Why Sit on All that Cash? Firms Uncertain on Cost of Capital

Harvard Business Review

This is the key finding of the Current Trends in Estimating and Applying the Cost of Capital research released this week by the Association for Financial Professionals, a trade group of 16,000 corporate treasury and finance practitioners. Download this pdf for an executive summary, or login here for the full report.)

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44 Content Marketing Agencies Defined by 65 Marketers

Miles Anthony Smith

” The bottom line is that most people don’t want to be “sold” by an ad anymore; they want to develop a relationship where a business earns their purchase by offering invaluable content. The answer to that depends on your goals, budget, etc., and the best agencies know how to tailor their solution to your needs.

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