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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 4 of 4

Strategy Driven

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. Unfortunately, the follow-through never transpired after the media coverage died down. Business development. My client (a different chemical company) later had a similar explosion. The process of strategy development is not esoteric. by Hank Moore.

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Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

They’d bonded over their Miami roots and their desire to make a difference in the world, and soon they began developing Helena’s idea into a fully fledged organization. He’d found a receptive chemical-company owner who was providing lab space and even some financial support. Miami certainly qualified.

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What Great Social Media Campaigns Get Right

Harvard Business Review

While its social media KPI’s soared, its business suffered. After a successful career as a corporate consultant, he became the Director of Economic Development for Rhode Island, a cabinet level position, where he saw the opportunity to put his ideas into action and create innovation at scale. Harley Davidson has its group rides.

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A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

We have developed a framework to help boards make decisions concerning corporate political spending — decisions that are informed; consistent with company strategies, policies, and values; and that mitigate risks as much as possible. Too typical, however, is the situation described by a senior executive at a chemical company.