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Centralized Decision Making Helps Kill Bad Products

Harvard Business Review

Inside, elaborate security procedures, long working hours, and deference to senior managers are all in plain view. Engineers and managers toil for months, often years, to conceive, develop, and launch new products. In such cases, managers often hang on in the hope of an eventual uptake. Killing products isn’t easy.

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How Blockchain Will Accelerate Business Performance and Power the Smart Economy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business Review

And finally, the blockchain spreadsheet has a mechanism—referred to as a consensus algorithm—that determines what is placed in the spreadsheet by mutual agreement among its users. A blockchain-powered solution would capture information about the product from participants across the supply chain and from different perspectives.

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It’s Never Been More Important for Big Companies to Listen to Local Communities

Harvard Business Review

From our own experiences in researching numerous companies and managing corporate social investments in several countries, we argue it is time companies recognize the importance of managing the social risks of big capital projects as effectively as they manage their operational risks.