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A Story on Importance of Processes: From Subroto Bagchi

QAspire

This book journals growth of MindTree from idea to IPO. Fuji Xerox won the legendary Deming Prize for Total Quality Management even before Xerox, the parent company, got the Malcolm Baldridge Award for quality in the US. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Don’t Kill It!

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The Dell Deal Explained: What a Successful Turnaround Looks Like

Harvard Business Review

Competitors like IBM and Compaq struggled with the politics of managing their various channel partners and lagged Dell in inventory management. In 2004, Michael Dell left the company, replaced by Kevin Rollins, a former Bain consultant who joined the company in 1996. This simple strategy proved wildly successful.

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Midsized Firms Can’t Afford Bad Bets

Harvard Business Review

Unlike a Fortune 500 company that can spend tens of millions of dollars on external consultants to help implement such a system, this company was stingy with its IT dollars. BlueArc’s devices were high-end, but its management believed it needed a mid-priced product to get it through the recession.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

In 2012, one of us — Gregor Gimmy, a California-based serial entrepreneur and former IDEO consultant — accepted a new role at BMW’s corporate R&D headquarters. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer.

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A History of the Job Listing and How It Just Died [Infographic]

Kevin Eikenberry

Careerbuilder was initially a service that helped companies launch job listings and then managed the inbound application volume. Subsequent investment and growth would lead to an IPO in 1999. Careerbuilder launched consulting services and bought properties in France and elsewhere. Careerbuilder hit the market in 1996.

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