HR Digest

MARCH 6, 2020

Cutting costs is the oft-repeated phrase that companies are using to meet the downturn in the economy and the declining revenues and sales. For most, cost-cutting translates to job cuts in the organization. But there are other ways to tighten the belt and do operational budgeting. Retain Talent. Outsourcing and Freelance.

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Cost Outsourcing Cost-Benefit Analysis Efficiency 96

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Gut instincts can only take you so far in life, and anyone who operates outside of a sound decisioning framework will eventually fall prey to an act of oversight, misinformation, misunderstanding, manipulation, impulsivity or some other negative influencing factor. They make bad decisions. What would your family think of your decision?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

This is part of the HBR Insight Center Marketing That Works. While the outcome of a cost-benefit analysis on offering lower cash (vs. credit) prices varies by company, there are two distinct cases when doing so may be particularly attractive: Low Dollar Purchases/Small Operation/Discount-related Brand.

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Price Discount Cost-Benefit Analysis Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Its primary social metric is the number of lives reached in base-of-pyramid markets. With a mission to fight poverty in New York City, the foundation puts each of its 200-plus grants through a cost-benefit analysis every year. The MCC's approach is even more complex as it operates on a 20-year time horizon.

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Long-term Due Diligence Metrics Cost-Benefit Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Conducting an accurate cost-benefit analysis requires a holistic approach, one that incorporates costs and job placement and also accounts for how participants are doing after they leave the program. We need to adopt something similar to a “total cost of ownership” (TCO) analysis.

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Metrics TCO Training Cost-Benefit Analysis 11

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Assess : Put the idea through a risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis. Disruptive innovation is rarely raw genius that bubbles-up, but rather the culmination of several things: a sound idea, vetted through great process, refined by innovative application and brought to market by outstanding leadership. Thanks David.

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