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HP Headed to Hotel California?

Women on Business

HP Has Decreasing Product Quality. HP used to be synonymous with great products, but lately quality is not the immediate adjective you would jump to when you describe HP Products. Deciding that personal computing is not a lucrative market is like spitting on small businesses. that focuses on customers and innovation.

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How to Attract Skilled Workers with Your Company Culture

Chart Your Course

Almost at a gut level, we know that a great work culture leads to increased company efficiency, productivity and employee satisfaction, though proving it is a little tricky. As a strategic asset, it will create market shares for the company. Other organizations with powerful brand cultures include Zappos and Ritz-Carlton hotels.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Chip Conley, the founder of Joie de Vivre hotel chain has and shares how creating an "employee pyramid" helped him to save his company from failing during the challenging and uncertain times following 9/11.  Why?  Why?

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A New Way for Entrepreneurs to Think About IT

Harvard Business Review

A second set of entrepreneurs focus on information goods and think of IT as the product. But today there is a third approach, one that will become the dominant path for most entrepreneurs, especially those building information products. It has several key benefits: Speeds time-to-market. Take a company like Airbnb.

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Case Study: Challenge the Boss or Stand Down?

Harvard Business Review

Thomas Green winced as he reread an e-mail message from his new boss, Frank Davis, marketing director for the travel and hospitality group at D7 Displays. Tom, this week's client meetings went well, but they would have gone better if you had been on top of the market data. When you're on your own, I expect you to be better prepared.

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How Employers Can Help Solve the Skills Gap

Harvard Business Review

The mismatch between the skills that companies need and the capabilities of people applying for job openings can result in delays in product releases, lower customer satisfaction, and loss of revenue. There's a lot at stake here. For instance, at one U.S.

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GE’s Culture Challenge After Welch and Immelt

Harvard Business Review

It’s an established fact that the life cycles of companies and many products have been shrinking. In our opinion, culture is contextual, and what would have been appropriate in the 19 th century, when the company was a one-product, one-country organization, is very inappropriate in today’s far more globalized environment. (GE

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