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How to Solve Your Talent Challenge (Creatively)

Organizational Talent Consulting

BASF is a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world. At BASF, chemical production sites are highly interlinked product flows resulting in efficient uses of resources. For too long, organizations have approached talent management with ad-hoc talent strategies.

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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

Since 2005, many EU manufacturers have been paying for their carbon emissions via certificates under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), where emission rights are currently about 60 EUR per metric ton, while imports from countries with less strict climate regulations may face lower or no such cost for carbon emissions.

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Why This Health System Offers Refunds to Dissatisfied Patients

Harvard Business

Karen’s communication, and others like it, represent a success for us: We had built a system to assure that we encouraged criticism – in essence inviting patients to speak their minds – so that we could learn and improve.

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In search of familiarity

Seth Godin Blog

The reason Kodak failed, it turns out, has nothing to do with grand corporate strategy (the people at the top saw it coming), and nothing to do with technology (the scientists and engineers got the early patents in digital cameras). That's why it's so difficult to change the school system. What did they sign up for?".

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

million in stock from their former partner Cisco Systems and, over the next year and a half, acquired 40 international subsidiaries from Arthur Anderson, who had just collapsed, and the German and Austrian consulting firms of KPMG. BearingPoint was also in the midst of integrating all of its international acquisitions into the old system.

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The Future Economy Project: Advice from Sustainability Experts

Harvard Business

The discussion with Michael Toffel and Rebecca Henderson of Harvard Business School, Tensie Whelan of NYU’s Stern School of Business, and Andrew Winston of Winston Eco-Strategies has been condensed and edited for clarity. But then more pressingly, I think, he talks about the need for system change. Andrew Liveris.

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A Survey of 1,700 Companies Reveals Common B2B Pricing Mistakes

Harvard Business

It traced much of the cause to a mismatch between its sales incentives and pricing strategy. align the incentives for frontline sales staff with the pricing strategy, encouraging prudent pricing through an appropriate balance of fixed and variable compensation. Bad Incentives Undercut the Best Pricing Strategies.

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