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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

’ It fostered a false sense of security for employees, paying higher salaries than the marketplace, thus keeping employees dependent upon the system via golden handcuffs. Egos and working mannerisms did not produce the most productive workforce. I advised several technology companies during their gravy years.