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Navigating the COO Search: A Comprehensive Guide

N2Growth Blog

Moreover, COOs are the gatekeepers of risk management, ensuring that all operations adhere to legal and regulatory standards. In addition to these core competencies, a successful COO also excels in: Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of the sector and trends.

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Strategic planning must change with the times

N2Growth Blog

Whether they’re developed in-house or brought in by outside strategy firms, many strategy methodologies are of little value if they don’t keep up with the times. Clearly, it’s time to reconsider how your organization goes about developing and executing strategy at all levels. Time to Results: As the saying goes, speed kills.

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The Public/Private Cooperation We Need on Cyber Security

Harvard Business Review

Just as government and industry coordinated the telecommunications response after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the order enlists both public and private entities in assuring that critical infrastructure is continuously monitored and protected from attack. media companies. There are two primary areas of concern.

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The Bash Bug Is a Wake-Up Call

Harvard Business Review

The vast majority of the world’s internet and software infrastructure relies on solutions developed in open-source software communities. Over the past two decades these communities of developers, composed of volunteers and firm-sponsored employees, have proved themselves brilliant at creating code.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. Two companies transfer selected similar assets into a joint venture in order to support the orderly management of capacity in their industry and reduce the risk of prices spiraling downward. Risks of missing the boat.

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Using Games to Get a Handle on Bank Risk

Harvard Business Review

Risk management processes don't — but they should. A better understanding of the drivers of behavior is needed for both banks and consumers to understand risk, and for the financial system to provide timely and targeted interventions. Here, the protocols from other industries can provide some insight.

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Purchasing Managers Have a Lead Role to Play in Cyber Defense

Harvard Business Review

Our research suggests that many procurement professionals do not consider vendors’ cybersecurity capabilities to be an important factor in selecting or developing top-tier suppliers. Any supplier hoping to conduct business with the industry leaders would have to comply with them.