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Secure leadership for an insecure economy

Chartered Management Institute

It didn’t take long for Jaroslav to track down the missing money, which had simply been put somewhere no one had thought to look. While some choose to take such insecure work because of the flexibility it offers, many others have no choice but to accept the terms. Roles are often offered and operated via apps.

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7 Ways to Improve Operations Without Sacrificing Worker Safety

Harvard Business Review

These kinds of statements speak to a leader’s choice of values, and a failure to understand the relationships between a safe work environment and operational performance. The reality is that virtually all workplace injuries are preventable, and safety management and operational excellence are intimately linked.

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What Economists Know That Managers Don’t (and Vice Versa)

Harvard Business Review

In this worldview, disasters only happen because the rules of the game in which the businesses operate must be flawed. In the aftermath of Dick Fuld’s refusal to agree with the terms proposed by the government to help bail it out, his net worth was estimated to have collapsed from close to $1 billion to about $100 million.

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What Economists Know That Managers Don’t (and Vice Versa)

Harvard Business Review

In this worldview, disasters only happen because the rules of the game in which the businesses operate must be flawed. In the aftermath of Dick Fuld’s refusal to agree with the terms proposed by the government to help bail it out, his net worth was estimated to have collapsed from close to $1 billion to about $100 million.

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What are the Best Working Capital Loan Options in 2019?

Strategy Driven

If you are operating a start-up, you may face problems with managing the cash flow of your business efficiently and may have to rely on working capital loans. Working capital loans are not utilized for long periods or the purchase of noncurrent assets due to their short repayment period.

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Use Big Data to Create Value for Customers, Not Just Target Them

Harvard Business Review

But in the rush to uncover and target the next transaction, many industries are quickly coming up against a disquieting reality: Winning the next transaction eventually yields only short term tactical advantage, and it overlooks one big and inevitable outcome. There is no sustainable competitive advantage in chasing the next buy.

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The Real Challenge to Turkey’s Economy Isn’t Terrorism

Harvard Business Review

Turkey can’t rely on the current price stability buffer long-term, but it is helping now. This still renders Turkey as a good base of operations for many international businesses that are invested in the Middle East, Balkans, and the Caucasus – inherently high-risk areas. It covers roughly 70% of Turkey’s GDP.

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