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Free Business Plans for Small Business Owners and Start-ups

Strategy Driven

Small Business Administration Business Plan Engine. It contains 10 broad sections, including market analysis, management and organization, etc., There’s a ton of other helpful resources as well, including guidelines for evaluating your potential sites, a list of key people to review your plan, and sample financial sheets.

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JP Morgan's Loss: Bigger than "Risk Management"

Harvard Business Review

The recent disclosure of a multi-billion dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase reminds us again of the challenge and complexity of risk management, the subject of our June 2012 HBR article, "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Each requires customized risk management processes. The compliance-oriented risk manager of a failed U.K.

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Shape Strategy With Simple Rules, Not Complex Frameworks

Harvard Business Review

Managers in these organizations translate corporate objectives into a few straightforward guidelines that help employees make on-the-spot decisions and adapt to constantly shifting environments, while keeping the big picture in mind. reuse existing resources. The simple rules aligned key decisions with corporate objectives.

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Rethinking Big Data to Give Consumers More Control

Harvard Business Review

To test commercial opportunities in this environment, a number of entrepreneurs are creating personal analytics tools to help citizens make better decisions about health providers, disease management, and even personal finances related to healthcare. Developing personalized choice engines.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

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. Guidelines for selecting an appropriate model. Model 3: Joint venture of similar assets.

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Making Room for Reflection Is a Strategic Imperative

Harvard Business Review

Theyve been finely engineered, instead, to do. Theyve been finely engineered, instead, to do. Posting Guidelines We hope the conversations that take place on HBR.org will be energetic, constructive, free-wheeling, and provocative. We ask that you adhere to the following guidelines. But thats the lowest order question.

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44 Content Marketing Agencies Defined by 65 Marketers

Miles Anthony Smith

It leads to a higher search engine visibility through stronger online authority (links and social shares). They somehow manage to engage with their audience consistently by constantly putting out articles, infographics, or anything of value, not just in content marketing but also in sales. Know your audience.

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