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Myths of the Gig Economy, Corrected

Harvard Business Review

Quinn Mills, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, in an interview. A gig-based businesses can’t transmit “a culture” in a traditional sense. “You have individuals doing things you have no supervision of, other than the work itself,” said D.

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Sears Has Come Back from the Brink Before

Harvard Business Review

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants. Quinn write “It is no longer news that over the past five years. The results are spectacular. Rucci , Steven P.

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