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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business Review

In a traditional business, there is little connectivity or co-creation, so the enterprise value is equal to the “mass” of the company — its human resources, financial assets, intellectual property, and physical goods. Human capital. After all, we call the department human resources.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business Review

If you display skepticism toward the candidate or hesitate, the reference will likely clam up out of loyalty, she says. Show any skepticism or negativity toward the candidate—the reference will go silent out of loyalty. His first call was to Jane’s former direct supervisor, the COO of her previous company.

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

They also outperform their peers across the entire customer lifecycle, are nine times more likely to enjoy superior customer loyalty, and a remarkable 23 times more likely to outperform less analytical peers on new-customer acquisition. To affect changes in culture, some CMOs are partnering more closely with human resources.

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