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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain. Our Freedom.

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. link] Scot Herrick Best practices excuse management of really understanding their business and strategy.

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Investors Today Prefer Companies with Fewer Physical Assets

Harvard Business Review

Amazon has only a handful of brick-and-mortar stores, Uber doesn’t manage a fleet of cars, and Ebay doesn’t manage a supply chain. Inventory depreciates and must be moved around. You’ll notice that the finance industry is included in this group as well. This is quite a shift.

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Navigating the Complexities of Doing Business in Russia

Harvard Business Review

and European elections, to management of the Syrian War, it’s clear that relations between the West and Russia have become increasingly hostile. At the same time, multinationals are feeling pressured by the state to demonstrate their commitment to the market by further localizing their supply chain, labor, brand, and production.

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Global Companies Need to Adopt Agile Pricing in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

One day in December 2014, Sergey, the Russia general manager for a multinational consumer goods company, was up early in the morning, watching the ruble’s value slide by the minute. Or should it be more, to compensate for the likelihood of further depreciation to come? There was no good solution. Federal Reserve.

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What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

Harvard Business Review

While consumer spending has proven resilient, with same-store retail sales rising 6% YOY in April , most multinational corporations are developing contingency plans to mitigate risks to their businesses and reassessing the country’s role in their global market portfolio and supply chains. Renegotiating NAFTA.