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Flourishing in a Social Enterprise World

Tom Spencer

Rise of Social Enterprise. The growing trend towards social enterprise could be a game changer. A social enterprise, in essence, is an organisation which is not run primarily for profit and is required to reinvest any profits to further its social aims. A world based on social enterprise may be closer than you think.

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The lowdown on Retail Week Live 14th-18th March 2016

freshminds

If anyone is anyone in retail, the annual coming together of industry bosses at Retail Week Live is a big date in your calendar. The popular news website www.retail-week.com puts together this conference to allow a fantastic networking opportunity for retail professionals who are in its readership.

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How to Win with Automation (Hint: It’s Not Chasing Efficiency)

Harvard Business

Clearly, any enterprise that doesn’t embrace automation won’t be able to survive any better than a farmer with a horse-drawn plow. That inspires fear in some, excitement in others, but everybody will need to plan for a future that we can barely comprehend today. This creates a dilemma for leaders. market share in online sales.

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For Beginners: A Roadmap into the Consulting Industry

Tom Spencer

Whether I was talking to graduates, MBAs or experienced professionals, as a consulting club president at business school, I was frequently asked the same question, “What is the most efficient and quickest way to transform into a consultant?”. Honestly, this could be one of the toughest questions one can ever answer.

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Combatting COVID-19 in Emerging Markets

Tom Spencer

Workers in the agricultural, manufacturing, and retail industries are far less likely to be able to work remotely than a lawyer or an economist. Small and medium sized enterprises ( SMEs ) in emerging markets are struggling to keep afloat. Unfortunately, households are not the only ones feeling the brunt of NPI’s.

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How to Become a Future-Ready Business - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ACCENTURE STRATEGY

Harvard Business

Nimble digital competitors are showing growth that the largest consumer goods and retail companies are not, for multiple reasons. While disruptive technologies negated many of the advantages historically enjoyed by only large companies with scale, these same technologies have changed the way consumer goods and retail companies create value.

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From Wearables To Telemedicine To Direct-To-Consumer Prescriptions, Here’s How Healthcare Is Becoming Consumer-Centric

SkillQuo

Over the past few years, industries from enterprise IT to financial services have become more consumer-centric. Retail Clinics. RETAIL CLINICS. We’ve slowly seen retail clinics expand from distributing health goods to offering health services. This could force other retail pharmacies to respond. TABLE OF CONTENTS.