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Small Firms Shifting Horizons As A Result Of Brexit

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers suggest that the desire for small firms to move could be because they have a smaller order book that doesn’t allow them to hedge their risk in the way larger firms can. Sectors such as chemicals, food and drink, and textiles were among the most enthusiastic shifters.

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Great Companies Stay True to the Spirit of Their Founders

Harvard Business Review

To make everybody happy, to serve every need, to hedge every bet, many CEOs spread resources around democratically as their companies grow — and they lose the spikiness on the cost sheet that is the telltale sign not of profligacy but of focus. I want my supply chain team fighting to rationalize, to look for scale benefits.