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Small Firms Shifting Horizons As A Result Of Brexit

The Horizons Tracker

Sectors such as chemicals, food and drink, and textiles were among the most enthusiastic shifters. 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.

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How to Maintain Quality While Expanding Your Lawn Care Business

Strategy Driven

After all, with so many happy customers under your belt, there’s no reason to deprive potential new clients of your skillfully manicured lawns and pristinely trimmed hedges. While not necessarily standard in all lawn care software, some of the more advanced iterations will even allow you to track chemical usage.

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How to Overcome the Midday Slump

Harvard Business Review

Ray Dalio, head of the $165 billion Bridgewater Associates hedge fund, says it makes him feel like “a ninja in a fight.” “All it’s doing is masking the effects of your low energy,” by blocking a chemical that tells your body you are tired. ” Meditate at your desk. Steve Jobs swore by it. Meditation.

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Case Study: The Ex-CEO Contemplates a Coup

Harvard Business Review

As the economy improved, the company expanded into machinery and chemicals imports. He makes his own decisions," I hedged. But the provisions worked: The prospect of being on a board and seeing him give up the CEO position was irresistible to my uncles, and they agreed to the whole package! Dramatic growth followed. Mr. Tueni spoke.

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The Coherent Conglomerate

Harvard Business Review

Conglomerates are defended for their synergies, and for the benefits of diversity as a hedge against failure in one sector (though this argument is often oversold by management, since shareholders can diversify and thus hedge risk for themselves). But conglomerates are inherently more vulnerable than other companies.

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To Become More Adaptable, Take a Lesson from Biology

Harvard Business Review

Adaptable systems make multiple copies of everything and modify the copies to hedge against uncertainty. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flu reports (which can give you the same results, two weeks later). Redundancy. Redundancy is not efficient, but it does help you solve a wide range of unexpected problems.