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How Chinese Companies Disrupt Through Business Model Innovation

Harvard Business

The American textile and apparel industries, for example, will tell you that the evidence can be found in the blood on the floor — their blood, on what used to be their floor. Experts continue to debate whether Chinese businesses are truly disruptive. For some industries in the West, this question appears a bit ridiculous.

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How to Make Money Podcasting: 8 Strategies For 2023

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How to Strengthen Your Reputation as an Employer

Harvard Business

Beyond the cost to replace staff, which is estimated at 50%–75% of the new hire’s annual salary , this type of attrition damages coworker morale, disrupts customer relationships, and, in the age of employer review sites like Glassdoor, inhibits companies’ ability to attract new talent. The timing couldn’t be worse.

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Why Boards Aren’t Dealing with Cyberthreats

Harvard Business

.” When directors evaluated the factors that could limit their company’s ability to achieve its strategic objectives, cybersecurity issues were overshadowed by more salient concerns like attracting and retaining top talent, the regulatory environment, and global competitive threats.

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business

Innovation ranks fifth, after more-conventional concerns such as attracting and retaining top talent and the regulatory environment. apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g.,

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. Building Empathy.

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7 Charts Show How Political Affiliation Shapes U.S. Boards

Harvard Business

Directors are also consistent in their views of the key challenges to achieving their companies’ strategic objectives: attracting and retaining top talent, the regulatory environment, and domestic competitive threats top the list for directors from both parties. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Healthcare (e.g.,