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New Regulations Place Sustainability and ESG at the Center of National and Global Business Competitiveness

Brimstone Consulting

PFAS are used in hundreds of thousands of products, from nonstick pans to water-repellent sports gear, to stain-resistant rugs. For example, as of January 1, 2023, Maine requires that companies report PFAS in products by quantity to the state, and the state will ban all PFAS-containing products by 2030. If not, should it?

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Deep Dive into Customer Segmentation (Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

It is a critical step towards identifying growth opportunities in business and should be carried out before undertaking any of the following actions: Developing customized marketing programs (e.g. Determining appropriate product pricing (e.g. Prioritizing new product development efforts. campaign optimization).

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Can Lean Manufacturing Put an End to Sweatshops?

Harvard Business

Producers in less-developed countries compete by keeping costs low. Over the last thirty years, the lean approach — developed by Japanese automakers — has permeated the manufacturing sector in developed countries, but is much less commonly used in the developing world. Locke of Brown University.

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The Five Pillars of Marketing Success

The Fearless Marketer

Random programs or services are generalized consulting, coaching or training programs. “I I offer management consulting and training to corporations.” But it’s more common to hear things like, “I work with large companies who want to increase productivity.” It’s so real to you that you can taste it. Kind of vague, right?

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How Customers Perceive a Price Is as Important as the Price Itself

Harvard Business

As pressure intensifies to reduce prices, either by cutting the list price or offering a discount, managers may act hastily, without the same rigor they apply to investments elsewhere, such as capital deployment or product enhancements. All too often they don’t.

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We Need to Ask How We Can Make Economic Growth More Inclusive

Harvard Business

That is, they do for creative problem-solving what catalysts do in chemical processes: they dissolve barriers and accelerate progress down more productive pathways. It’s an apparel manufacturer called 99Degrees Custom. Some questions have what I like to call a catalytic quality.

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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business

USC’s John Boudreau, CEO adviser Ram Charan, and consultants at Bain & Company , McKinsey, and Korn Ferry have made similar arguments. But over and over again in our three decades of experience as talent development and retention specialists, we’ve seen that companies consistently overlook half of them.

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