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Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

CaseInterview.com

The conference room had an incredible view of Manhattan. I’ve never seen a conference room table so large before. In contrast, my favorite boardroom belonged to a clothing retail chain in California during the Great Recession of 2008. Gross Margin = Price of Your Product - Cost of the Product.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below). Cantaragiu, R., & Tucker, R.

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Transforming Today’s Bad Jobs into Tomorrow’s Good Jobs

Harvard Business

The blizzard of conferences, initiatives, articles, and reports on how to prepare for the changes technology will bring to our economy is important. Mercadona’s store employees are empowered to order products and present them in a way that satisfies their customers and improves company performance.

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Back in the Saddle, Just in the Nick of Time

MishTalk

Ally, whose defunct GMAC Mortgage unit was one of the biggest lenders of subprime mortgages in the run-up to the 2008 housing bust, will inch back into direct home loan originations next year, the bank’s Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Brown said this week at a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. financial conference in New York.

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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business

GE made a $4 billion bet on connecting industrial equipment through the internet of things and analytical software with a suite of products called Predix Cloud. So is John Rice, the head of global operations, along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Increase operating margins to 18% (by cutting expenses). Comstock is out.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

For Z and S, the conference launched opportunities to consult on the many client projects that came their way. In 2008, the firm celebrated their silver anniversary of 25 years of extraordinary growth. Its recommended outputs yield greater revenue, lower costs, increase productivity and improve overall business performance.