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Severe Weather Threatens Businesses. It’s Time to Measure and Disclose the Risks

Harvard Business

When weather conditions are on average adverse over days, weeks, or entire seasons, shortfalls in sales cause reduced cash flows and can lead to financial distress and business failure. In the apparel sector, for instance, the unusually warm winter temperatures across Europe and the U.S. These disruptions add up. alone, or 3.5%

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A Refresher on Discovery-Driven Planning

Harvard Business

I talked with Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School, who together with Ian MacMillan, of the University of Pennsylvania’s business school, developed this classic methodology for planning innovation. How many sales do they have to close and in what time period? How many calls do they have to make?