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9 Things Your Business Needs for Protection

Strategy Driven

Multiple Insurance Policies. Apart from their well-known skills when it comes to taxes (which you need as a business), experienced accountants and financial planners will advise you on all aspects of your company’s finances. Multiple Insurance Policies. Accounting Strategists. Cyber Security. On-Site Medical Aid.

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Building Your Brand “Buddy the Elf” Style – Part 1 :: Women on.

Women on Business

For others, adults, Buddy was a “chemically imbalanced” adult man who thinks and dresses like an elf running around through the streets of New York City. Buddy is a human raised by elves, therefore, does he fall into the “human” or “elf” category? For some, say children (most likely his primary target audience), Buddy is an elf.

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Case Study: Culture Clash in the Boardroom

Harvard Business Review

The two went way back: Both had been with their German parent company, Almond Chemical, since 1999, when it first established operations in China. Since then Almond China had set up two joint ventures with local partners — the only way foreigners could do chemical business in the country. 2 Chemical Company, were very active.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

The article shows how the Dutch firm AkzoNobel is growing in China, particularly through products that help customers reduce environmental footprint in the shipping and building sectors. China Hi-Tech Fair ready to highlight emerging industries ," which describes Chinas largest tech show going on this week in Shanghai. All rights reserved.

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What Businesses Need to Know About Sustainable Development Goals

Harvard Business Review

For most governments, financing the global goals campaigns will be a stretch; governments have already reneged in the past on commitments for similar targets. Some are external, such as weak infrastructure in emerging markets, lack of capacity among target customers and suppliers, and regulatory and policy complexities.

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Overcome Your Biases and Build a Great Team

Harvard Business Review

The leading executive recruitment firm Egon Zender, as part of talent evaluation at the time of Dow Chemical’s merger with Rohm and Haas in the Spring of 2009, described us as the “best CEO university” they had ever seen. Mere words and policies are not sufficient. But Rohm and Haas wasn’t always like that.

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Why This Health System Offers Refunds to Dissatisfied Patients

Harvard Business Review

At the center of our program lies a “no questions asked” refund policy for patients’ financial responsibility. Our team went to a department store that night to buy 70 cotton pillows, and changed the policy so that every patient admitted would receive a new, soft pillow. Increasing Quality.

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