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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

Facing strict regulation on chemical release and competition from flowers from Africa, the Dutch flower industry developed a closed-loop system that grows flowers hydroponically in greenhouses, lowering risk of infestation and reducing the use of fertilizers and pesticides. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

He reset collaborative P&L metrics and business review processes, shared by the region leaders and the global product leaders, to form tight “business handshakes,” that he regards as the center of a granular set of growth strategies. The data represent something more than a new offering. They are the basis of a new business model.

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