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The “Business in Society” Imperative for CEOs

Harvard Business Review

On the one hand, protectionism, populism, and wide-spread distrust of business’s role in politics is threatening international corporations (think Carrier, Boeing, and tariffs/taxes for off-shoring and outsourcing). Similarly, whether the Brexit vote last June will help or hurt businesses in the UK and EU is still uncertain.

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The Big Picture of Business – Planning and Budgeting in Downsized Times

Strategy Driven

Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Learn more about Hank Moore and The Business Tree™ by visiting his website, www.HankMoore.com. He has advised two U.S.

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In Defense of Responsible Offshoring and Outsourcing

Harvard Business Review

employees can be 25 percent or greater of total workforce; its supply chain of third parties is vital. In the State of the Union , President Obama declaimed: "No, we will not go back to an economy weakened by outsourcing." A company's foreign sales can approach or exceed 50 percent; its non-U.S. Use of Revenues and Margins.