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The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

It is important to identify swings and trends so that innovation can remain a strength of your business. Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Finance charges are negotiated. Human Resources program is active, professional and responsive to the organization.

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Small and Young Businesses Are Especially Vulnerable to Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

These threats change the risk management calculus of firms hoping to succeed in a more turbulent world. First, small businesses tend to be more productive than larger ones and may be especially unlikely to invest in risk management that diverts resources from production. Make risk a strategic priority.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business Review

It may do to physical goods what cloud computing is now doing to digital services; what the PC, internet, and smart mobility have done to personal computing; and what outsourcing did to software development and business processing — take mass distribution and innovation to the next level while realigning the very geography of work and trade.

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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

But CEOs serious about confronting autonomy opportunity and risk should consider four proven organizational options. The bad news: Petabytes of new data and algorithmic innovation assure that “autonomy creep” will relentlessly challenge human oversight from within. The Autonomous/Autonomy Advisor.