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What Is the Business of Health Care?

Harvard Business Review

The Emergence of Health as the Business of Health Care. Kodak had built a successful enterprise producing cameras, film, and photographic paper and chemicals, but what people wanted was images, and so when a better way to get those images was found, its customers followed. What Business Are We In? bankruptcy court.

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New Research: Where the Talent Wars Are Hottest

Harvard Business Review

At the other end of the spectrum, we found the fewest companies plan to hire in the two industries most driven by uncertainty and regulation: financials and health care. If, in addition, companies are managing their underperformers out poorly, the costs rise even further. chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business Review

In contrast, 70% of respondents think their boards have effective processes for staying current on the company; 69% for compliance; 66% for financial planning; and 55% for risk management — although we should note that managing risks is a crucial consideration when pursuing innovation.

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Why Boards Aren’t Dealing with Cyberthreats

Harvard Business Review

pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & life sciences, health care equipment and services); Industrials (e.g., chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products). apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g.,

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Who's Really Responsible for P&G's Succession Problems?

Harvard Business Review

What kind of signal did this choice send to P&G''s top managers? Is the problem that P&G produces outstanding specialists in marketing but not general managers who can run the business? Using data from the 2012 survey, we also found that boards gave their companies'' very poor grades on talent management. Succession planning'

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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.

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Get Ready for the New Workforce

Harvard Business Review

While this graying of the Boomer generation certainly has implications for health care and social policy (and for me personally, as one of those eventual retirees), it may have even more significance for the nature of the workforce and the job of the manager. First, there will be a shortage of workers for key jobs.