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Leading Blog
MAY 21, 2021
B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy. Lesson: The higher one rises in an organization, the more one must be a generalist.
Strategy Driven
APRIL 24, 2024
Strategies for Cost-Effective LTL Freight Shipping Cost management in LTL shipping requires a multi-faceted approach. One effective strategy is to combine smaller shipments destined for similar locations into one LTL shipment, which leads to better freight rates due to economies of scale.
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Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
But amidst a seemingly scripted set of responses on Walmart's supply chain and operational greening efforts, the discussion took an interesting turn. It also recognizes that, in the meantime, operational managers will gain valuable experience and knowledge about how to optimize the new power systems.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
” Choices about whether and how to use money to remedy social problems should be left to individuals, he argued, who would be in better position to provide it if they were not being in effect taxed by corporate managers who thought they had better ideas for how to spend it.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 25, 2017
But our research suggests that a better way to manage low-wage workers in developing economies is to invest in them, which is good for both worker welfare and the company’s bottom line. In July 2013 we implemented a randomized controlled trial in five factory units in Bangalore operated by Shahi Exports Pvt. She is happier now.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 21, 2012
We will pay far more for a medical operation that increases our chance of surviving from 0% to 1% than one that increases it from 10% to 11%. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS. As a result, we tend to overreact to small changes in extreme probabilities and underreact to changes in intermediate probabilities.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 18, 2015
What have been less explored are the specific actions taken by private equity (PE) fund managers. In a survey of 79 PE firms managing more than $750 billion in capital, we provide granular information on PE managers’ practices and how firms’ strategies relate to the characteristics of their founders.
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