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Entrepreneurship: A Working Definition

Harvard Business Review

With most high-potential ventures, however, founders must mobilize more resources than they control personally: the venture eventually will require production facilities, distribution channels, working capital, and so forth.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Congestion Crisis?

Harvard Business Review

For instance, a 25% reduction in the time needed to deliver a product or service can double the productivity of labor and of working capital. One tactical approach is to make more use of air freight. In the end, the above four are just tactics. Speeding up value delivery can result in remarkable performance improvements.