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Your Whole Company Needs to Be Distinctive, Not Just Your Product

Harvard Business Review

But we are also regularly reminded of the lack of true differentiation in most mainstream global companies — and of the opportunities they are thus squandering. The heart of differentiation therefore is your company’s ability to develop and promote distinctive products, services, and branded experiences on a consistent basis.

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Why the U.S. Needs More Worker-Owned Companies

Harvard Business Review

And companion bills developed to enable the U.S. Last year 400 members of IAM Maine Lobstering Union bought the wholesale operation of Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound and turned it into a worker-owned cooperative called Lobster 207. Already, U.S.

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